The Long Ryders
The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band, principally active between 1983 and 1987, and who reformed in 2004 to do a reunion tour. They have only performed three times since 2004.
History
The Long Ryders were originally formed by several American musicians who were each multi-instrumentalists, influenced by Gram Parsons and The Byrds, with country and punk rock influences. They were named after the Walter Hill film, The Long Riders. The band featured Sid Griffin on guitar, autoharp, and bugle; Stephen McCarthy guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, and banjo; Des Brewer as bassist (later replaced by Tom Stevens); and Greg Sowders playing drums and percussion. Although two members were transplants from the American South, they became a popular Los Angeles rock band, forming in the early 1980s and originally associated with a movement called the Paisley Underground. With a sound reminiscent of Gram Parsons, Buffalo Springfield and The Flying Burrito Brothers, but with a harder edge, they anticipated the alternative country music of the 1990s by a decade. Their early work contained influences of both punk (largely attributed to confirmed anglophile Griffin), and old school country (ironically championed by Englishman Brewer). Former Byrd Gene Clark added vocals to the song "Ivory Tower," on the 1984 Native Sons.
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The Long Ryders
ALBUMS
- The Best Of released: 2004
- Native Sons released: 1993
- Two Fisted Tales released: 1987
- State of Our Union released: 1985
- Three Minute Warnings: Live in NYC released:
- End of the Trail released:
- Anthology released:
- Metallic B.O. released:
- 10-5-60 / Native Sons released:
The Best Of
Released 2004- Looking for Lewis and Clark (long version)
- Lights of Downtown
- Years Long Ago
- Gunslinger Man
- I Want You Bad
- A Stich in Time
- Man of Misery
- If I Were a Bramble and You Were a Rose
- Capturing the Flag
- State of My Union
- Final Wild Son
- Ivory Tower
- (Sweet) Mental Revenge
- I Had a Dream
- You Don't Know What's Right, You Don't Know ---
- And She Rides
- Masters of War
- I Can't Hide
State of Our Union
Released 1985- Looking for Lewis and Clark
- Lights of Downtown
- WDIA
- Mason-Dixon Line
- Here Comes That Train Again
- Years Long Ago
- Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today
- Two Kinds of Love
- You Just Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore
- Capturing the Flag
- State of My Union
- If I Were a Bramble and You Were a Rose
- Southside of the Story
- Child Bride
- Christmas in New Zealand
Three Minute Warnings: Live in NYC
- Prairie Fire
- Lights of Downtown
- Man of Misery
- A Stitch in Time
- State of My Union
- Harriet Tubman's Going to Carry Me Home
- Capturing the Flag
- Long Story Short
- Baby's in Toyland
- I Want You Bad
- Spectacular Fall
- I Had a Dream
- You Just Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore
- Gunslinger Man
- Looking for Lewis & Clark
- Prisoners of Rock
- 10-5-60
Anthology
- 10-5-60
- And She Rides
- Born to Believe in You
- You Don't Know What's Right, You Don't Know What's Wrong
- Join My Gang
- Final Wild Son
- Ivory Tower
- Still Get By
- Run Dusty Run
- (Sweet) Mental Revenge
- Fair Game
- Too Close to the Light
- I Had a Dream
- I'll Get Out Somehow
- Masters of War
- I Can't Hide
- Lights of Downtown
- Mason-Dixon Line
- Capturing the Flag
- Years Long Ago
10-5-60 / Native Sons
- Final Wild Son
- Still Get By
- Ivory Tower
- Run Dusty Run
- (Sweet) Mental Revenge
- Fair Game
- Tell It to the Judge on Sunday
- Wreck of the 809
- Too Close to the Light
- Never Got to Meet the Mom
- I Had a Dream
- Join My Gang
- You Don't Know What's Right, You Don't Know What's Wrong
- 10-5-60
- Born to Believe in You
- The Trip
- And She Rides
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by Ry Cooder
THE LONG RIDERS
by: Ry Cooder(Ry Cooder)
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