''Brujo'' is an album by the American country rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage. It is their fifth studio album, and their sixth album overall. It was recorded in 1974 and released that same year by Columbia Records. ''Brujo'' was the first New Riders album to feature ex-

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Skip Battin Clyde "Skip" Battin (February 18, 1934 – July 6, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, bassist, performer, and recording artist. He was a member of the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Εarly life C ...

. Battin had replaced

Dave Torbert David Edwin Torbert (June 7, 1948 – December 7, 1982) was a Bay Area musician, best known for his associations with the Grateful Dead and the New Riders of the Purple Sage. He played bass for the latter group, replacing Phil Lesh during the ses ...

as the New Riders' bass player after Torbert left to form Kingfish. One single was released in conjunction with the album—"You Angel You"/"Parson Brown".

Track listing

#"Old Man Noll" ( John Dawson) – 2:44 #"Ashes of Love" ( Jack Anglin,

Johnnie Wright Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. (May 13, 1914 – September 27, 2011) was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of country musi ...

) – 2:14 #"You Angel You" (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

) – 2:43 #"Instant Armadillo Blues" (Dawson) – 2:52 #"Workingman's Woman" (

Troy Seals Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and C ...

Will Jennings Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings (born June 27, 1944) is an American lyricist. He is popularly known for writing the lyrics for the songs " Tears in Heaven" and " My Heart Will Go On". He has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and has wo ...

, Don Goodman) – 2:44 #"On the Amazon" (

, Kim Fowley) – 3:34 #"Big Wheels" (Battin, Fowley) – 3:00 #"Singing Cowboy" (Battin, Fowley) – 3:57 #"Crooked Judge" ( Robert Hunter, David Nelson) – 2:59 #"Parson Brown" (Dawson) – 3:06 #"Neon Rose" (Battin, Fowley) – 4:24

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage

* John Dawson - guitar, vocals * David Nelson - guitar, mandolin, vocals *

Spencer Dryden Spencer Charles Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes (later known as the Peanut B ...

- drums, vocals *

- bass, 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.

- steel guitar

Guest musicians

Neil Larsen Neil Larsen (born August 7, 1948) is an American jazz keyboardist, musical arranger and composer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Sarasota, Florida before relocating to New York and then, in 1977, Los Angeles. Early life Larsen was ...

- keyboards *

Mark Naftalin Mark Naftalin (born August 2, 1944) is an American blues keyboardist, recording artist, composer, and record producer. He appears on the first five albums by Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the mid 1960s as a band member, and as such was induc ...

- keyboards *Ed Freeman - mellotron *Dan Patiris - English horn *

Armando Peraza Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales. Biography Early life Born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba in 1924 (although the ...

- bongos

Production

*Producer: Ed Freeman *Recording Engineer: Bob Edwards/Kurt Kinzel *Art Direction: n/a *Photography: Urve Kuusik *Artwork: Gage Taylor

References

{{Authority control 1974 albums Columbia Records albums New Riders of the Purple Sage albums