''Feelin' All Right'' is the tenth studio

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and twelfth album overall by the

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band the

New Riders of the Purple Sage New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. The band is sometimes referred ...

. Released in 1981, it was their only album on the

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label. Produced as a

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, it has not been released in CD format. ''Feelin' All Right'' was the last studio album by the New Riders that featured both John "Marmaduke" Dawson and David Nelson as full-time band members (although Nelson made a guest appearance on 1992's '' Midnight Moonlight''). The two had co-founded the band in 1969 with

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of the

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. Also included in the lineup was longtime member

Buddy Cage Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 – February 5, 2020) was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

on pedal steel guitar, along with guitarist

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and drummer Patrick Shanahan. Kemp wrote or co-wrote seven of the ten songs on the album, his first as a member of NRPS.''Feelin' All Right''
at the NRPS official website

Track listing

:''Side one:'' #"Night for Making Love" ( John Dawson, David Nelson,

) – 3:12 #"No Other Love" (Dawson, Kemp) – 3:02 #"The Way She Dances" (Dawson, Kemp) – 2:49 #"Tell Me" (Kemp) – 3:26 #"Fly Right" (Kemp) – 3:09 :''Side two:'' #"Crazy Little Girl" (Dawson, Kemp) – 3:20 #"Full Moon at Midnight" (Dawson, Kemp) – 3:20 #"Pakalolo Man" (Jack Miller) – 2:42 #"Day Dreamin' Girl" (M. O'Gara) – 2:56 #"Saralyn" (Dawson) – 2:50

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage

* John Dawson –

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* David Nelson – guitar, vocals *

Buddy Cage Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 – February 5, 2020) was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

–

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– guitar, vocals * Patrick Shanahan –

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, vocals

Additional musicians

* Michael White – bass *Andre Lewis –

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Production

*Chuck Mellone – producer *Alex Kash – engineer *Jim Tronge – assistant engineer *Dave Curtin – assistant engineer *Frank DeLuna – mastering *

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– photography, design *

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– executive supervision for Fast Forward Productions, Inc *Recorded at

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