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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 „Marmaduke“ Dawson (* 16. Juni 1945 in Detroit, Michigan; † 21. Juli 2009 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexiko) war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker, Sänger und Gitarrist. Er wurde als Gründungsmitglied der Countryrock -Formation The New Riders of the Purple Sage bekannt.
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...
22. Juli 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.
23. Juli 2009 · Dawson moved to Los Angeles to attend college before returning to the San Francisco bay area to try to make his way as a solo folk singer. However, after hobnobbing with the Grateful Dead and ...
- Adam Sweeting
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.
John Dawson was the acknowledged leader of the prototypical country-rock group, New Riders of the Purple Sage – often referred to as NRPS or simply New Riders. He was their principal songwriter...
