Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
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Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot is a concert video and an album by the American country rock
band the New Riders of the Purple Sage
. It was recorded in 2006 at Turkey Trot Acres, a hunting lodge in Candor, New York
. It was released in 2007 as a DVD
packaged together with a CD
.
Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot was the first album of new recordings released by the New Riders after the band re-formed in 2005. It features David Nelson
and Buddy Cage
, from the "classic" early 1970s lineup, along with then-new band members Michael Falzarano
, Ronnie Penque
, and Johnny Markowski.
Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
band the New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969, and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. Their best known song is "Panama Red"...
. It was recorded in 2006 at Turkey Trot Acres, a hunting lodge in Candor, New York
Candor (town), New York
Candor is a town in Tioga County, New York, USA. The population was 5,317 at the 2000 census.The Town of Candor has a village named Candor. The town is south of Ithaca, New York.- History :...
. It was released in 2007 as a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
packaged together with a CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
.
Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot was the first album of new recordings released by the New Riders after the band re-formed in 2005. It features David Nelson
David Nelson (musician)
David Nelson is an American guitarist and musician.Although he started his musical career playing folk and bluegrass music Nelson is probably best known as one of the original members of psychedelic country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage...
and Buddy Cage
Buddy Cage
Buddy Cage is an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage....
, from the "classic" early 1970s lineup, along with then-new band members Michael Falzarano
Michael Falzarano
Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been working as a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues band that he founded in 1986.Having signed...
, Ronnie Penque
Ronnie Penque
Ronnie Penque is a bassist, singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years. Penque is most notably recognized for his work with the current New Riders of the Purple Sage. The New Riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969...
, and Johnny Markowski.
Track listing
- "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" (Peter Rowan) – 5:08
- "Sutter's Mill" (John DawsonJohn Dawson (musician)John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed "Marmaduke" , was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.-Musical career:...
) – 3:25 - "Watcha Gonna Do" (Dawson) – 2:59
- "Last Lonely Eagle" (Dawson) – 5:59
- "Rainbow" (Dawson) – 3:59
- "Portland Woman" (Dawson) – 12:04
- "One Too Many Stories" (Dawson) – 5:14
- "Henry" (Dawson) – 4:51
- "Sliding Delta" (Mississippi John HurtMississippi John HurtJohn Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt was an American country blues singer and guitarist.Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine...
) – 4:22 - "Lochinvar" (Dawson) – 4:30
- "Garden of Eden" (Dawson) – 16:25
- "I Don't Know You" (Dawson) – 3:53
- "Panama Red" (Rowan) – 3:47
New Riders of the Purple Sage
- David NelsonDavid Nelson (musician)David Nelson is an American guitarist and musician.Although he started his musical career playing folk and bluegrass music Nelson is probably best known as one of the original members of psychedelic country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage...
– lead guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Buddy CageBuddy CageBuddy Cage is an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage....
– pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"... - Michael FalzaranoMichael FalzaranoMichael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been working as a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues band that he founded in 1986.Having signed...
– guitar, vocals - Ronnie PenqueRonnie PenqueRonnie Penque is a bassist, singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years. Penque is most notably recognized for his work with the current New Riders of the Purple Sage. The New Riders emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Johnny Markowski – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals
Production
- Video produced, directed, and edited by Michael A. Fitch
- Audio produced by Michael Falzarano
- Live recording engineer Jeff Stachyra, assisted by Todd McCarthy
- Mixed by Michael Falzarano and Jon Marshall Smith
- Cover art and photography by Dan Cole
- Panama Red art by Lore
- Smoke signals by Michael Ferguson and Kelly