New Riders of the Purple Sage - Hello Mary Lou 1972

[berrypossum]

There was only one Dave.  Sure miss him.

[barlamuerte]

a classic!

[PocoDead]

Love NRPS!

[im4out]

just.... fantastic......ahhhhh.. bitter sweet memories....

[shaneh1983]

great cover

[panheadchick1212]

I've been a NRPS fan for 35+ years - and never once have I been able to listen to them w/out tapping my feet. Buddy Cage is amazing. cheers to them for all the years of musical happiness they brought to me.

[StealieSteve]

Pedal Steel sweet sound. Thanks Buddy Cage :-)

Tempo of this cover song fun.

[lsailor]

The New Riders of the Purple Sage with Special Guest Donna Jean Godchaux will be playing Island in the Mountains Fest on Blannahassett Island in Marshall , NC on 08-01-2011.

Google Island in the Mountains Fest and come join us on the island.

[DIOMEDES2007ARG]

I like it!!!!

[Supergobro]

@skanny1 Yow! I bought an Emmons pedal steel from Buddy Cage when he was in Goose Bay. Probably early 70's. I could never play like him.

[hoot6theyre]

love cage but garcias version is better to my ear...

[Gregcouls]

Love it! Thanks. Love NRPS, Poco, Dead.

[TheHawkeyemark]

Besides Ricky, the best version.

[changbrother]

BUDDY CAGE!

[rjl032653]

Thanks for posting! Saw the New Riders with the Dead in 1971....first time for both. They opened for the Dead...they had these outrageous cowboy glitter suits that just added to that "high" lonesome sound. Saw them again, 3 nights later in Worcester, MA. (Clark)...even better....just a few hundred lucky souls with plenty of beer for all...those were the days...

[KosztyaLaci]

...kurva jóóóó!

[inforapint]

Cage make it seem so effortless, a true master.

[1Bandit455]

Steel Guitars !!!!!!!!! .

[MrSharkey11]

I think the 1st time I saw the riders was in 70 or 71 when they opened up for the dead at roosevelt stadium in NJ. What a great show! Mary lou especially sticks out in my mind! They were really wailing! The new Riders were always a great band to see live! This brings back alot of great memories from those legendary times for sure! Thanks for this video! Peace to you !

[jaxgal618]

@MrSharkey11 I saw them in Albuquerque in the late 70's w/Charlie Daniels and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band . What a great concert !! I don't recall hearing them sing this song though ( maybe I was just to FU'd at the time.. lol ). It is however one of my favorite Ricky Nelson songs.

[shupedoggydogg]

Someone had a version of NRPS's "Red hot women and ice cold beer" on youtube. It has been deleted. If anyone has this, please post it. It's a great tune!!

[frog442]

Love the pedal steel on this. I want to learn to play one!!!

[RasMajnouni]

@skanny1 I was so enthralled with Buddy Cage's pedal steel playing in 1972,73 that I bought around 4 of their LP's though the songs and lyrics in most of the songs were just the other four pissant college boys pretending to be Marijuana Cowboys.

[longlivejerryg]

@RasMajnouni

what an unqualified stupid remark

[RasMajnouni]

@longlivejerryg Why "unqualified"? I bought music that I enjoyed.You were not born then but even if you were, if I had asked you to pay for my record LP and then make a remark,you could call it "unqualified".Since I paid in hard cash your opinion is "nice" but unqualified for sure.

[longlivejerryg]

@RasMajnouni

you bought four records, he? Wow. You see we actually bought their records and went to see them in concert and I can assure you that you will never ever meet a person who saw them in concert that would make such a derogatory remark about them, They were fucking phantastic musicians, all of them!

[zummo61]

Dave Torbert!!! what a great video.

[jmccullough]

Good one. I was seeing them a lot back in those days and I always liked the way they did this, even though I was never a huge David Torbert fan. I wish there were more NRPS videos with McDuke available.

[rasjvon]

holy fuk!

[psychkoala]

Great effort !

One of my fave Country Rock bands.

[bugeyes455858]

I saw New Riders back in '72...same year this video is from, and remember thm as one of the best live bands I've ever seen.This video servs up some amazing pedal steel from Buddy Cage, a real wizard on the insturment. Likely one of NRPS ' best performances and thankfully caught on video.RIP John Dawson and David torbert.

[captainzorikh]

What I like about this version is how it brings out some of the urgency and joy of new love by upping the tempo, syncopating the lyrics, adding the lap-steel guitar, and throwing in the repeat of the first verse, with a slightly more ecstatic delivery, all while keeping the signposts of the original, the cowbell, the electric guitar riff, and the harmony.

[ggforeigner]

whao...that was a mouthful....but nicely said!!

[HailBee]

@captainzorikh 

[written12]

@captainzorikh A very sharp take on what makes this version such a joy to listen to.

Too many people who barely know the New Riders just think of them as fun loving apostles of grass. But they had a feel for country and country music and their music has aged very well.

[keyeword]

buddy cage is pedal steel GOD

i musta seen these guys 50 times and it was always great

[notwal]

I love the video. I saw these guys late one night at an all day/night concert in 1971. I remember this song when they played it. Did anyone know who this band was before this? Big Brother and Holding Company, Janis Joplin sang with them.

[richsumbitch]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!

[alexpap2]

Very nice version! It sounds more country style, and is little bit faster ...5****!

[Buggerlugz000]

These blokes go "round like a rissole !" (Hamburger meat pattie excluding a place called "Wendy's which have square ones !) Sorry- am slowly gettin' full as a state school hat rack ! (Bourboned up !) These blokes epitamise the REAL hayseed spirit of their country & are ambassadors.

[ABCGUITAR]

Anymore David Torbert out there? Huge fan of Kingfish too! My friend Bob use to be a nrps roadie back in the day.

[longlivejerryg]

rip Marmaduke and Dave Torbert - see ya where the grass is greener

[EXACIDUSER]

my sister banged buddy cage at the rock and roll flea market in manhatten in the 80's.thouhgt i mention it

[tbuzby]

is the singer marmaduke?

[bdegrande]

Lead singer on this one is Dave Torbert. Marmaduke is singing harmony.

[roundrocktx]

I heard a guy in Arizona( Neil Harry),doing the same thing..(too much).Buddy Cage Is one my favorite steelers..

[Ducktowners]

This is gold! Thanks for posting this treasure, fritz! 10+!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eddwardcollins10]

so long marmaduke god bless .you guys were the real deal psychedelic country at its best

[caseyjones67]

were they on tour with the dead here because on the deads live in 72' they play this place to

[GratefulEll]

R.I.P.... Marmaduke

[ABCGUITAR]

Are there any Kingfish you tube videos out there? Big Dave Torbert fan,thanks!!!! Or maybe just more NRPS

[foolsgoldsoma]

love that these guys played with the dead in veneta, oregon, 1972. "sunshine daydream" bootleg video is amazing.

[ABCGUITAR]

David Torbert was the best singer ,anyone have any Kingfish???

[Terranova0]

Yep, sure do. Kingfish was a great band, too. This man was taken from us way too soon. Aloha Oe, Dave.  And to ((Rachel)) (his daughter).

[6749er]

Yep was a big Kingfish fan.

They sure were a good & fun band,

I'm from SF Peninsula where they sprang.

Got to see them quite a bit pre & post Weir.

David is from my hometown & yes a very rock'en cat & missed

[latour90]

What memories! I saw them at Hofstra University on Long Island the 70's when I was a student. Glendale Train, Henry, Panama Red, all fantastic songs.

[lunacat1959]

Fantastic!  What memories!

[thanksforthemusic]

Composed by, of course the late, great Gene Pitney.

[LachoDroogie]

this is so vietnam era music! (the band image that is)

love it, great song (R.I.P Ricky)

cover does justice to the song, also adds their own spin to it which adds to the overall identity of their cover

well done!

[6749er]

They sure were fun-Great seeing the rock'en Dave Torbert singing & playing.

He's SF Peninsula All-Star homie.

My fave Spencer Dryden on drums & all of them-I used to go to little place in Menlo Park where Dawson & Garcia on peddle steel were trying out Johns songs. Then at The Matrix w.Lesh on bass & Heart on drums-Then NRPS w/Garcia & then Cage all over the SF Bay-David Nelson another Peninsula All-Star-This is a great flashback, Thanks!

[nextlifeguitarist]

can somebody tell me what are the best albums of NROPS?...thanks

[filtukuk]

marin county line is my favorite

[rocknrolla81]

i like Panama Red. But I think there all great. Also the Veneta OR. Live cd is also really great. they released it on cd i think in 2004. I got my copy off ebay.

[ABCGUITAR]

Adventures of Panama red,powerglide

[reelsonwheels]

Amazing steel!

[IdaGno]

I'd like me some Neon Rose from the Brujo album, tyvm.

[mollymandyginger]

That's one of my favorite Skip Battin songs; he's always been so underrated. Thanks for bringing his song up. He was great with the Byrds, Burritos, and solo also. Sadly, he's been gone a few years.

[WearyCowboy]

OMG...That sounds freaking, EXCELLENT! Those...were the days! Cage, is On Fire!! IMO, Buddy Cage...is the Best, Country-Rock Pedal Steel Guitarists - Ever!

The New Riders, sound Fantastic!

DJ, The Weary, Cosmic Cowboy

[Raymantico]

For the record, Dave Torbert left NRPS in 1974 and lived on nearly another decade.

Skip Batten was with them on bass in 1975.

[im4out]

nice

[MUSESQ]

Buddy Cage and Sneaky Pete Kleinow RIP infinitely, 2 of the most talented, best ears, and new a generation of Pedal Steel which open and closed with NRPS and FBB. OMG what ecstasy. I've played guitar to long to say, and open E and D slide. Is it TOO hard to learn Pedal Steel w/o teacher, or w/teacher in Denver area ?? Thanks Buddy, Pete, et al.

" Without Music Life would be a mistake. " W.F.Nietzsche

[banjowanjo]

Aspen, 72/73 Buddy let me sit next to him onstage at a small club called the Gallery. This was every night for about a week, such a great experience for me, a 23 year old steel player. The band was at their best and we got to know them, they even took us out to eat at a local Indian-cuisine restaurant. I'm now retired from playing, but IMHO Buddy is without question one of the top 2 or 3 steel men of all time. What incredible tone and originality in his playing, there are not words...

[FukuAzole]

dave passed in 1983.... i am related...

[roadrocket7]

Saw NRPS in Nashville, 1975, after David Tolbert passed; Skip Battin was on bass and

they still had the great Spencer Dryden on drums. The venue was Vanderbilt University.

Spencer Dryden has sadly left us as well. RIP

[cliper9]

I didn't know of David Torbert passing, what a shame. May I ask what happend?

[CrackerKen1]

Smokin' pedal steel by Buddy Cage - I love it!

[putli07indo]

awsome....i really love it

[LunaCat59]

i loved these guys! what fun!

[dobroman35]

Great Balls Of Fire; Buddy at his very best; one of my favorite groups in music; wouldn't you expect him to run right off the neck of his steel; really fantastic playing. send us some more of NROPS.. Bernie

[Technologyneuosth]

I LOVE IT!! WOW SOUNDS GREAT! WOW

[Andis345]

Doesn't Dave Nelson look like Jeff Lynn from E.L.O? And also, R.I.P Dave Torbert

[Terranova0]

RIP David Torbert. Aloha Oe.

[PadSpin]

Does anyone have NRPS performing the classic "On My Way Back Home"?!?

[mcbump]

thanks so much for putting this up,see m the 1st time in 74'.great memories!

[LachoDroogie]

they have awesome long hair

[CaptainFunTrips1950]

I will always love Cosmic Cowboy Music! NRPS still don't understand why your not in the Country Music Hall of Fame! I guess being a San Francisco Band doesn't help!

[wildhorsestudios1421]

Tell that to CCR....

[machrochronic]

can anyone tell me who is playing peddle steel?

[erinfla]

Buddy Cage

[machrochronic]

thank you, ive been in awe of his skill for 25 yrs and never knew his name

[desrex50]

Buddy Cage was the Steel player back in 1972, so im pick'n its him..

[tonstar]

David Torbert ruled!!!

R.I.P.

[cliper9]

I didn't know of his passing. could I ask what from. Such a shame

[tonstar]

I believe if was from a heart condition.

[glovri21]

great hello this is 1.song on the world live country 10000000000000000 years

[FLHTP07]

I still enjoy Country cow freak music

[machrochronic]

cowjazz

[SERCUROXAN]

it's pedal steel...

[eslmc]

Yeah! This is how I remember them. Hot Stuff!

Thanks for posting.

[fito65]

Great Ricky Nelson cover verison, like Creedence Clearwater Revival too.

[JKOEe]

love the pedal steal

[leroyal67]

So great ! It's with the NRPS' the first LP & LP 'Panama Red ' I've found country music 30 years ago !

Long life Country Music ! Keep it country ! and thanks a lot for this nice video, friend !

[ildemart]

good footage, well filmed

[1BarefootCowboy]

This has got to be the best cover version of the late Ricky Nelson. He later shortened his name to Rick and formed The Stone Canyon Band.

[lanceaction]

Thanks. Great band, great tune, Buddy really bounces through this one!