| Live | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | New Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Cover: | NRPSLive.jpg |
| Released: | 1995 |
| Recorded: | 1982 |
| Genre: | Country rock |
| Length: | 43:34 |
| Label: | Avenue |
| Producer: | Jerry Goldstein |
| Prev Title: | Wasted Tasters |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Live is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded live at the Palomino in North Hollywood, California on September 21 and November 20, 1982.[1] It was released on the Avenue Records label on February 14, 1995. The album is sometimes referred to as Live (1982).
The Palomino shows were recorded not long after David Nelson and Buddy Cage had left NRPS and Rusty Gauthier had joined, a major change in the band's lineup. John "Marmaduke" Dawson was the only remaining original member at this time. Dawson and guitarist Allen Kemp, separately or together, wrote eight of the eleven songs on the album. Also featured are Billy Wolf on bass and Val Fuentes, who was previously in the band It's a Beautiful Day, on drums.
Live showcases a harder rocking sound than on the New Riders' previous albums. In subsequent years the Dawson / Gauthier New Riders would adopt a partly electric and partly acoustic style of music that was influenced less by rock and more by folk and bluegrass.