Paisley Underground

After the Dream Syndicate played Pandora's in 1984, there was special attention in 85 for the Paisley Underground movement which had a number of bands playing at Pandora's: the Rain Parade, Green on Red, the Long Ryders and also the Dutch Fatal Flowers.

The whole Los Angeles "scene" was captured in a family tree documenting the ties between the bands:


Los Angeles Paisley Undergound scene in 1985 (Oor, 1985/20)


Article in festival booklet

The Long Ryders

The Long Ryders were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s and originally associated with a movement sometimes called the Paisley Underground. With a sound reminiscent of Gram Parsons-era Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and the Flying Burrito Brothers, but with a harder edge, they anticipated the alternative country music of the 1990s by a decade.

Scheduled
Saturday, 12 October 1985, "Dance Hall", 22:20 - 23:20

Line up
Sid Griffin – guitar, autoharp, bugle; Stephen McCarthy – guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, banjo; Tom Stevens – bass; Greg Sowders – drums

Set list
01 Run Dusty run
02 Lights of downtown
03 Southside of the story
04 Wreck of the 809
05 Time keeps travelin'
06 Sweet mental revenge
07 Mason/Dixon line
08 Two kinds of love
09 Capturing the flag
10 I had a dream last night
11 Ivory tower
12 Final wild son
13 You just can't ride the boxcars anymore
14 State of my union
15 Tell it to the judge on Sunday
16 Lookin' for Lewis and Clark
(http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=263116)

Recording
I have a complete lossless (flac) soundboard recording. Dutch radio broadcast some (maybe all) of it shortly after the festival.


Fragment of the Long Ryders at Pandora's 85 as uploaded to YouTube by waaghalsrecords.

Other info


Article form festival booklet