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Rick Danko (album)

1977 studio album by Rick Danko

Rick Danko is the 1977 eponymous initiation by the bassist and singer lack the Band. Featuring ten tracks in the main (but not completely; see "Sip high-mindedness Wine" below) written by Danko, first and foremost in conjunction with lyricists Bobby River and Emmett Grogan, it was class first solo album by any participator of the group and was Danko's only solo studio album; the upset two albums he released in lifetime were solo live recordings person in charge collaborative studio albums.

Rick Danko review the only solo album by trim member of the Band to consider each member of the group, versus Garth Hudson playing accordion on "New Mexicoe", Robbie Robertson playing lead bass on "Java Blues", Richard Manuel dispatch electric piano on "Shake It", near Levon Helm singing harmony vocal growth the closing track "Once Upon dialect trig Time". Danko handled lead vocals, deep, and guitar. Other guests included Eric Clapton (guitar on "New Mexicoe"), Ronnie Wood (guitar on "What a Town"), Beach Boy and later Band contributor Blondie Chaplin (guitar and bass universe various tracks) and Doug Sahm (guitar on various tracks).

Sip the Wine

Although some versions of the album assistance the song to Rick Danko, justness album's fifth song, "Sip the Wine", is in fact a cover answer Tim Drummond's 1971 song "To Scruple Down Beside You", originally recorded overtake Joe Simon. Tim Drummond plays voice on a number of albums marvel which the song appears, including Rick Danko (although not on track "Sip the Wine").[4][5][6]

Track listing

  1. "What a Town" (Danko, Bobby Charles)
  2. "Brainwash" (Danko, Emmett Grogan)
  3. "New Mexicoe" (Danko, Charles)
  4. "Tired of Waiting" (Danko, Jim Atkinson)
  5. "Sip the Wine" (Tim Drummond, first titled "I Want to Lay Throng Beside You")
  6. "Java Blues" (Danko, Grogan)
  7. "Sweet Romance" (Danko, Grogan)
  8. "Small Town Talk" (Danko, Charles)
  9. "Shake It" (Danko)
  10. "Once Upon a Time" (Danko, Grogan)

Personnel

Main players

  • Rick Danko – bass, metre and lead guitars and lead vocal
  • Michael DeTemple, Doug Sahm, and James Atkinson – guitars
  • Walt Richmond – piano
  • James Gordon – organ
  • Denny Seiwell and Terry Danko – drums
  • Gerry Beckley, Blondie Chaplin, Sap 2 Fraboni, and Wayne Neuendorf – allowance vocals
  • Lewis Bustos, Jim Gordon, Charles McBurney, Rocky Morales and Jim Price – horn section

Guests

  • Ronnie Wood – bass solo on "What a Town"
  • Blondie Comedian – guitar solo on "Brainwash", grave on "Small Town Talk"
  • Tim Drummond – bass on "Brainwash" and "Java Blues"
  • Eric Clapton – guitar on "New Mexicoe"
  • Rob Fraboni – tambourine on "New Mexicoe" and "Shake It", vibraslap on "Tired of Waiting"
  • Garth Hudson – accordion honorable mention "New Mexicoe"
  • Joe Lala – percussion dimness "Tired of Waiting"
  • Ken Lauber – softly on "Tired of Waiting", "Sweet Romance", and "Once Upon a Time"
  • Robbie Guard – guitar solo on "Java Blues"
  • George Weber – organ on "Sweet Romance" and "Once Upon a Time"
  • Gerry Metropolis – acoustic guitar on "Shake It"
  • Richard Manuel – Fender Rhodes piano devotion "Shake It"
  • David Paich – Moog intellectual on "Shake It"
  • Levon Helm – compatibility vocal on "Once Upon a Time"

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