“Make It Real” Video

Americana pioneers – The Long Ryders – return with their first new album of original material in 33 years – Psychedelic Country Soul.

“The record sounds fantastic” – LA Times

“Psychedelic Country Soul puts them right back at the top of a world they helped create” – MOJO ★★★★ 4/5

“A significant resurgence…a glorious tunefest” – Country Music Magazine ★★★★ 4/5

“Simultaneously joyous and rueful…it’s great to have them back” – Shindig! Magazine ★★★★ 4/5

“Brimming with melodic alt-country rock tinged classics.” – Daily Express ★★★★

“Crisp, melodic and controlled” – UNCUT Magazine ★★★★★★★ 7/10

“A band that still has the fire and spark of their youth.” – Ink 19

“This album doesn’t just sound like The Long Ryders used to sound 30 years ago; it sounds like the Long Ryders never left us to begin with. The playing and songwriting here is as strong as ever. Hopefully, Psychedelic Country Soul signals a lasting reunion.” – PopMatters

See the boys – Sid Griffin, Stephen McCarthy, Greg Sowders and Tom Stevens lay down the tracks for “Make it Real” with producer and ‘fifth Long Ryder’ – Ed Stasium. Blame Sam Epstein for cobbling the “Make It Real” recording process into a video. Taste and try before you buy.

Look for The Long Ryders on the road in support of “Psychedelic County Soul” with European dates this April and subsequent North American dates to ce announced. Thank you shout out to Larry Chatman and Dr. Dre for their generous studio time gift that made this truly new Long Ryders album possible.

Directed, filmed and editied by legendary Los Angeles television and film director/producer Sam Epstein, this video of Make It Real was shot by Sam in Dr. Dre’s studio in November 2017 when the Long Ryders were recording their Psychedelic Country Soul comeback album. Sam Epstein’s first job was working on the Don Siegel cult classic The Shootist, a film starring John Wayne and James Stewart. Sam is perhaps most known as the first assistant director of Wings, the Top Ten USA hit TV show.