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John 'Marmaduke' Dawson dies at 64; founder of New Riders of the Purple Sage

John "Marmaduke" Dawson had original tunes in his pocket and a guitar in his hand in 1969 when a buddy just learning to play pedal steel guitar often joined his weekly gig at the Underground, a Bay Area hofbrau house.

By Valerie J. Nelson

July 26, 2009

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