Rick Danko's voice
Sure its a thing of sublime beauty, but sometimes he says words in a very strange goofy way, anyone else notice this? still he had a great voice
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I think Rick was kinda goofy. If you watch that Festival Train DVD from Canada he's really really drunk sitting next to Joplin and there's more goofy talk going on. During the interviews on TLW during the song breaks, he does come across that way too. He could have been stoned though which might account for it. When he sang "It makes no difference" he didn't sound goofy at all to me anyway. I love that song, and I love his voice.
shareyeah thats one song where he doesnt sing like that,but the weight is a perfect example of what i mean, also the way he sings 'all our past times' on eric claptons solo album no reason to cry, strange way of saying some words
No Justice Just Us
well, he is Canadian
but it's just his sweet way of phrasing, he can pull it off
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Agreeing with Willy AGAIN tonight. He does have a very unique way of ennunciating certain words...very good example is how he pronounces the "Crazy Chester" part of TLW "The Weight". I love how is singing is a mixture of such a brash and confidence earnestness, just a good old boy going out into the world coupled with such vulnerability. The first time I watched this movie, at the time not familiar with The Band, I was just blown away by what an amazing and singular talent he was....no one has EVER sang like Rick.
He was drunk as a skunk during Festival...when Janis Joplin asks you are feeling OK you know you are pretty lit, and was well into his heroin addiction by The Last Waltz. His personality always seemed a little goofy, like the lovable kid brother always up for a crazy joke that will backfire in his face. But there were in fact very few people in the music business that have been around for the long haul that were better loved and more highly regarded as a person by his friends and colleagues than Rick Danko. He was one of the few genuine nice guys. I think that is why he didn't record too many of songs and was perhaps an underachiever his solo career. You have to be a bit of a bastard to push yourself up front and take your part of the spotline, and Rick was too sweet of a guy to really do that.
very good example is how he pronounces the "Crazy Chester" part of TLW "The Weight"
Rick performing this song was the only time in the movie that I thought he was under the influence of something. Not drunk, but drugs I would guess. Not only was his performance so manic in this song, but, if you look at his eyes, man, are they wild! share
What actually did he die from? He was relatively young.
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Rick had a massive heart attack after returning home. He died in his own bed, with his wife, Elizabeth, in the other room. Their son Eli had recenly died at college (some say from a hazing incident) actually he suffocated after passing out from too much booze. That weakened Rick and his wife physically. Rick got sick and died and Elizabeth is in a nursing home.
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