An Evening with The New Riders of the Purple Sage a Benefit for the Rex Foundation on NOV 18 at The Concert Hall of NYSEC in NYC
An Evening with The New Riders of the Purple Sage a Benefit for the Rex Foundation on NOV 18 at The Concert Hall of NYSEC in NYC
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2006
Join us for a Special Musical Experience & Benefit for the Rex Foundation, featuring an evening with the New Riders of the Purple Sage on Saturday, November 18, 2006.
THE CONCERT HALL
The New York Society of Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-874-5210
5:30 – 7 p.m. Sound Check Party, including drinks, dinner and reception with the Artists
8 – 11 p.m. Concert
Sound Check Party, Dinner and Premium Seating Concert Tickets: (All but is tax deductible)
Sound Check and Reception Only (For holders of concert tickets) 0.00
Sound Check, Reception & Orchestra Concert Seating 5.00
Sound Check, Reception & Front Row Concert Seating 5.00
Concert Tickets Only: .00 available on TicketMaster
To order Reception, Dinner and Concert Tickets call 415-561-3135 or download the ticket order form from the Rex Foundation website at www.rexfoundation.org
For more information, call 415-561-3134
TicketMaster www.ticketmaster.com (415) 472-TIXS (8497
About The New Riders of the Purple Sage
The New Riders of the Purple Sage lineup features original members David Nelson on guitar and Buddy Cage on pedal steel, with Michael Falzarano (Hot Tuna) on guitar, mandolin, and vocals; Johnny Markowski (Stir Fried/Jerry Garcia Band) on drums and vocals; and Ronnie Penque (Stir Fried/Jerry Garcia Band/Ripple) on bass and vocals. Original guitarist John “Marmaduke” Dawson is sitting out the current tour for health reasons.
The band emerged from the happening San Francisco music scene in the summer of 1969, when Dawson began playing coffeehouses and small clubs with Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. The two were the nucleus of what would become the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and were joined later that same year by Nelson, who was proficient in both country and rock electric guitar.
With bassist Dave Torbert and former Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden on board, the group’s country-rock twang soon became a favorite of the San Francisco scene, as they played classic songs like “Panama Red,” “Glendale Train,” and “Henry.” They toured extensively as an opening act for the Grateful Dead, with Garcia eventually dropping out and being replaced by pedal-steel wizard Cage. The New Riders went on to record 12 albums over the next 11 years on Columbia Records, MCA, and A&M. From the late 1970s through the 1990s, they toured with a variety of lineups, led by Dawson.
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