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Topic: OFF TOPIC Dako bass line on The Weight Last Walz |
William Johnson
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Statesboro, Georgia, USA
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 9:49 am |
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| Billy,It's Rick Danko..He's my favorite bass player besides James Jameson...Give the "Rock of Ages" listen.Rick also played a Fender Pedal Steel. |
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William Johnson
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Statesboro, Georgia, USA
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Mike Pace
From:
O.S. CT. USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 10:07 am
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If you look closely at the Winterland footage, you'll see that a lot of Rick's lines were overdubbed~ it's really noticable when they bring on Clapton.... Though I dont know if they restored any those perfomances in the latest release.
Regardless, I love his playing~ to me its the perfect blend of melody and percussion. |
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Mark Lind-Hanson
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Menlo Park, California, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 10:26 am
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I'm not so sure Rick played pedal steel at all. There is talk in the Levon Helm book (This Wheel's On Fire) that they were given a pedal steel back at Big Pink- "but none of us could figure out how to play it!" so it went unused.
Rick was indeed a great bass player and is up there in my category of the five I most admire- simple, uncomplicated lines always in harmony & appropriate... |
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 10:30 am
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The Band. I love those guys!
DZ |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 12:02 pm
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In 1976 I was touring with Chris Hillman, and we opened for the Band for a month or so, ending about a month before the Last Waltz.
They were the most amazing musical thing I have ever seen... I watched them every night of the tour.
Danko was awesome... one night I saw him sing Stagefright so over the top it was almost a religious experience.
They were really something, and anyone who saw them live should cherish the memory. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 12:21 pm
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Skip, that's cool that you toured with Chris and opened for The Band back then. I saw Chris & Herb, with Sally Van Meter laying down some killer dobro licks several weeks ago in the Bay Area-really good show.
There are few bigger fans of The Band than I, saw them play live several times. Their new boxed set as picked out by Robbie Robertson is on my Christmas list. I love Levon's book, what a page turner.
One of these days I'll tell the sad, pitiful story of why I passed on tickets for The Last Waltz after having priority because they cancelled their show at Oakland's Paramount Theater.
bOb must not be around or this thread would have been moved to "Music" by now!
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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 12 December 2005 at 12:23 PM.] |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 12:43 pm
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For me, rock and roll died when the Band broke up. It's been great watching their early days with Dylan on the Sorcese documentary.
They defined american rock and roll even though most of them where Canadian. |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 12:54 pm
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I forget who wrote it but one pro musician that hung with Rick Danko said that the guy just had music dripping off him, and he wished he could follow him around with a bucket and catch the excess!
If you read Levon's book he impresses on you just how hard those guys worked in their days as the Hawks. Endless gigs and traveling, and in between gigs hours long rehearsals and practice time to hone their skills to the edge of a fine sammurai sword.
Although he obviously had exceptional natural talent, Boston Red Sox hall-of-famer Ted Williams use to say that he became one of the greatest hitters in baseball history because he worked harder at it than anything else. That's what I'm reminded of when I think of The Band.
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Mark
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