THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Released in October 1984, Native Sons was the debut album by American band The Long Ryders. Musically, the album fuses 1960s style garage-rock and folk-rock with country-rock. David Fricke described Native Sons as an album “where Nashville, ’77 London and the mid-’60s Sunset Strip converge in songs of pioneer aspiration and outlaw bonding.”
This new three-CD edition compiled in conjunction with founding member Sid Griffin contains the original album alongside a raft of demos and a live recording from 1985. Described at the time as a modern American classic, this version brings together all the tracks that defined the start of alt-country, with a new package containing sleeve notes by Anthony DeCurtis and design by Phil Smee.”
