John “Marmaduke” Dawson RIP(New Riders Of The Purple Sage)

JOHN "MARMADUKE" DAWSON (1945-2009)
John passed away peacefully on July 21, 2009 at the age of 64 in Mexico, where he had retired several years ago. It is with great sadness that we relay this news, and extend our deepest condolences to his family and all his many fans out there.
His songs inspired us in so many ways. His energy, passion and commitment to the New Riders brought us all so much joy over the years. We can all be thankful that his music and legacy will live on forever.
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John Dawson, American musician (New Riders of the Purple Sage) Dies

ILLINOIS SPEED PRESS - First album 1969 (Columbia CS 9792)

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This Chicago-based quintet was formed in February 1968 by Paul Cotton (later Joined in a group called POCO!)and featured colleague Mike Anthony, whom Cotton had played with in another significant Chicago outfit, The Rovin' Kind, and Kal David, another important Chicago musician, after his spell in H.P. Lovecraft. The songs on their albums ranged from hard rock to more mainstream rock with country influences and from blues towards folk-rock, very often with psychedelic references and some fine fuzz guitars.

The first album met with some commercial success, peaking at No 144 in the Album Charts during 1969. Duet failed to consolidate on this and the band, by now based in California, went their separate ways in late 1971.David went on to play for Fabulous Rhinestones and Cotton to Poco, who were to become flagbearers for the country-rock movement. Earlier Fred Page had left for California where he played for various L.A.-based bands. (continued)

Charlie Daniels Band - KMET Studios Los Angeles, CA 11-22-1976 FM

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Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Pete Seeger Sessions 2006

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This is Springsteen's first and so far only album of non-Springsteen material and contains his interpretation of thirteen folk music songs written or made popular by activist folk musician Pete Seeger and recorded in an informal, large band setting. On it he hired a group of lesser-known musicians from New Jersey and New York, augmented by Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, and The Miami Horns, who had all contributed to previous albums. Pete_Seeger

The album was Springsteen's second consecutive non-E Street Band, non-rock music project. The critical reception to the album was very positive, with E! Online calling it his "best album since Nebraska [1] and All Music Guide labeling it "rambunctious, freewheeling, [and] positively joyous".[2] PopMatters called it a "a sonic transfusion on the order of the Mermaid Avenue records".[3], which were Woody Guthrie songs recorded by Billy Bragg and Wilco.
The album, like its predecessor Devils and Dust, has been released on DualDisc, in a CD/DVD double disc set, and as a set of two vinyl records.
For the DualDisc and CD/DVD sets, the full album is on the CD(-side), while the DVD(-side) side features a PCM Stereo version of the album and a short film about the making and recording of the album. Two bonus songs also appear on the DVD(-side).
The subsequent Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour took this musical approach even further.
On October 3, 2006, the album was reissued as We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - American Land Edition with five additional tracks (the two bonus tracks from before and three new numbers that had been introduced and heavily featured on the tour), new videos, an expanded documentary and liner notes. Added sales were minimal.

Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, B3 organ, and percussion
Frank Bruno – guitar

Jeremy Chatzky – upright bass

Charles Giordano – B3 organ, piano, and accordion

Ed Manion – saxophone

Art Baron – tuba

Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg – trombone, backing vocals

Mark Pender – trumpet, backing vocals

Mark Clifford – banjo

Sam Bardfeld – violin
Soozie Tyrell – violin, backing vocals
Larry Eagle – drums and percussion

Patti Scialfa – backing vocals

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Goose Creek Symphony - Established (The First Album 1970 US Psychedelic Jam Band Folk Country Rock)

If the Grateful Dead had come from Kentucky instead of San Francisco, they might have sounded much like these guys. "This song might sound kinda strange, but it's got more soul than Home on the Range," they accurately sing in "Talk About Goose Creek and Other Important Places," an eight-minute psychedelic showstopper complete with Beatles-style tape tricks. This album is a fun listen that can suck even a city slicker into a stoned, good-time, backhills vibe.

The Goose Creek Symphony is an American rock band, originally a side project for Richie Hart and the Heart Beats and best known for their 1972 cover of Janis Joplin's song, Mercedes Benz. The band signed to Capitol Records in 1970, and new members were added: Mike McFadden of Superfine Dandelion, Bob Henke, Fred Wise on banjo and fiddle and Paul Spradlin, a guitarist credited as Paul Howard. They continued recorded to 1976, then reformed in 1990. The band has continued touring to popular acclaim


Paul Howard Guitar, Vocals Charles Gearheart Acoustic Guitar Michael McFadden & Paul Spradlin Guitars Bob Henke Guitar Keyboards, Vocals Pat Moore & David Birkett Bass Chris Lockheart Drums Jim Tolles & Fred Wise Fiddle Harold Williams & Randall Bramblett Horns Goose Creek Symphony Producer Steve Forman Horn Arrangements Tim Ramsey Engineer

AMG Biography
by Zac Johnson
Goose Creek Symphony found its roots in the Phoenix, AZ, area originally as a countrified side project for Richie Hart & the Heart Beats. Vocalist and guitarist Charles Gearheart (aka Richie Hart) spent his childhood "up Goose Creek Hollow" in Floyd County, KY, and when he put together his good-time country-rock group, he drew upon his home's rich musical heritage as well as its name. In 1970, Gearheart and a group of local studio musicians assembled a handful of songs and presented them to Capitol Records.




Capitol signed his project, forcing Gearheart to assemble a touring group. Banjo player and fiddler Fred Weisz was brought in to complement existing guitarists Paul Spradlin (listed as "Paul Howard" on the album), Bob Henke ("Williard"), Mike McFadden (following the breakup of his psychedelic group Superfine Dandelion), as well as a rotating cast of bassists and drummers.With a sound very similar to what the Band was doing at the same time, Goose Creek Symphony were rock & rollers who played a very faithful brand of country music, all the while layering rhythms and harmonies along the same lines as Buffalo Springfield and the Grateful Dead.



They released albums through the mid-'70s, with that streak ending in a long hiatus from 1976 to 1990, when the group decided to re-form and record again.Their marriage of earthy instrumentation and easygoing vibes have been able to give the group a certain longevity. Into their third decade, Goose Creek Symphony is drawing strong groups of fans to their summer festival appearances, similar to what the Dead and Jimmy Buffett have known.

Charlie Gearheart today

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Goose Creek Symphony has developed their own style of jam-band original Americana music since the mid-'60's. They perform at the Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Music Festival in Overton County, TN.

Goose Creek Symphony is considered by many to be one of the most original bands of their time. Major record labels (Capitol & Columbia) of the 60s/early 70s didn't know what to do with a band that played a mixture of rock and roll, folk, jazz and country with an undeniable hillbilly influence, a hippie attitude and a reckless sense of instrumental daring. They used horns and fiddles as well as effects and blended it with psychedelic rock and roll. The true definition of "Cosmic American Music".

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Loggins & Messina - On Stage (9Apr 1974 Columbia Rec.)

Loggins & Messina
On Stage
Apr 1974
Recording Date: Apr 28, 1972-Mar 4, 1973
Columbia/Legacy
Time: 82:58
Live

Kenny Loggins – 2nd guitar, Harmonica, and Vocals
Jim Messina – 1st guitar and Vocals
Backing Band
Lester A. Garth – Bass Clarinet, Saxes, Recorders, Violin, Steel Drum (2nd Pan), and Background Vocals
Jon Clarke – Saxophones, Oboe, and Steel Drum (3rd Pan)
Larry Sims – Bass and Background Vocals
Merel Bregante – Drums and Background Vocals
Milt Holland – Percussionist
Michael Omartian (first three albums only) – Keyboards, Steel Drum (1st Pan), and Concertina

Tracks:
Disc 1:
01 - 02:40 House at Pooh Corner
02 - 03:55 Danny's Song
03 - 03:05 You Could Break My Heart
04 - 01:51 Lady of My Heart
05 - 03:23 Long Tail Cat
06 - 02:32 Listen to a Country Song
07 - 02:08 Holiday Hotel
08 - 01:08 Just Before the News
09 - 10:06 Angry Eyes
10 - 05:58 Golden Ribbons
11 - 02:22 Another Road

Total 39:10


Disc 2:
01 - 21:00 Vahevala
02 - 03:00 Back to Georgia
03 - 12:12 Trilogy: Lovin' Me/To Make a Woman Feel Wanted/Peace of Mind
04 - 03:02 Your Mama Don't Dance
05 - 04:32 Nobody But You

Total 43:48

Loggins and Messina are an American rock music duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. They are noted for popularizing the subgenre of Yacht rock, popularized by Michael Carlson, which soon became prominent in the 1970s.
In late 1970 Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, was working as an independent contract record producer for Columbia Records. It was then that he met a little-known studio artist who had written a few songs of his own, Kenny Loggins. Loggins was working as contract songwriter for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Messina decided to produce Loggins' debut album. By the time it was completed, Messina had contributed so much to the album, both instrumentally and vocally, that an accidental duo was born, and the album was released as "Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin' in". Their harmonies meshed so well that what was begun as a one-off album became an entity unto itself. So rather than simply producing Kenny Loggins as a solo act, they both decided to form a duo, Loggins and Messina.
Over the course of the next four or five years they produced five original material albums, one album of covers of other artists' material and two live albums. One compilation album, a "best of", would be released after the duo had separated.
As is natural in most mentor type relationships, Loggins outgrew the duo over time. Within a few years he would feel the need to go it on his own, and by 1977 the pair separated and pursued successful solo careers, with Loggins soon achieving the solo recording success.
They reunited in 2005 for a compilation album of their greatest hits, which proved so successful that they decided to tour as a group again. The "Sittin' In Again" tour was launched in mid-2005 and played out the remainder of the year, proving that they hadn't lost the magic that made them famous in the first place.
Their backing band changed from album to album but the core members are listed below. Many albums featured backing members who were well known in their own right, such as Stephen Stills who contributed to their self-titled second album. Bryan Adams played guitar on the album Full Sail. John Townsend and Ed Sanford, later of the Sanford & Townsend Band (Smoke from a Distant Fire) contributed vocals and songwriting to the Native Sons album.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Dan Fogelberg - High Country Snows 1985

Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music

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High Country Snows (RIAA Certified - Gold)
Released April 1985 by Epic Records. All compositions by Dan Fogelberg (©1985/Hickory Grove Music-ASCAP) except: "Down The Road"(E. Scruggs/L. Flatt), "The Outlaw" and "Go Down Easy"(Jay Bolotin); "Think What You've Done"(Carter Stanley)Down The RoadMountain PassSutter's MillWolf CreekHigh Country SnowsThe OutlawShallow RiversGo Down EasyWandering ShepherdThink Of What You've DoneThe Higher You Climb

High Country Snows is the ninth album by American singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1985

This Album Dedicated To My Brother Commander Banjo-Villa Of the Mountains

for the Best Years of Our Lives!!

"The Boys" High Country Snows sessions - Bennett House, Franklin, TN - 1984

(from left to right Russ Kunkel, David Grisman, Emory Gordy, DF, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, Jerry Douglas)

Producers: Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis

The Musicians : view credits
Dan Fogelberg - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard, vocals, handclapping Anita Ball - background vocals David Briggs - piano Jim Buchanan - fiddle, violin Dianne Davidson - background vocals Jerry Douglas - dobro, guitar, vocals Vince Gill - guitar, high tenor vocals Emory Gordy - bass David Grisman - mandolin, mandola Michael Hanna - synthesizer, keyboard Chris Hillman - mandolin, vocals Russ Kunkel - drums, tambourine, handclapping Charlie McCoy - harmonica Dan Murakami - handclapping Tracy Nelson - background vocals Herb Pedersen - banjo, bass vocals, vocals, tenor vocals Al Perkins - pedal steel, steel guitar Ricky Skaggs - violin, vocals, harmony vocals Doc Watson - acoustic guitar,

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In Loving Memory Of Danny
Tribute to Dan Fogelberg 1951 - 2007

August 13, 1951 - December 16, 2007 You will not be forgotten.

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The Doobie Brothers - The Doobie Brothers (1971 Warner Bros)

In 1969, singer, guitarist and songwriter Tom Johnston and drummer John Hartman formed the nucleus of what would become The Doobie Brothers. Skip Spence of Moby Grape (formerly of Jefferson Airplane) introduced them to one another after Hartman arrived in California determined to meet Spence and join an aborted Grape reunion. New bandmates Johnston and Hartman called their fledgling group Pud and experimented with different lineups and styles as they performed in and around San Jose. They were briefly a power trio, and briefly worked with a horn section. In 1970, they teamed up with bass player Dave Shogren and singer, guitarist and songwriter Patrick Simmons. Simmons, who had belonged to several area groups and also performed as a solo artist, was already an accomplished fingerstyle player whose approach to the instrument complemented Johnston's rhythmic R&B strumming. In a recent interview, Tom Johnston attributed the band's eventual name to friend and housemate Keith "Dyno" Rosen, who considered it an improvement over Pud.[citation needed]
The Doobie Brothers honed their chops by performing live all over northern California in 1970. They attracted a particularly strong following among local chapters of the Hells Angels and scored a recurring gig at one of the bikers' favorite venues, the rustic Chateau Liberte in the Santa Cruz Mountains. An energetic set of demos (some of which were briefly released on Pickwick Records in 1980 under the title Introducing the Doobie Brothers), showcased fuzz-toned, dual lead electric guitars, three-part harmonies and Hartman's frenetic drumming and earned the rock group a contract at Warner Bros. Records. (with Tiran Porter on Bass)
At this point in their history, the band's image reflected that of their biggest fans - leather jackets and motorcycles. However, the group's 1971 self-titled debut album departed significantly from that image and their live sound of the period. The album, which failed to chart, emphasized acoustic guitars and frequently reflected country influences. The bouncy lead-off song "Nobody," the band's first single, has surfaced in their live set several times over the ensuing decades and even appears on the 2004 DVD Live at Wolf Trap.


The Doobie Brothers is the first studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1971.


Track listing
"Nobody" (Johnston) – 3:42
"Slippery St. Paul" (Simmons, Johnston) – 2:14
"Greenwood Creek" (Johnston) – 3:04
"It Won't Be Right" (Johnston) – 2:38
"Travelin' Man" (Johnston) – 4:25
"Feelin' Down Farther" (Johnston) – 4:20
"The Master" (Johnston) – 3:30
"Growin' a Little Each Day" (Johnston) – 3:20
"Beehive State" (Randy Newman) – 2:42
"Closer Every Day" (Simmons) – 4:19
"Chicago" (Simmons) – 1:40


Personnel
Tom Johnston - guitar, harmonica, piano, harp, vocals
Patrick Simmons - guitar, vocals
Dave Shogren - bass, organ, keyboards, vocals
John Hartman - drums


Recording:Copyright 1971 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Recorded and mixed at Pacific Recording Studios (San Mateo, CA)

Producers: Ted Templeman, Lenny Waronker
Executive Producers: Marty Cohn, Paul Curcio
Engineer: Marty Cohn
Digital Mastering: Lee Herschberg
Mastering: Lee Herschberg
Photography: Jim Marshall
Art Direction: Ed Thrasher
Arrangers: Patrick Simmons, The Doobie Brothers

One of the most inauspicious debuts by a major rock group, this subdued slice of country boogie might be called the missing link between Moby Grape and the later, revved-up Doobies of "Listen to the Music." Only a handful of West Coast hippies bought this record originally, but it lays the blueprint for the Doobies' future radio-friendly sound: chugging rhythm guitar, stretched-out harmonies, Tom Johnston's joyful R&B vocals, and Patrick Simmons' acoustic picking. A muffled mixing job helped keep this album in the morgue, which is sad, because "Nobody" and "Greenwood Creek" rate with some of Johnston's best tunes, and they deserve issuance on a definitive Doobie Brothers compilation. ~ Peter Kurtz, All Music Guid The Doobies Today (some members)

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The Eagles - The Eagles (1972)

1971 The Band
Glenn Frey - guitar, vocals, piano, slide guitar, harmonica
Bernie Leadon - guitar, vocals, banjo, mandolin
Randy Meisner - bass, vocals, guitar
Don Henley - drums, vocals, guitar

The band formed in 1971 when Linda Ronstadt's then-manager, John Boylan, recruited Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner from their previous affiliations. They were short of a drummer until Frey telephoned Don Henley, whom he had met at the Troubadour club in Los Angeles. After auditioning for Ronstadt, she approved and the band backed her up on a two month tour and provided the opportunity for their first album recording, on her 1970 album Silk Purse. After their tenure with Ronstadt and with her encouragement, they then decided to form their own band, signing in 1970 to Asylum Records, the new label started by David Geffen. Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts also initially managed the band. The new group chose the name the Eagles as a nod to The Byrds (Leadon had been in The Flying Burrito Brothers with former Byrds bassist Chris Hillman).

Their first album, Eagles, was filled with natural, sometimes innocent country rock, and yielded three Top 40 singles. The first single, "Take It Easy," was a song written by Glenn Frey and his friend, neighbor and fellow country rocker, Jackson Browne. Frey heard Browne playing it and asked if the Eagles could use it. Browne agreed and with a few lyrics added in by Frey, the song was recorded and reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and propelled the Eagles to stardom. The single was followed by the bluesy "Witchy Woman" and the soft country rock ballad "Peaceful Easy Feeling," charting at No. 9 and No. 22 respectively. The Eagles were a major force in popularizing the southern California country rock sound around the nation. Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" ranked Eagles at number 374

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