His lost brother,” says Rateliff quietly. “Richard always would say I was like his twin. They bonded deeply when they worked on the Night Sweats’ 2015 debut album which was certified gold in 2017. The two were close, both having been raised in strict religious households and experiencing similarly wrenching crises over their faltering faith. The repeating chorus of the song - the lead-off track for And It’s Still Alright , his new solo album – vividly conveys weighty resignation and chilling finality: “I left feeling alone.”īut what began as a solo album about the painful slow dance of the unraveling of a relationship turned into something altogether different when Richard Swift, Rateliff’s longtime friend and producer of the Night Sweats’ two albums, fell ill from the complications of alcohol addiction. When the first words of “What A Drag” appeared out of the dry Arizona air, it was a stark realization that things had become irrevocably broken, and he would have to finally face the end of his 11-year relationship. He had touched on the topic in some of the songs on Tearing at the Seams, but with much more diehard-romantic ambivalence, still hanging onto a shred of hope that things might work out.
Quieter, more reflective than the songs he’d written for the Night Sweats album, the piece that became “What a Drag” was a sad confirmation that his marriage had run aground. But another song managed to creep in that was unlike any of the one’s he’d composed for the Night Sweats’ second effort, signaling that he had other things he wanted to say. In Tucson, Rateliff did manage to write the last few songs for what became the Richard Swift-produced Tearing at the Seams. He thought he was actually sequestering himself to finish writing the last few songs for Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats’ follow-up album to their self-titled 2015 debut. Watch The Black Keys and Nathaniel Rateliff cover “Broken Finger Blues” at Red Rocks on Wednesday.When Nathaniel Rateliff went to a writing retreat outside of Tucson, Arizona, for 11 days in the spring of 2017, he didn’t know he was starting his third full-length solo album.
Give it up for Nathaniel Rateliff, let’s hear it for him!” And we’re gonna ask another one of Richard’s friends to come out here and help us. “We lost a good friend of ours not too long ago. “We’re gonna play a special tune for you guys-one we’ve never played before,” Auerbach told the Red Rocks crowd. It was intended to be part one of a two-album sequence followed by The Fix, which would chronicle his rise from the ashes. The years-long effort featured songs dedicated to his wife, daughters, son, friends, colleagues, and all those affected by his alcohol addiction that he ultimately succumbed to on July 3rd, 2018. “Broken Finger Blues” comes from The Hex, Swift’s posthumously released 2018 solo album. Related: Dan Auerbach To Make Directorial Debut With Dr. Rateliff’s 2020 solo debut, And It’s Still Alright, was influenced by Swift’s death. Swift was also a sought-after producer and produced Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats’ 2015 self-titled debut and 2018’s Tearing At The Seams. He began touring as The Black Keys’ bassist in 2014 before joining frontman Dan Auerbach‘s side project The Arcs the following year, playing on the band’s hidden gem The Arcs vs. Together, the ensemble performed “Broken Finger Blues” off Swift’s 2018 solo album The Hex.įrom the turn of the century up until his death at 41 in 2018, Swift existed as an indie musician’s indie musician. The Black Keys welcomed Nathaniel Rateliff during their encore on Wednesday at Red Rocks Amphitheatre to remember their mutual friend and collaborator Richard Swift.
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