“Henry” by New Riders Of The Purple Sage

John Dawson wrote "Henry" for the New Riders of the Purple Sage's self-titled debut, a 1971 Columbia release, and the band produced and arranged it themselves. This is country rock with a Grateful Dead man in the ranks: Jerry Garcia, one of the New Riders' co-founders, plays pedal steel and banjo on it, and the debut is the only New Riders studio album with Garcia on pedal steel.

Dawson, David Nelson and David Torbert all play acoustic guitar and all three sing, with Nelson doubling on electric guitar and mandolin and Torbert on bass, while Spencer Dryden handles drums and percussion. With three acoustics, a mandolin, a banjo and that steel all in the mix, it has the loose, sociable feel of a back-porch picking session.

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