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John Collins Dawson IV, detto Marmaduke (Detroit, 16 giugno 1945 – San Miguel de Allende, 21 luglio 2009), è stato un cantautore e musicista statunitense di genere country rock. È conosciuto per essere stato nel 1969 il cofondatore, con Jerry Garcia dei Grateful Dead, del gruppo musicale dei New Riders of the Purple Sage
John Collins Dawson IV (June 16, 1945 – July 21, 2009), 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. He sang lead vocals on most of the band’s songs.
John Dawson, a singer and songwriter whose band New Riders of the Purple Sage began as a country-rock offshoot of the Grateful Dead but had a long life of its own, died on Tuesday in San Miguel...
The History. In the summer of 1969, John Dawson was looking to showcase his songs while Jerry Garcia was looking to practic his brand new pedal steel guitar. The two played in coffeehouses and small clubs initially, and the music they made became the nucleus for a band—the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
22 lug 2009 · Photo: Marcia Cohen. The extended Grateful Dead family and Dead Head community lost a great talent and a dear friend on July 21, when John “Marmaduke” Dawson, longtime singer, songwriter and guitarist with New Riders of the Purple Sage, passed away peacefully after a long period of failing health.
24 lug 2009 · SAN FRANCISCO — John “Marmaduke” Dawson, a longtime Grateful Dead collaborator who co-wrote “Friend of the Devil” and developed a devoted following with his psychedelic country group New Riders...
26 lug 2009 · Dawson, 64, died Tuesday of stomach cancer in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, said Buddy Cage, who has played pedal steel guitar with the group since Garcia left in 1971. Advertisement.
