New Riders (album)

New Riders
Studio album by New Riders of the Purple Sage
Released	1976
Recorded	April 1976 The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Genre	Country rock
Length	31:15
Label	MCA
Producer	Bob Johnston
New Riders of the Purple Sage chronology
The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage (1976) New Riders (1976) Who Are Those Guys? (1977)

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New Riders is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Their seventh studio album and their ninth album overall, it was recorded and released in 1976.^[2][3][4]

New Riders was the New Riders' first album on the MCA Records label, and their second to be produced by Bob Johnston. It consists of nine cover songs, plus one new original tune by John Dawson.

Track listing

1. "Fifteen Days under the Hood" (Jack Tempchin) – 2:42
2. "Annie May" (Vick Thomas) – 3:26
3. "You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry) – 3:52
4. "Hard to Handle" (Otis Redding, Al Bell, Allen Jones) – 3:38
5. "Dead Flowers" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:56
6. "Don't Put Her Down" (Hazel Dickens) – 4:12
7. "Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)" (Delbert McClinton) – 2:47
8. "She's Looking Better Every Beer" (John Shine) – 2:38
9. "Can't Get Over You" (John Dawson) – 2:03
10. "The Swimming Song" (Loudon Wainwright III) – 2:01

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage

• John Dawson – rhythm guitar, vocals
• David Nelson – lead guitar, vocals
• Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
• Skip Battin – bass, vocals
• Spencer Dryden – drums

Production

• Bob Johnston – producer
• Tom Flye – engineer
• Eric Schilling – assistant engineer
• Rod Dyer – album design
• George Osaki – art direction

Notes

1. ^ New Riders at Allmusic
2. ^ New Riders at the NRPS official website
3. ^ New Riders at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
4. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate U.S.. p. 1083. ISBN 1841956155. http://books.google.com/books?id=_WoRAPJQ58sC&pg=PA1083&dq=%22new+riders%22+%2B+MCF+2758%22#v=onepage&q=%22new%20riders%22%20%2B%20MCF%202758%22. Retrieved 2009-08-18.