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May 21, 2007
Ride on
I caught the last hour of The New Riders of the Purple Sage show at the Acoustic Cafe in Bridgeport Saturday night and came away impressed. Of course, that often happens when I go to concerts with zero expectations.
I was never a fan of NRPS and the only song I knew was "Panama Red," which I got there too late to hear Saturday, but what I did hear of the band I liked. It was easy to catch on to why the band was successful as its Grateful Dead roots showed throughout each song (the band started as a Jerry Garcia side project).
If you want a more biased opinion, my friend Carol was at the show and she is a longtime fan of the band. Carol couldn't believe how good the band sounded after all these years and she and her sister were both sporting extra-wide grins by the end of the show.
My highlight was when opening act Reid Genauer joined the band for a run-through of The Dead's "Friend of the Devil." I didn't get to see Genauer's set, but I will atone for that when I see him at Gathering of the Vibes this summer in Bridgeport as a solo artist, with his band Assembly of Dust and with the reunited Strangefolk.
Posted by Sean on May 21, 2007 4:01 PM
