Rick Danko
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Richard Clare Danko 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.
Danko in 1971
Danko's grave at the Woodstock Cemetery. Due to a mistake on Danko's birth certificate, his birth year is listed as 1942 rather than 1943.
Rick Danko memorial plaque May 30, 2020. Blayney, Ontario
Levon Helm
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Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of F
Rick Danko
…Danko to learn to play the bass with help from other members in the band. By September 1960, he was Hawkins's bassist. In 1961, Danko with drummer Levon Helm backed guitarist Lenny Breau on several tracks recorded at Hallmark Studios in Toronto. These tracks are included on the 2003 release The Hallmark…
Helm playing the mandolin in 1971
Helm, center, performing with the Band, Hamburg, 1971
Helm with the Band at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 1976 (photo: David Gans)
Helm performing in 2004