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Rick Danko: Audio Files

This alphabetically sorted list contains sound samples from solo albums and performances by Rick Danko.

[RealAudio] Radio Woodstock tribute program
Program originally aired 12/11/99 on Radio Woodstock, two days after Rick's death.

[RealAudio] Chicago radio interview, December 1999
Very good interview with Rick and Professor Louie from WGN Radio 720 in Chicago. Includes some live songs, tracks from Breeze Hill and a phone conversation with guitar legend Les Paul. Please note there's a little "gap" around the commercial break, due to tape change.

[WMA-file] Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (57 MB)
Complete 1999 radio program, with interview and live performances from Rick, promoting the Live on Breeze Hill CD.

[RealAudio] WDST radio program - "Times Like These"
World premiere broadcast of songs from Rick Danko's last solo album Times Like These, with Aaron Hurwitz. Program originally aired 08/12/2000 on WDST Woodstock.

MPEG-3 file Acoustic Cafe Radio Show part 1 (23 MB)
MPEG-3 file Acoustic Cafe Radio Show part 2 (16 MB)
Acoustic Cafe is a nationally syndicated radio program. Rick Danko recorded a show there ("The Acoustic Cafe Radio Show #260") with Aaron Hurwitz on December 6th, 1999, to promote his new live album, later broadcast January 3rd - 9th 2000. It would be his final recorded performance. Part 1: Rick and Aaaron, interview and music, "Sip the Wine," "Book Faded Brown," "Crazy Mama." Part 2: Ellis Paul, "The World Aint Slowin' Down", Rick and Aaaron, interview and music, "Four Winds Blow," "Twilight."

AU file All Creation (195K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

WMA file All Creation
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] All our Past Times
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

AU file Angels in the Snow (246K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.

WMA file Baby I'm Lonesome
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] Blaze Of Glory
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999)

AU file Blind Willie McTell (695K)
Rick Danko live, from In Concert.

MPEG-2 file Blind Willie McTell (631K)
Rick Danko live, from In Concert.

WAV file Blues, title unknown (275K)
From the video Rick Danko's Electric Bass Techniques.

MPEG-3 file Book Faded Brown (5.1MB)
Unfinished version of Jubilation track "Book Faded Brown," produced and recorded in 1991 by Jim Tullio. Garth was supposed to add organ and a solo to this, but it never happened. The line-up is: Rick Danko, vocal, John Scully, all keyboards, Jim Tullio, percussion, bass and guitars, and a "Phil Collins" field drum sample from John Martyn's Glorious Fool album.

[RealAudio] Book Faded Brown
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

AU file Bottle of Wine (315K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

WMA file Bottle of Wine
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

AU file Brainwash (331K)
From Rick Danko.

AU file Bring It On Home - The Jam (260K)
From Bring It on Home Vol. 1.

MPEG-3 file Bud Light (962K)
Beer commercial recorded at The Toolshed, Chicago, in 1988. The line up is Rick Danko - vocals, Jim Tullio - guitars and hand jive, Paul Jost - harmonica (Paul is the composer of "Book Faded Brown"). Produced, recorded and mixed by Jim Tullio at The Toolshed, Chicago.

[RealAudio] Caledonia Mission
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999).

[RealAudio] Chain Gang
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

[RealAudio] Change Is Good
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

MPEG-3 file Change Is Good (4.9MB)
Demo recorded in Chicago in 1992. Rick Danko and producer Jim Tullio are singing and they also played or programmed everything on the demo. The recording was done the day Rick, Jim and Ed Kaecher wrote the song. Another version of "Change is Good" was released posthumously on Times Like These in 2000.

MPEG-3 file Cheaters Never Prosper (4.7MB)
[RealAudio] From the Nelvanamation II video.

AU file Christmas Must Be Tonight (1.8MB)
[RealAudio] Live recording, from a Danko solo show at Dylan's Cafe, 18 Dec 1987, Washington, DC. Contains the whole song.

WMA file Come Runnin' Like a Friend
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] Crazy Mama
Live with Jorma Kaukonen.

[RealAudio] Crazy Mama
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999)

MPEG-3 file Cry Another Tear (748K)
From Cryin' Heart Blues.

MPEG-3 file Cryin' Heart Blues (556K)
From Cryin' Heart Blues.

AU file Dimming of the Day (347K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

WMA file Dimming of the Day
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

MPEG-3 file Dont' Wait (4.5MB)
Rick Danko with Professor Louie, live at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia. January 15, 1999.

MPEG-3 file Dylan introducing Danko (750K)
Rick Danko and Bob Dylan live, Wallingford, CT, August 1997. Dylan says: "Thanks everybody. Ah, we have Rick Danko here, he's from the Band. And he's looking good, and he just got himself out of some... out of an arrested spirit. I think he's looking better than ever really. This is something we recorded a long while ago."

MPEG-3 file Empty Bottles, 1999 (300K)
From Empty Bottles (The Chili Brothers, 1988).

AU file Every Man Is His Own Hero (436K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] E-town Broadcast, 1999
20-minute radio concert with the Rick Danko band at an E-Town radio show originally taped at the Broadway Theater at UPAC in Kingston N.Y. on September 24, 1999. Featuring Rick, Garth, Aaron Hurwitz , Marie Spinoza and Natalie Merchant doing "Book Faded Brown", "It Makes No Difference", "Sea to the North" (Garth solo) and "Crazy Mama" accompanied by Eric Anderson.

MPEG-3 file E-town Broadcast, 1999 (14MB)
Downloadable MPEG-3 version of the 1999 E-Town radio concert.

WMA file Every Man Is His Own Hero
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

MPEG-3 file Forever Young/ Wish You Were Here Tonight (1.9MB)
Rick Danko at The Wetlands in New York City, 02.03.1993, with Sredni Vollmer on harmonica and background vocals.

MPEG-3 file Hard Times (8.1MB)
Recorded during the sessions for Eric Clapton's 1975 album No Reason to Cry. Available on several bootlegs.

MPEG-3 file Hey Kids (2.8MB)
[RealAudio] From the Nelvanamation II video.

MPEG-3 file Honest I Do (12.2MB)
[RealAudio] From the A Star for Every Stage bootleg.

MPEG-3 file I Shall Be Released (3.2MB)
Rick Danko and Bob Dylan live, Wallingford, CT, August 1997.

[RealAudio] It Makes No Difference
Live from the University of Chicago in 1983.

[RealAudio] It Makes No Difference
Live with Richard Manuel, 1985. From the bootleg Live at O'Tooles Tavern.

MPEG3-file It Makes No Difference (6.7MB)
Live with Richard Manuel, 1985. From the bootleg Live at O'Tooles Tavern.

[RealAudio] It Makes No Difference
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999).

MPEG-3 file It's Alright, It's Ok (400K)
From Cryin' Heart Blues.

AU file Java Blues (331K)
From Rick Danko.

MPEG-3 file Java Blues (5.9MB)
Rick and Levon Helm live, 1/29/83, Eugene, OR.

[RealAudio] Java Blues
Live at Dylan's Cafe, Georgetown, Washington DC, 1987.

MPEG-3 file Java Blues (950K)
From Cryin' Heart Blues.

MPEG-3 file Keep on the Sunny Side (1.9MB)
Live, from a Danko/Hudson concert in the late '80s or early '90s.

AU file Keep This Love Alive (359K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

MPEG-3 file Lay Down (445K)
From Cryin' Heart Blues.

WMA file Keep This Love Alive
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] Let The Four Winds Blow
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

WMA file Lie with Me
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

AU file Long Black Veil (781K)
Rick Danko live, from In Concert.

AU file Long Black Veil (708K)
Rick Danko live, from In Concert.

[RealAudio]Lovin You Is Sweeter
The Rick Danko Band, live at 'My Father's Place,' Roslyn, NY, 12/15/77, touring in support of the Rick Danko solo LP.

MPEG3-file My Love (3.8MB)
Live with Richard Manuel, 1985. From the bootleg Live at O'Tooles Tavern.

AU file Mystery Train (341K)
From Bring It on Home Vol. 1.

AU file New Mexicoe (331K)
From Rick Danko.

MPEG-3 file New Mexicoe (646K)
From Cryin' Heart Blues.

AU file Once upon a time (331K)
From Rick Danko.

AU file One More Shot (252K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.

[RealAudio] Ophelia
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999)

WMA file Outside Track
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] People Of Conscience
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

WMA file Ragtop
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

MPEG-3 file Raining in My Heart (5MB)
[RealAudio] From Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band.

AU file Raining in My Heart (258K)
From Bring It on Home Vol. 2.

[RealAudio] Rehearsal, 1976
Rick Danko doing "It Makes No Difference" and "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", from the rehearsals for the second Hurricane Carter benefit show with Bob Dylan, Houston Texas, January 25, 1976.

AU file Ridin' on the Blinds (380K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

WMA file Ridin' on the Blinds
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] Ripple
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

AU file Shake It (331K)
From Rick Danko.

[RealAudio] The Shape I'm In
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999).

MPEG3-file The Shape I'm In (2.4MB)
Live with Richard Manuel, 1985. From the bootleg Live at O'Tooles Tavern.

AU file Sick and Tired (248K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.

AU file Sip the Wine (331K)
From Rick Danko.

AU file Sip the Wine (401K)
From Rick Danko.

MPEG-3 file Sip the Wine (2.3MB)
[RealAudio] From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999)

MPEG-3 file Sip the Wine (2.2MB)
Live, from the famous 03.01.1978 Danko concert at The Roxy in Los Angeles that allegedly had all of The Band sitting in at one point. The song is from Rick's first solo album.

AU file Small Town Talk (331K)
From Rick Danko.

[RealAudio] Stage Fright
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999)

[RealAudio] Stage Fright
Live with Richard Manuel, 1985. From the bootleg Live at O'Tooles Tavern.

AU file Sweet Romance (331K)
From Rick Danko.

[RealAudio] This Wheel's On Fire
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

MPEG-3 file This Wheel's On Fire (2.7MB)
Rick Danko and Bob Dylan live, Wallingford, CT, August 1997.

[RealAudio] Times Like These
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

AU file Tired of Waiting (331K)
From Rick Danko.

AU file Twilight (418K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

WMA file Twilight
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

MPEG-3 file Twilight (2.9MB)
[RealAudio] Rick Danko live at Cruise Cafe, Oslo, 1994. From the NRK TV program Roots 94.

AU file Twilight (829K)
Rick Danko live, from In Concert.

MPEG file Twilight (752K)
Rick Danko live, from In Concert.

MPEG file Twilight (4.3MB)
Rick Danko with Garth Hudson live, from The Best of Mountain Stage Volume 1 .

[RealAudio] Twilight
From Live on Breeze Hill (The Rick Danko band, 1999)

MPEG3-file Unfaithful Servant (4.3MB)
Live with Richard Manuel, 1985. From the bootleg Live at O'Tooles Tavern.

MPEG-3 file The Weight (5.6MB)
[RealAudio] Levon and Rick with Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band.

MPEG-3 file We'll Find a Way (3.5MB)
[RealAudio] From the Nelvanamation II video.

AU file What a Town (331K)
From Rick Danko.

[RealAudio]When I Paint My Masterpiece
Rick Danko and Shredni Vollmer (harp and background vocals), live at 'The Wetlands' New York City, 2/3/93.

AU file When Morning Comes to America (290K)
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.

WMA file Women 'Cross the River
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

[RealAudio] You Can Go Home
From Times Like These (Rick Danko, 2000)

WMA file Your Eyes
With Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen, from Ridin' on the Blinds.

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