Saw them at Keystone Berkeley 1975(?). A friend dared me to accompany him to the Keystone. The place was empty. It was a surprise performance- just jammin. Basically, it was us and New Riders. Stuff I tell my kids to make sure they know I was cool!
I like this one better...
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Henry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4GscuwNn9A
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Every year along about this time it all goes dry
There’s nothing round for love or money
That’ll get you high
Henry got pissed off and said he’d run to Mexico
To see if he could come back holdin’
Twenty keys of gold
Now the road to Acapulco is very hard indeed
And it isn’t any better if you haven’t any weed
Henry’s driving hard and straight
On twisty mountain roads
There’s fifty people waiting back
At home for Henry’s load
And now he’s rolling down the mountain
Going fast, fast, fast
And if he blows it this one’s gonna be his last
Run to Acapulco to turn the golden keys
Henry keep the brakes on for this corner if you please
Henry got to Mexico and turned his truck around
He’s talking with the man who has it
Growing from the ground
Henry tasted, he got wasted, couldn’t even see
How he’s gonna drive like that is not too clear to me
And now he’s rolling down the mountain
Going fast, fast, fast
And if he blows it this one’s gonna be his last
Run to Acapulco to turn the golden keys
Henry keep the brakes on for this corner if you please
Sunday afternoon Tijuana is a lovely town
Bullfight brings the tourists and
Their money flowing down
The border guards are much too busy
There at five o’ clock
Henry’s truckin’ right on through
He hardly even stopped
And now he’s rolling down the mountain
Going fast, fast, fast
And if he blows it this one’s gonna be his last
Run to Acapulco to turn the golden keys
Henry keep the brakes on for this corner if you please
Great song. I went looking for this on Apple Music myself recently too.
When they first stated in 1969-1970 Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead was playing pedal steel guitar for them.
When they first started in 1969-1970 Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead was playing pedal steel guitar for them.
They played the Halloween Ball free concert on the UF campus, 1977 and opened with Panama Red.
The concert was on the Plaza, in the space framed by the library wings and the bell tower.
A bunch of us had a spot 50 feet in front of the stage, everyone was in costumes, students, townies, bikers from Lake City to Ocala.
It was probably the best concert I ever saw, except maybe a Sommer Nacht concert in Stuttgart on a soccer field, all day show with Jethro Till, Foreigner, Neil Young, etc., all Germans, Brits and GIs.
He’ll steal your woman, then he’ll rob your head.
Panama Red was written by Peter Rowan. He was a member of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys. He later teamed up with David Grisman and Jerry Garcia in “Old and In the Way.” Check out their first album that includes “Panama Red,” “Land of the Navajo,” and Midnight, Moonlight,” all written by him.