The Long Ryders

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"They unwittingly invented Amerciana but seldom receive credit for it" Mojo Magazine "Few Bands have made more of an impact on the current musical scene" Classic Rock Magazine The founders of alt-country, The Long Ryders, announce a rare central London concert at 229. The Long Ryders were 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.