Man, that's great news, Howie! Have you heard it yet, & if so, how is the quality, and how are the performances? Trying to recall by memory what I can of some of those individuals that I knew back then, and the various states they were in around that time... Seems to me Danko was still in pretty fine form in those daze, in spite of staying wasted most of the time. He still stayed devoted to playing & recording constantly, and was always popping in and jamming in little L.A. clubs, if he wasn't gigging with Blondie and Butterfield. Didn't really decline until the '90s; not that he
ever stopped before he dropped...
Here's a video of Blondie doing
Sail On Sailor in Connecticut just the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reP5gImvF-c&feature=relatedNot the most energetic performance I've seen him give the song, but it's nice to get the feeling that Blondie's
still just finishing warming up! Hat's off to a fellow vampire, who also refuses to age - well, mentally, at least!