Rick Danko (album)
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 32:20 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Rick Danko, Rob Fraboni | |||
| Rick Danko chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [3] |
Rick Danko is the 1977 debut by the bassist and singer for the Band. Featuring ten tracks mainly (but not completely; see "Sip the Wine" below) written by Danko, mostly in conjunction with lyricists Bobby Charles and Emmett Grogan, it was the first solo album by any member of the group and was Danko's only solo studio album; the other two albums he released in his lifetime were solo live recordings and collaborative studio albums.
Rick Danko is the only solo album by a member of the Band to feature each member of the group, with Garth Hudson playing accordion on "New Mexicoe", Robbie Robertson playing lead guitar on "Java Blues", Richard Manuel playing electric piano on "Shake It", and Levon Helm singing harmony vocal on the closing track "Once Upon a Time". Danko handled lead vocals, bass, and guitar. Other guests included Eric Clapton (guitar on "New Mexicoe"), Ronnie Wood (guitar on "What a Town"), Beach Boy and later Band member Blondie Chaplin (guitar and bass on various tracks) and Doug Sahm (guitar on various tracks).
Although some versions of the album credit the song to Rick Danko, the album's fifth song, "Sip the Wine", is in fact a cover of Tim Drummond's 1971 song "To Lay Down Beside You", originally recorded by Joe Simon. Tim Drummond plays bass on a number of albums on which the song appears, including Rick Danko (although not on track "Sip the Wine").[4][5][6]
Track listing
- "What a Town" (Danko, Bobby Charles)
- "Brainwash" (Danko, Emmett Grogan)
- "New Mexicoe" (Danko, Charles)
- "Tired of Waiting" (Danko, Jim Atkinson)
- "Sip the Wine" (Tim Drummond, originally titled "I Want to Lay Down Beside You")
- "Java Blues" (Danko, Grogan)
- "Sweet Romance" (Danko, Grogan)
- "Small Town Talk" (Danko, Charles)
- "Shake It" (Danko)
- "Once Upon a Time" (Danko, Grogan)