''Live on Breeze Hill'' was The Band bassist

Rick Danko Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During ...

's third solo album, and the last released before his death in December 1999. It was credited to the "Rick Danko Band": Rick Danko, Garth Hudson & Aaron Hurwitz. Focusing on an intimate show with Danko fronting a nine-piece group featuring three fellow members of the Band as well as auxiliary member Aaron Hurwitz, the album mostly features live versions of songs from the glory days of the Band, with only "Crazy Mama" (a late-period Band track), "Blaze of Glory" (a track Danko recorded with Danko/Fjeld/Andersen) and "Next Time You See Me" (featuring Hurwitz on lead vocal) coming from Danko's post-Band era. "Sip the Wine", issued on Danko's 1977

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, opens the album, coming not from the concert which makes up the rest of the album, but rather a rerecording from the studio. Issued jointly by Woodstock Records and Breeze Hill Records, it was later made available as part of a two-disc set from Japan's Dreamsville Records, paired with Danko's posthumous ''Times Like These'', featuring two additional tracks, an otherwise unavailable studio version of "Blind Willie McTell" and a radio edit of the opening "Sip the Wine".

Track listing

# "Sip the Wine" (Rick Danko) – 5:23 # "Twilight" ( J. R. Robertson, R. Danko) – 5:16 # "Crazy Mama" (

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) – 5:59 # "Stage Fright" (J. R. Robertson) – 4:55 # "Ophelia" (J. R. Robertson) – 3:51 # "Blaze of Glory" (Larry Keith, Danny Morrison, Johnny Slate) – 4:14 # "

Next Time You See Me "Next Time You See Me" is a blues song written by Earl Forest and Bill Harvey, originally recorded in 1956 by Junior Parker (as "Little Junior Parker" as he was then known). The song was Parker's first record chart appearance after joining Duke ...

" (Earl Forest, Bill Harvey) – 4:51 # "Caledonia Mission" (J. R. Robertson) – 3:41 # "The Shape I'm In" (J. R. Robertson) – 4:21 # "Chest Fever" (J. R. Robertson) – 6:41 # "It Makes No Difference" (J. R. Robertson) – 6:12 # "Outro" – 1:01

Personnel

– bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals *

Garth Hudson Eric "Garth" Hudson (born August 2, 1937) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a ...

– keyboards, organ, piano, soprano & alto saxophones, accordion *Aaron "Professor Louie" Hurwitz – piano, Hammond organ, accordion, vocals *

Jim Weider James Jeffrey Weider (born December 21, 1951) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Band. He joined the reformed version of the Band in 1985 to replace original guitarist Robbie Robertson. Biography A native of Woodstock, ...

– guitars * Roger Mason – electric & bass guitars *

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– drums, percussion, vocals *

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– trombone, baritone saxophone *

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– tenor saxophone, clarinet *Jim Hynes – trumpet {{Authority control Rick Danko albums 1999 live albums