Marin County Line

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Marin County Line

Studio album by New Riders of the Purple Sage

Released

1977

Recorded

1977

MCA

New Riders of the Purple Sage chronology

Who Are Those Guys?
(1977)

Marin County Line
(1977)

Feelin' All Right
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Marin County Line is the ninth studio album and eleventh album overall by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.^[2] Released in 1977,^[3] it was their third and final album on the MCA Records label.^[4]

Marin County Line was the second of two NRPS studio albums to feature Stephen Love on bass guitar. Love wrote all of the songs on side one of the LP. It was also the band's first album with Patrick Shanahan. Shanahan had recently replaced Spencer Dryden as the New Riders' drummer, and Dryden had become the band's manager. Love and Shanahan were both former members of Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band. Also in the NRPS lineup for this album were co-founders John "Marmaduke" Dawson and David Nelson, and long-time member Buddy Cage. A concert performed by this version of the band was released in 2009 as the album Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77.

Track listing

Side one

"Till I Met You" (Stephen Love) – 3:23
"Llywelyn" (Love) – 3:59
"Knights and Queens" (Love) – 3:59
"Green Eyes a Flashing" (Love) – 2:54
"Oh, What a Night" (Love) – 3:55

Side two

"A Good Woman Likes to Drink with the Boys" (Dave Ellingson) – 4:12
"Jasper" (John Dawson, David Nelson) – 2:38
"Echoes" (Patrick Shanahan) – 3:04
"Twenty Good Men" (Dawson) – 3:29
"Little Miss Bad" (Dawson) – 2:20
"Take a Red" (Nelson, Spencer Dryden) – 2:25

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage

John Dawson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
David Nelson – guitar, vocals
Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
Stephen Love – bass, guitar, vocals
Patrick Shanahan – drums, vibes, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

Spencer Dryden – percussion
John Hug – guitar
Tom Stern – banjo
Ray Park – fiddle
Tower of Power horn section – horns on "Take a Red"

Production

Jim Ed Norman – producer
Tom Flye – engineer
Steve Fontano – associate engineer
Alex Kashevaroff – assistant engineer
Larry Boden – mastering
George Osaki – art direction
Herb Greene – photography

Notes

↑ Marin County Line at Allmusic
↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate U.S. p. 1083. ISBN 1-84195-615-5. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
↑ Marin County Line at the NRPS official website
↑ Marin County Line at the Grateful Dead Family Discography

v t e New Riders of the Purple Sage

David Nelson Buddy Cage Michael Falzarano Ronnie Penque Johnny Markowski John Dawson Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart Phil Lesh Dave Torbert Spencer Dryden Skip Battin Stephen Love Patrick Shanahan Allen Kemp Bobby Black Michael White Billy Wolf Val Fuentes Rusty Gauthier Greg Lagardo Gary Vogensen Fred Campbell Evan Morgan Bill Laymon Bob Matthews

Studio albums	New Riders of the Purple Sage Powerglide Gypsy Cowboy The Adventures of Panama Red Brujo Oh, What a Mighty Time New Riders Who Are Those Guys? Marin County Line Feelin' All Right Before Time Began Keep On Keepin' On Midnight Moonlight Where I Come From 17 Pine Avenue

Live albums	Home, Home on the Road Vintage NRPS Live on Stage Live in Japan Live Worcester, MA, 4/4/73 Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72 Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72 Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75 S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73 Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77

Compilation albums	The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1 Wasted Tasters Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage Ridin' with Panama Red Cactus Juice Very Best of the Relix Years Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live Instant Armadillo Blues

Videography	Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot

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