>>>> The DVD release of live footage of the Long Ryders reunion tour in 2004 will be released on Prima DVD, out summer 2009. Included as extras is some footage of the band live in the UK in March 1985! Anyone who videoed or filmed the band on their recent reunion tour PLEASE, PLEASE do send us a copy at P.O. Box 2539, London, England NW3 6DF, United Kingdom. A very sincere thanks to those who have sent footage in already! A Long Ryders' rare version of Bob Dylan's Masters Of War appeared on a free give away CD in Mojo magazine's July 2005 issue whose theme was Dylan. Simultaneously Uncut magazine's free CD had the Long Ryders' And She Rides on it! And besides a DVD of live performance footage taken from their 2004 reunion tour there is also a separate Long Ryders Live 2004: State Of Our Re-union CD which was released on Prima Records late in 2007. |
The last Long Ryders gig ever. Note Sid Griffin's Lennonesque "Elvis Beatle" appearance (circa Revolver) and 1966 Gibson ES-345 guitar. |
From L to R: Stephen McCarthy, Tom Stevens, the late great Gene Clark, a geeky Sid Griffin and Greg Sowders who now hasn't smoked a cigarette in years. |
The Long Ryders are: Sid Griffin guitar, harmonica, autoharp, therapy & vocals, Greg Sowders drums, percussion & song publishing, Tom Stevens bass, acoustic bass, computer genius & vocals and Stephen McCarthy main guitar, banjo, mandolin, lap steel & vocals. Early bass players included Des Brewer and Professor Barry Shank. Larry Chatman played on the band's final US tour in 1987 but did not record with the Long Ryders although his picture does appear in the original Metallic B.O. cassette. (Shank is now a full professor at Ohio State University and Chatman now is Dr. Dre's main personal assistant. Obviously leaving the band was a wise career move.) |
 NO MORE BEER - Sept 1986 |
 Polaroid shot circa 1986 |
 Photo: Richard D. Schoenberg |
