Loren also served as ghost writer for a series of fictional western novels based on Lassiter, the hero in Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage.
A second silent film version was released in 1925, starring Tom Mix as Lassiter and Mabel Ballin as Jane.
Deep Purple | Purple Heart | SAGE Publications | Rough Riders | sage | The Color Purple | SAGE | Purple Rain | Ottawa Rough Riders | The Color Purple (film) | Sage | Purple Hairstreak | Freedom Riders | The Long Riders | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Purple Rain (film) | Purple Gang | Tyrian purple | The Sage Gateshead | Russell Sage Foundation | Purple Rain (album) | Purple people | Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders | Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey | New Riders of the Purple Sage | Frederick Sage & Company | Cosmic Rough Riders | The Riders | The Purple Plain | The Purple Jar |
He toured with Jerry Garcia, and New Riders of the Purple Sage and opened for the Grateful Dead.
The two songs from Before Time Began were recorded in the studio in 1969 by the original lineup of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, which included Dawson, David Nelson, and three members of the Grateful Dead — Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh.