Dead Flowers - New Riders Of The Purple Sage

[@rdc327]

Incredible band. Best heroine song EVER!!!!

[@Clambelly]

New Riders never got the recognition they deserve. The true source of the success that was popularized by The Dead, The Eagles and likely a huge influence on The Stones Some Girls Album

[@rodrigonun1279]

Agree

[@joeharris3878]

With the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Poco, and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen around, why did anyone pay any attention to the Eagles ?

[@briankabq1570]

@@joeharris3878 Linda Ronstat. She seyt Henley and Frey up as roomies.

[@patricklemmon8260]

Believe it would be the other way round. This is a cover from that album, written by Richards/Jagger.

[@joeharris3878]

I saw NRPS in Atlanta 1973 .. they did their own stuff but I remember they did "Honky Tonk Women" that night .

[@rjlarance6012]

This is the direction that country music should have gone instead of the pathetic excrement that is "modern country".

[@oldfisherman5112]

Best part. It was written by the stones. So even rockers made better country than today's artists.

[@danmaltby3271]

great version, shame that country music did not take this direction instead of rapping cowboys

[@oreokookie1000]

riders were too cool to get bought out by country, plus the record labels disliked them - they were trippin cowboys!!

[@tezhowes533]

'Bro country', THE worst thing that ever happened to country music. No, worst thing that ever happened to music, period, since the cavemen started banging on rocks with sticks.

[@robertallen6710]

@@tezhowes533 ..and I thought Dan's comment was great...

[@terrybois5945]

​@@tezhowes533 what? don't you remember when hank sang about having to sell his truck with 33" tires because his ex rode in it?

[@tuckerpoarch7421]

Noosh%##

[@jamesnelson6431]

RIP Buddy Cage your the greatest rock peddle steel of all time!!!

[@keithchilvers7434]

He was revolutionary, he shook pedal steel up and took it into orbit.

[@mkp108]

Jerry showed the way

[@jabirujoe]

best version ever of Dead Flowers......... just love it.....

[@tomw7973]

Gram's version ain't so shabby either

[@MrChelsidy]

The only bad thing about this song is that it ends

[@kimberlymann9228]

MrChelsidy well said

[@benjaminpbarrett7607]

Best song by this version of NRPS. After Torbert left it was NEVER as good It was always GOOD but never better than the ORIGINAL bunch. They're the Original PSYCHEDELIC COWBOY BAND and the very BEST.

[@dalekidd8431]

I like the way you think, Peace my friend!!!☯️

[@proud098]

@@benjaminpbarrett7607 I do agree with you 100% - NRPS is THE psychedelic cowboy band and one of my favorite groups…….strong DEAD connections!!!!!! all their Columbia LPs are top notch….I love this band...period Greetings from Italy

[@kimberlymann9228]

MrChelsidy yes! Greatest version IMO

[@proud098]

I rate NRPS as probably the best country rock band along with Poco....great music great memories....greetings from Italy

[@rosemarydaughter]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rdc327]

Better.

[@billyjohnson9293]

When I wake up and crawl out of bed I'm Rockin to the Blues. Play guitar and good music Loud all day long. James is listening to music every morning and as much as I can get.

[@TeaParty1776]

I wake up to classical guitar and listen to rock only after lunch.

[@uptownal44]

NRPS I was there from the begining , alot of years of great music and experences.

[@williammedford5891]

Me too, and plenty of gratitude for all of it.

[@thomassyverson7561]

Marmaduke was my guitar teacher for a year I never recovered but did become a good bassist and continue all at age 67.

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

"it's good knowing he's out there" *The Dude* taking it easy for all us sinners

[@roscoefoofoo]

"I dig your style, too, man."

[@robertlaboube1365]

I played this song in a band I was in, but I had never heard this version. I was also the bass player, and I wish I would have heard this version, because that bass player is rockin' it.

[@kidkong637]

I was in a band and what memories.

[@billblondeau4269]

First concert I ever went to was NRPS (with Commander Cody opening!). I recall this song. Marmaduke was so goddamn happy... I can't help but think that that show aimed me in a good life direction. There are those who would probably criticize my life choices, but whatever.

[@rickystrychnine]

I hear you brother. One thing I do know is that the people I met in this period became my life-long friends. I look back on my life and honestly, I made mistakes but I wouldn't change a minute of it.

[@themistermax]

I was at one of the performances of the only tour the NRPS did with Commander Cody. As I recall, NRPS had a special guest on pedal steel....

[@richardhill8797]

It's ur life so fuckum

[@jeffberkley7812]

I saw a concert of that tour. Maybe San Diego? I can't remember where i was but I do remember Cody & the Airmen. I hadn't heard them before. That was a tough act for NRPS to follow!

[@jerryloko2184]

im old now but the memories last was at giant stadium in 79 for the dead.. insane

[@trickyfingers]

Wow! Great version. Can't believe I'm hearing this for the first time. Gotta love KZbin!

[@philb6490]

Many great nights with a couple of joints a cold beer good friends and some tunes by the new riders

[@ranchodeluxe1]

Freak Brothers Country Freakout, Monday nights on the local 50 -watt college station. Bong full of Columbian gold, a couple Belle Bottom Cuties and zero adult supervision.

[@pigmeatmartin9418]

Man, I lived on the New Riders in the early 70's. Lots of pretty songs written about heroin, the "other girl" in this song, but this version of "Dead Flowers" and Warren Zevon's "Carmelita" are the top of the heap of countryfied heroin songs.

[@1978garfield]

Carmelita has to be the most beautiful song about a horrible situation.

[@davelarose8257]

This really takes me back to my roots. Surfing Hatteras Island on single fins. Much love to my brothers and sisters that remember too....

[@DAVET522]

Hi Dave , Hope all's well Dave x

[@mickkollins]

Still surfing single fins here in the Caribbean and practicing my pedal steel with Buddy Cage

[@garya.jacobsen8729]

Bought myself a vintage 73' Sho-Bud 10 string pedal steel guitar. NR's version of Stones Dead Flowers is a song I'm working on to master the steel portion as played by talented Buddy Cage. What a great song played by New Riders. 60-70-'s era music just rocks!

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Good luck - a great song to start with !

[@jimrebr]

I have loved NRPS since their first album, I’ve been listening to them every night recently!! How perfect is their cover of Dead Flowers.? Too bad they all passed away, like their dear friend, Jerry Garcia, who started New Riders, they did too many drugs and partied too hard.

[@jabirujoe]

this is the best version of this song better than the stones themselves.....absolutely love this..........especially as it builds towards the end.....

[@jimcross7686]

Define better

[@davidr554]

Good but better than the original? No

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

When I was listening to this album, I didn't even know that the Stones had a version of this song. And then when I foun d out, I thought the Stones were doing a cover version.

[@stewpitteejit]

This doesn't beat the Stones' original.

[@oranproject8011]

We were at the gigs, the Commander and the Outlaws, Ozarks in Scotland Cheers America with the New riders ya all got it right. Long live Skynyrd

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

That'd have to be fun!

[@johnmason6784]

Brings back fond memories.

[@pokey6749]

my all time favorite song by NRPS. great memories of high school in the late seventies. this is the best version of this song.

[@joesprague1464]

Best rendition ever

[@jimcross3480]

definitely the best version of this song

[@lawrencecarberry1399]

saw this band many times great band

[@philb6490]

Saw the new riders and John Lee hooker at lebenon valley speedway back in the early 70s great show and a great band

[@tippimail1]

R.I.P. Buddy Cage-his steel makes this song.How great was music then?

[@tulliomoras1112]

Real country music will never go out of my mind who was 25 when NRPS played this song and today I still like to be driven by them when running my Marathons. Instead 'Bro country' 'rappers' and similar things can excite people drinking alcohol all day long.

[@thomastarwater6035]

In all actuality, it was Skip Battin who played bass on this song, and on this album. Stephen A. Love joined the NRPS on their next album "Who Are Those Guys?" which hit the shelves in 1977.

[@robertcackley]

What we had once is gone but never forgotten

[@jeniferdesquenne1870]

holy shit.....just fantastic.

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Funny !

[@philb6490]

So right Jenifer saw them live in 1973 with John Lee Hooker so underrated buddy could play the steel guitar better then anybody 🎼🎵🎸🎶👏🌞

[@frankaustin2944]

Rocking it old school!

[@007captain1]

1971 gram and keith were croonies. so no doubt that was where the inspration came from "the true adventures of the rolling stones" author stanley booth wrote a very good book about this era of the rolling stones exsistance. this is my favorite rolling stones song period !

[@Mamaofthehooligan]

I hope they play this at my funeral

[@rickystrychnine]

I've made arrangements for my kids (and ex wives) to play "Last Lonely Eagle" at mine.

[@uptownal44]

This is the best version of this song ever

[@jimwarner2387]

Been playing this song in bands from the beginning. Never gets old, just my band mates and I. Ouch!

[@stevewilliams6285]

fantastic bass

[@ju2071944]

RIP Townes Van Zandt

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Love it

[@jonncockrell3606]

This was a Rolling Stones original.

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

So good to listen to and remember fun times 😁

[@jonwearing5992]

This was the first version of this great song that I heard. I loved the NRPS they were my introduction to Country Music. I never looked back! Nowadays my fav version of this song has to be Townes, though I love this version still and the Stones original of course.

[@JC-vf7zs]

Love this version, love the version that Gram Parsons did, but this is the best...

[@sallymander57]

@leahywj, You're right. This is the studio version of this song from the 1976 album 'New Riders" with Buddy on pedal steel. Some of the early live album versions do feature Jerry though.

[@Recycledhooligan]

Still digging this tune

[@robertdamora5001]

Great version of the original. Saw the NRPS perform this song in NYC; I think it was at the Academy of Music in Manhattan. Many a great time was had at a NRPS concert. "I know you the queen of the undergrouind."

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Great and fun song! Music is second to none ! Excellent lead and steel guitars.

[@Froggboots]

Love this band! And the offshoots from this band too!

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Have loved them for years and years !

[@jessepruit8385]

Free Mexican Airforce!

[@NORWAYATWEST]

Loved it then and even more now:-)

[@kdilworth7502]

Just genuine good music. No big lips and overproduced track.

[@headlessspaceman5681]

Can't tell from this recording how big their lips are...? But pretty sure it's from way back before digitally-enhanced auto-tuned lips anyway

[@msattler111]

Don't forget,,,,,,,,,,the Man was still at the helm when this was recorded. Jerry still ruled the roost at the time.

[@episkopi08]

Memories of an incredible music era.

[@mollywog56]

This brings a nostalgic smile to my face

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Molly I am with you !

[@philb6490]

Without a doubt the best version of this song hands down 😊🌞🎶🎸🎵

[@trfesok]

In my "Stones..covered" playlist with other versions by the The Cowboy Junkies & Jerry Lee Lewis, along with the original. Thanks for uploading~!

[@ed345]

Awesome version of Dead Flowers!

[@Recycledhooligan]

Still digging this tune.

[@jkl5712]

Almost reminds me of Irish punk that went country western. I can see the Pogues singing this.

[@thomaslequeux8857]

Nicely done version, Lovin it.

[@UweRayer]

Thanks Realpoco for the load. My fav Stones song and now from the New Riders as well. An A+++++

[@hugoflores6866]

NRPS were something my big brother and his friends bought to the table as fodder years ago. When I discovered the adventure's Panama red I felt that they must have others to be enjoyed.so began my quest to find those lps.that was in 1974. However it must be stated that I have never cared for Jerry Garcia or the grateful Dead the New riders of the purple sage of the f****** bomb

[@TheDeadhead56]

very nice cover. the stones should be proud of this cover

[@jamesnelson6431]

Rock on Buddy!!!!

[@Recycledhooligan]

Love it great song

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

I forgot this song was on this album great version just like the Stones.

[@deweylinderman9916]

I love this song but can't figure who does it better the Stones or New Riders. There both great!

[@lofiloop9124]

Sometimes, there is no better... only different. (Or more to someone's liking)

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Agreed 😀

[@leesher1845]

Great tune.

[@UweRayer]

Fascinating and adictive. :-)

[@MattAttack54]

A fantastic cover

[@MrStugo]

man, listen to that bass.....

[@devlcat24]

love this version....

[@bigbastard1972]

These guy's were ment for this song~~this just sounds as good as it gets, love it, it definatly wipes the floor with the stones version :@))

[@robertallen6710]

..for sure Big..

[@hotajax]

Sure as shit does!!!

[@jerrysullivan113]

DAMN STRAIGHT!!! FIRST RATE.... DONT GET NO BETTER

[@jerrysullivan113]

still dig these guys...saw 'em a couple months back at Jormas FurPeaceRanch and they were HOT!

[@dennism7659]

Only heard the Stones version before but this one is sweet!

[@biggaspirit1]

So good!

[@tcoff85]

If only the riders could have had Mr. Richards joining on this one....Would that have been a hoot!

[@jimwilliams4215]

Great Stones cover ... I like this better than the original, it is more authentic.

[@ReedRosson1987]

Awesome cover.

[@tammytalkington4773]

Cool...

[@TeaParty1776]

Ive met the Queen Of The Underground, several times. Im looking for another.

[@gymrat22able]

Let's not forget their original pedal steel player was Jerry Garcia. 🌹🌹🌹

[@bluecollar825]

Hes not on this record tho. Lets not reduce NRPS to a band Jerry played with for a tour. Ijs, they were much more and Im not even a big fan of them tbh. But Im borderline obsessed with JG and the boys.🤣✌

[@davidripple7731]

Best ever heard

[@Mike-bk8xo]

Rember we have jerry garcea to thank for the creation of the new riders it was one of Jerry’s side projects I’m shoure glad he did bin hooked since I first seen them at the English town music hall

[@russellpayne7901]

I saw them at Winterland in the early 70s John Dawson came out doing this while doing an imitation of Mick Jagger . Funny as hell

[@josiahquincy2744]

The writer of this tune imho loves this

[@petersmith5029]

...that's Townes

[@MrSageXP]

Nope...Keith richards

[@jean-jacquesbatifol2596]

Can imagine this song without Pedal steel guitar. The beat version ever

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Gotta love it 😃

[@philb6490]

Best version of this song ever done buddy was a unbelievable steel guitar player 😊🌞🎶🎸🎵

[@UweRayer]

My all time Stones favorite but this version is as great

[@fenellablue]

Love this version but also love the one by Frankie Miller. Give it a listen

[@thomastarwater6035]

I had better make a correction to my posting from three weeks ago. Stephen A. Love was not the bass player on this song; that was Skip Battin. Mr. Love joined the NRPS on the following album "Who Are Those Guys?" (1977). This song still rocks, though.

[@fog1962]

Best cover

[@oranproject8011]

PURE BLISS

[@martincpeterson]

This is the real deal

[@MadCat3-e2j]

Hey Red it’s me ...Lucky🍀

[@rosemarydaughter]

So many MEMORIES*...says Aunt TT* ( now seen 73+ years)....

[@philb6490]

I'm 72 rosemary and still love playing some new riders while having the mute on the TV such an underrated band 🌞😊🎶🎸🎵

[@carlweaver3243]

Dead Flowers New Riders Wild Horses Flying Burritos Bros. Joanne Mike Nesmith Gunga Din Byrds South City Midnight Lady Doobie Brothers Submarine Ladies America Faithless Love Linda Ronstadt My Man Eagles Krikkit's Song Poco Home Joe Walsh Souvenirs Dan Fogelberg

[@ZoSo1973]

I love the Stones but this version of Dead Flowers blows theirs away

[@OldManCookin]

+Thelonesniper101 Agreed.... :)

[@djsurf]

10-4

[@VIVAEMV]

Josh Sheets Neva!!

[@ysethinhfsgvhtcvb]

Check out townes van zandts version

[@collierdahlgoff]

Same here, the original was -- and is -- still awesome. But it's Buddy Cage that pushes this over the top. His pedal steel work makes this - and every other NRPS song - a winner.

[@terrybois5945]

IMP this is the best version of this song

[@irwinrsteffy]

excellent

[@bluecollar825]

This was definitely good, but the stones version is still top for me. In fact this was better than I expected but I prefer the slightly slower tempo.

[@Mike-bk8xo]

This was ritten by keath Richardson of The Rolling Stones British blue grass😊❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@richardhill8797]

I was holding for Highway to Hell ,myself however thisll work too. Rich/San Jose

[@Aquileskull]

this is my fav from Stones.

[@arijitsyam]

Alas, we couldn't see this band performing live in India