Richard George Manuel
(April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986)
was a
Canadian musician,
singer,
and songwriter,
best known as
a pianist
and one of
three lead singers
in
for which he was
posthumously inducted
into the
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
in 1994.
Manuel's singing
alternated between
a soul-influenced baritone
that drew
frequent comparisons to
Ray Charles
and a delicate falsetto.
Though The Band
had three vocalists
sharing lead
and harmony parts,
Manuel was sometimes
seen as the group's
primary vocalist.
Music from Big Pink
is the debut
studio album
by the
Canadian-American rock band
Released on
July 1, 1968,
by Capitol Records,
it employs a
distinctive blend of
country,
rock,
folk,
classical,
R&B, blues,
and soul.
The album's title refers to
a house in
West Saugerties,
New York
called
"Big Pink",
which was shared by
bassist/singer
Rick Danko,
pianist/singer
Richard Manuel
and keyboardist
Garth Hudson
and in which
the album's music
was partly composed.
The album itself
was recorded at
A & R Recording
in New York
and Capitol Studios
in Los Angeles
in early 1968,
and followed the band's
stint backing
Bob Dylan
on his 1966 tour
(as the Hawks)
and time spent together
in upstate New York
recording material
that was officially
released in 1975
as
The Basement Tapes,
also with Dylan.
The cover artwork is
a painting by Dylan.
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