Rick Danko- Driftin' Away

[alfordyce]

i think i heard this set on the radio a few years ago. I haven't been able to find it since. any suggestions

[filmerado]

Does anybody have tapes of Rick's shows at that club next to Tramps NYC called BANG-ON, March or April 1993 I think. GREAT sets!!

[uradragon]

So very nice. thank you Rick and the poster.

[angelbndscumn]

thank you rick is right

[satijournal]

One of the greatest rock-and-roll voices.

[josephjoint]

thanks rick

[base147]

God what a talented man, anything he sings could make the toughest guy shed a tear. RIP Dank

[dianedeedeedee]

Great song - I'm amazed that nobody else has recorded it . Losing Rick Danko is a sad thing.

[bobg73]

Yall, please forgive people for talking, more folks were listening as we are now. We all, don't notice and miss out on things of peace and beauty every day, don;t we? Love, b

[JoanneTickle]

Heartbreakingly beautiful and so sad that people are so disrespectful to such a great talent. We miss you Rick. You were one of a kind.

[michaelvkelly1]

there is something really forlorn about this performance. its so sad but i love it.

[mitchdurbin]

This makes me cry almost every time. Just because its Rick, and the song, and the crowd. I will keep this memory alive if anybody.

[OmegaM41]

This is such a heartfelt song. The music and lyrics are great.

[BlindOwlsGuitarist]

Any more video from this concert?

[TheOneWhoSings1]

If someone talks during my performances I will throw my guitar at them.

[Danko1229]

I can't watch this video because it is hard to tolerate the rudeness and disrespect of the assholes who are talking while he's performing.

[Free1108]

@Danko1229 I feel the same way; it just breaks my heart to think of how he must have felt. Rick didn't only have an awesome talent but a kind and gentle spirit as well. I feel bad when I see any of the former Band members (Levon; Rick; Richard; Garth) playing venues such as this; knowing that Robbie was sitting up in his fancy home that was paid for by the royalties the others worked so hard to attain. We all know how terrible it made Richard feel. I miss them both immensley.

[michaelvkelly1]

i love this song so much

[mustang135m]

Its hard to beleave my mom and him use to play together as kids in Vanessa..

[jayrayfrisbee]

i would give anything to be able to go back in time and tell those people talking through such a heartfelt performance to SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

[rogeybo]

No doubt. If you were there and running your mouth that night, you know who you are. I hope you see this now and feel regret.

This reminds me of seeing Elliott Smith open for Sebadoh in the mid-nineties. Folks were milling around and talking all the way through Elliott's set. The first thing Lou Barlow did when Sebadoh took the stage was scold the crowd for being assholes. I liked Sebadoh when I walked in; I loved Lou when I walked out.

[lordkoos]

@jayrayfrisbee Yyou don't know what you got 'til it's gone.

[dog1dog2]

@jayrayfrisbee +1 million. 

[dog1dog2]

@jayrayfrisbee +1 million. Also, this solo rendition is VASTLY superior to the album version (on Danko/Fjeld/Andersen).

[owenw405]

@jayrayfrisbee a bunch of stupid drunk yuppies who had no clue. I think if Rick was still with us he would have made a major comeback like Levon because now all thoss same assholes realize the crap they have been listening to for years is just that..crap. He would have been up at Woodstock doing the Midnight Rambles with his old buddy...could you imagine...?

[LetsgoRangers94]

@jayrayfrisbee DEFINITELY!! Danko was amazing. Very few people ever sang from the heart like he did.

[shawndnypl]

Anyone know when and where this is from?

[handymf]

IMMENSE......!!

[rickdanko4eva]

im too young to miss him, but god do i miss him!

r.i.p (rock in peace)

[Thomasbox180]

I worked at a small concert hall in the early nineties. I heard that Ricks management offered Rick for around 2000 dollars. Ufortunenately the place didn't have that kind of money at the time. I still regret I didn't take a loan and paid for an evening with Rick - even the bastards who talk instead of listening wouldn't have spoiled my evening...My God, I miss Ricks fragile music

[deebee76]

Rick amazes once again.

[zzheavensdoor]

Beautiful sensitive Rick, A supreme artist. Taught Dylan so much. Saw him in Dublin many, many years ago. Nobody talked while he was playing there. Like many artists he took drugs to gain access to the place his gift came from.. The Rock business, like many businesses is full of sharks and opportunists.. Rick, with his gentle, untamed spirit and his true, wild gift, was not able to make it into millionaire old age like many of those around him..

They listen now, Rick, in silence and regret.

[Landrew120880]

I JUST started getting into The Bad- Rick especially. Rick's music seems to stick out like an enjoyable sore thumb. I just picked upo his 1977 solo album and it's really awesome. The live version of "It makes no difference" off of TLWaltz is really really amazing. He passed away pretty young did he not?

[tiponin23]

true spirit of the man thank you for this it makes no difference

[grababanjoseventy6]

The folks talking through this song must be the CEO's who invented American Idol.

[LagoonsidePictures]

I would like to track down and kill everyone who talks throughout this performance. Is that legal to say on the internet?

[tidefootball27]

I dont know if it is or not, but Ill be right there with you, pal.

[wrappindude]

This is a true story,I had a beer with Denny Doherty in 1989.

[wrappindude]

Has anyone ever heard of a song he sang that starts off"I want to lay down beside you'?

[anthonythirteen]

It's "Sip the Wine" - heard briefly on the Last Waltz. If you look on youtube you'll hear the full version of a beautiful song!

[Jonnio4]

Rick...to this day there is no one who compares....rock 'n' roll

[cpolk68]

wrappindude it's "Sip the Wine".

[filmerado]

Breaks my heart every day that Rick is gone

[Felipef12]

Rick Danko was, by far, the best stage performer that lived. He didn't sang twice the same song. Every time he sang a song, he put his soul on it, you could see that he was living the moment, he was not thinkin about anything, just feeling the tune and showing us it He was exactly where he wanted to be. I, as a guitar player and singer, am deeply in love with the way that he performs. He was one of a kind!!

[drivebytruckerz]

One of the great voices.

[thewsca]

Beautiful.That's all I can say.

[nobbler1]

ROCK ON RICK !!!!!!

[RuthVaillette]

I saw him, and the Band in the early eighties, it was at FM Station, an after hours club, they were not advertised, word of mouth filled the place.The crowd had more famous night owls than North hollywood had seen in years. They didn't want to quit playing and we didn't want them to. I've rued some dawns and that was a major one, thank God he played small clubs. It was an honor to see them in that venue.RuthVaillette

[turtle6699]

anybody know the chords to this, such a gr8 version, id b much obliged

[Thomasbox180]

We miss you Rick....what a soulful spirit...

[SipTheWine]

Publicists don't book shows for artists. Booking agents do. Rick played clubs for more than 20 years, long before Ringo's tour, in addition to playing large stadiums and concert halls. He played clubs this size during the same era he played at The Wall in Berlin for thousands and thousands. And he was loved by all.

[2rainbowed]

I feel sad that he allowed himself to sink down to the dinner club circuit. He obviously had no decent publicist after the Band and Ringo Starr's All Stars. I love him still, RIP Rick.

[niallvan]

how can people talk during this man.

Its Rick!!

Was it an 80s thing?

Is it because it wasn't Duran Duran ya idiots!??

[frydaytomato]

you're absolutely right , people are stupid

[EternalCircle]

I agree with ya poltum... I also wish that the people talking in the crowd on this awesome video would have zipped up while he was singing.

[poltum]

I wish he was still alive and be with us.

patu

[dylanpresley]

Nice!

[Genghis1229]

No, he wasn't the same. He was even BETTER!

[suzsuzi]

Yes such a sweet beautiful person - I get sad watching these last years of his life though because he just wasn't the same as he was prior 1980..

[zemantics]

what a beautiful person. his smile is so reflective of his genuine personality. sadly missed :(

[longblkveil]

The Trio and their music are without equal - even today. It's no wonder they won a Norwegian Grammy for their first album. Rick Danko was born to sing these songs. What an amazing legacy!

[rooskitoons]

This is a beautiful song, beautifully sung and played by my favorite singer -- thanks for posting.

[molsonman36]

Absolutely incredible rendition of the song.

[gdet]

so beautiful

[dudelikewhat]

Robertson did pretty good, by ripping off the rest a little, but he makes lousy music... Ricky made pretty good tunes, but he was never able to retire with the little money he made, although he got clean before he died and wrote some of the best post-Band songs and never lost his vocal abilities

[SouthIslandSurf]

Pretty sure he would've been more comfortable financially had he not been an addict for so many years. Nice to know he cleaned up before he passed.

[Xavi1900]

Not much went right for the guys in The Band after The Last Waltz.

[edicius52]

thats because it was the farewell concert dumbfuck...they were done

went their seperate ways

[gingerlover81]

and why is there people talking while he sings??!?

[tubemeokay]

I know, it sucks and very disrespectgull to a great player and song. Shut the f up and show some respect for a american original...IMOP!!

[kubes]

....you mean a canadian original :)

[fifthbeatle91]

good catch kubes

[gingerlover81]

I need the lyrics of this song!!!!