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New Riders of the Purple Sage

American country rock band
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New Riders of the Purple Sage

Summary

New Riders of the Purple Sage is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (991 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's genre is country rock[4].
  • Riders of the Purple Sage is named after New Riders of the Purple Sage[5].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[6].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's record label is recorded as A&M Records[7].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's discography is recorded as New Riders of the Purple Sage discography[8].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises Jerry Garcia[10].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises John Dawson[11].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises David Nelson[12].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises Phil Lesh[13].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises Mickey Hart[14].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises Dave Torbert[15].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises Spencer Dryden[16].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage comprises Buddy Cage[17].
  • January 1, 1969 marks the founding of New Riders of the Purple Sage[18].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[19].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's official website is recorded as http://thenewriders.com[20].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's start of work period is recorded as 1969[21].
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Riders of the Purple Sage'}[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[23]

  • Country: US[24]

  • Began / founded: 1969[25]

  • Genre(s): bluegrass, country rock[26]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, bluegrass, country rock, petula clark[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 64c8fe79-1f93-483f-aace-b6a6e379e7d2[28]

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Founding

January 1, 1969 marks the founding of New Riders of the Purple Sage[18]. Its location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[19].

Why It Matters

New Riders of the Purple Sage ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (991 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

A&M Records Columbia Records Jerry Garcia United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Work period start → —
    Has part(s) → Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, David Nelson +5
    Inception → +1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q2292440]]"
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