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Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) [1] 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 the 1960s, Danko performed as a member of the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan.
Rick Danko was found dead in bed by his wife, at his home in Marbletown, upstate New York, the day after he had celebrated his 56th birthday.
Rick Danko, who helped mold the sound of modern rock as a bassist and singer with The Band, died yesterday — a day after his 56th birthday. Danko, who backed the folkie Bob Dylan’s move to...
Rick Danko's final performance was an intimate show at The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just four days before his death at age 55.
Rick Danko, a singer and bass player in the Band, revered as one of the most important rock acts of the 1960's and 70's for its work with Bob Dylan and its first albums as a group,...
Rick Danko, a Canadian musician who helped forge a rich musical panorama of American history and myth as a member of the influential rock group the Band, died in his sleep Thursday night at his...
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. - Rick Danko, a country boy from Canada who helped shape American rock 'n' roll as a bass player and singer with The Band, died yesterday at his home. He was 56. Ike Phillips, a...
Rick Danko, best known as the bassist and sometime lead vocalist for the Band, was born today in 1943 in Blayney, Ontario. As a member of the Hawks — alongside his future associates in the Band — he was part of the backing band for Ronnie Hawkins, and later Bob Dylan.
The Man on the Left: Rick Danko – 1943-1999 (01/20/00) The best words on Rick Danko were written thirty-four years ago, almost to the day he died, by the late Rolling Stone co-founder, Ralph J. Gleason.
Today, for what would have been Richard Clare Danko’s 79th birthday, take a look back at his contribution to The Band’s celebrated American rock and roll songbook.