Keep On Keepin' On is the twelfth studio album

Album

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 by the country rock

Country rock

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 band the New Riders of the Purple Sage

New Riders of the Purple Sage

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. It was released in 1989 by Mu Records, and subsequently re-released by Relix Records.

Keep On Keepin' On is the first of two studio albums by the New Riders to feature only one original member of the band, John Dawson

John Dawson (musician)

John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed "Marmaduke" , was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.-Musical career:...

, the second being 1992's Midnight Moonlight

Midnight Moonlight

Midnight Moonlight is the thirteenth studio album by the New Riders of the Purple Sage, released in 1992 on the Relix Records label.Midnight Moonlight features studio recordings of original and cover songs, performed in a style heavily influenced by bluegrass and American folk music. The...

. It includes a version of the Grateful Dead

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 song "Friend of the Devil

Friend of the Devil

"Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album American Beauty....

", which was co-written by Dawson.

The album is more influenced by folk-rock

Folk rock

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 and bluegrass

Bluegrass music

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 music than the band's previous efforts, partly due to the contributions of multi-instrumentalist

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 Rusty Gauthier.

Track listing

1. "Keep On Keepin' On" (John Dawson
   John Dawson (musician)
   John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed "Marmaduke" , was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.-Musical career:...
   
   ) – 3:33
2. "Now I Call It Love" (Dawson) – 2:46
3. "It's O.K. to Cry" (Val Fuentes
   Val Fuentes
   Val Fuentes is the original and current drummer for the psychedic folk-rock band It's a Beautiful Day...
   
   , Rusty Gauthier, Lina Valentino) – 3:18
4. "Bounty Hunter" (Fuentes, Gauthier, Valentino) – 4:01
5. "Barbaric Splendor" (Joe New) – 3:19
6. "Señorita" (Dawson) – 3:00
7. "Night of the Living Lonely" (Johnson, New) – 2:58
8. "Rancher's Daughter" (Dawson) – 3:02
9. "Big Ed" (Gauthier) – 3:17
10. "Friend of the Devil
    Friend of the Devil
    "Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album American Beauty....
    
    " (Dawson, Jerry Garcia
    Jerry Garcia
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    , Robert Hunter
    Robert Hunter (lyricist)
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    ) – 3:36

New Riders of the Purple Sage

• John Dawson
  John Dawson (musician)
  John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed "Marmaduke" , was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.-Musical career:...
  
   – acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
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  , jaw harp
  Jew's harp
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  , lead and background vocals
  Singing
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• Rusty Gauthier – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar
  Lap steel guitar
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  , dobro
  Dobro
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  , fiddle
  Fiddle
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  , banjo
  Banjo
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  , twelve-string guitar, lead and background vocals
• Gary Vogensen – electric guitar
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  , background vocals
• Greg Lagardo – drums
  Drum kit
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• Michael White – bass
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Additional musicians

• Jennifer Hall – background vocals
• Jeanette Sartain – background vocals
• Carolyn Gauthier – background vocals
• Boots Hughston
• Kincaid Miller
• Lina Valentino
• Val Fuentes
  Val Fuentes
  Val Fuentes is the original and current drummer for the psychedic folk-rock band It's a Beautiful Day...
  
  
• Bill Amatneek
• Stu Feldman
• Bing Nathan
• Bob Black

Production

• Boots Hughston – producer, executive producer, mixing
• Bob Heyman – executive producer
• Ricky Lynd – engineer, mixing
• Wendy Bardsley – second engineer
• Jamie Bridges – sub-engineer
• Tom Flye – mixing
• Bob Missbach – mixing
• Mixed at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco