Richard Manuel, Woodstock Times interview, 1985 Richard: Lyrically, but I don't sound like Ray Charles.
I imply, I make the same implications, I infer the same People think that I sound just like Ray Charles. Richard: I learned from Ray Charles and Bobby Bland and.Ricky Nelson probably The show contains no fewer than three Ray Charles' hit songs and a fourth that Richard I wish it could sell like the Eva Cassidy albums (one million of Songbird in the UK This falls into precisely the sameĬategory. In the last couple of years there have been a few posthumously-released EvaĬassidy live recordings from Washington D.C., and everyone agrees that they're enhancedīy the straightforwardness and intimacy of a solo live show. The voice and lyrics aren't "perfect" but are all the more moving for the occassional The joy of the solo settings of Band classics here is that they are one guy doing all the parts. Of course if the overdubbed one ever gets released, I'll be The sweetening of extra instruments, because this CD is an experience and a document, not aīlueprint for a Band attempt to emulate Reminiscing, the posthumous Buddy Holly album Apart from Country Boy, there are versions of it all here. It would have been pointless to overdub the other guys back onto theīand songs in any case, which leaves only about half an album of previously unreleased Dirth of new material may have been theĬommercial problem. Sally Grossman to release it for years, to no avail. Butch Dener reported that Levon had been trying to persuade She Knows was done for Bearsville Records (owned by Sally Grossman) and came from a Versions of Hard Times, Crazy Mama and Miss Otis Regrets), produced and arrangedīy Garth Hudson, but this never came to fruition. Work had been done by The Band on overdubbing the solo material (including The studio Countryīoy appeared on Jericho, and a different version of She Knows was on High on The Richard Manuel solo recordings, also recorded by Andy Robinson. Official live album, nor was it a try-out for an album. Trying to assess the CD as "an album"presents a problem. It's full, clean and clear with no distortion, no Surprise about the CD was the sound quality. Years, and thank goodness someone has the ear for an historical artifact. Andy had preserved the original tape carefully over the Made at the same venue eight weeks earlier on 12 October 1985 by Andy Robinson who The Whispering Pines CD features an earlier soundboard recording, Had got used to the accompanying hiss, audience murmur and low fidelity of an n'th I had this obsessive collecting phase with Band-related cassettes, and have had the 7ĭecember 1985 tape of Richard Manuel from The Getaway, Saugerties, NY for years, and Sredni Vollmer: Harp on tracks 11, 14, 17 Jim Weider: Guitar on tracks 4, 5, 6, 11, 14 Rick Danko: Vocal on tracks 7, 11, 16, 17 / guitar on tracks 7, 16, 17 Licensed through the Estate of Richard Manuel. Recorded by Andy Robinson, The Getaway, Saugerties, NY 12 October 1985. 2002 - Dreamsville Records, Japan YDCD-0082