The Adventures Of Panama Red 1973 Album

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

The `Riders were a jittery distant cousin of the Grateful Dead, choosing to appropriate country music like them, but avoiding the lengthy jams and studious approach that the Dead was so known for. This was their biggest-selling album, because of the title track and a couple of other songs which have a bit more depth ("Lonesome L.A. Cowboy", "L.A. Lady") than usual NRPS material. But generally, it is the same gaggle of non-serious, laconic, unimpressive country-rock songs as what is on the albums before and after Panama Red.