1989 studio album by New Riders of the Purple Sage
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Keep On Keepin' On is the twelfth studio album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage . It was released in 1989 by Mu Records, and subsequently re-released by Relix Records.[ 2] [ 3]
Keep On Keepin' On is the first of two studio albums by the New Riders to feature only one original member of the band, John Dawson , the second being 1992's Midnight Moonlight . It includes a version of the Grateful Dead song "Friend of the Devil ", which was co-written by Dawson.
The album is more influenced by folk-rock and bluegrass music than the band's previous efforts, partly due to the contributions of multi-instrumentalist Rusty Gauthier .
Track listing
"Keep On Keepin' On" (John Dawson ) – 3:33
"Now I Call It Love" (Dawson) – 2:46
"It's O.K. to Cry" (Val Fuentes , Rusty Gauthier , Lina Valentino) – 3:18
"Bounty Hunter" (Fuentes, Gauthier, Valentino) – 4:01
"Barbaric Splendor" (Joe New) – 3:19
"Señorita" (Dawson) – 3:00
"Night of the Living Lonely" (Johnson, New) – 2:58
"Rancher's Daughter" (Dawson) – 3:02
"Big Ed" (Gauthier) – 3:17
"Friend of the Devil " (Dawson, Jerry Garcia , Robert Hunter ) – 3:36
Personnel
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Additional musicians
Jennifer Hall – background vocals
Jeanette Sartain – background vocals
Carolyn Gauthier – background vocals
Boots Hughston
Kincaid Miller
Lina Valentino
Val Fuentes
Bill Amatneek
Stu Feldman
Bing Nathan
Bob Black
Production
Boots Hughston – producer, executive producer, mixing
Bob Heyman – executive producer
Ricky Lynd – engineer, mixing
Wendy Bardsley – second engineer
Jamie Bridges – sub-engineer
Tom Flye – mixing
Bob Missbach – mixing
Mixed at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco
Notes
Studio albums Live albums
Home, Home on the Road
Vintage NRPS
Live on Stage
Live in Japan
Live
Worcester, MA, 4/4/73
Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72
Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72
Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75
S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73
Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77
Glendale Train
Thanksgiving in New York City
Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
Lyceum '72
Hempsteader
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