Luke Doucet & the White Falcon: The Day Rick Danko Died
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Written by Luke Doucet, performed by Luke Doucet & the White Falcon.
Album: Blood's Too Rich, 2008
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There are songs most Band fans know, like "Danko/Manuel" by Drive-By Truckers, and [Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist] Luke Doucet's "The Day Rick Danko Died," the title of which, in my opinion, is more of a marketing tool than a topic. I contacted Doucet soon after the release of the song--which does have a catchy intro and some nice bass and guitar work–to ask him about it. He told me it had little to do with Rick, whom, he said, he'd never met, though he was a fan. Instead, the song is the story of a guy meeting another man–a guitarist who supposedly had once played with Bob Dylan–in a bar in Woodstock the day Rick Danko died. The two have a good cry and a couple of cold ones in honor of the "bass man."
—Carol Caffin
Lyrics
I was in Woodstock the day Rick Danko died. I climbed up on a barstool beside a perfect stranger and both of us cried. He said he was a guitar man -- used to play with Bob Dylan. I don't know if I believed him but to call his bluff tonight would surely kill him. Do not cry old man, it's not what today is for. Two dead rocks stars in one night is more than anybody's gonna cry for. Bottoms up stranger, let's tip one for the bass man. Let's bury hum tonight, at the bottom of this mason