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
The Band
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The Band were a Canadian-American rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario. It consisted of Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson, all Canadian, and Levon Helm, an American. The B
Rick Danko
…Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) 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…
The Band in 1969. Left to right: Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko.
"Big Pink" in 2006
L to R: Danko, Helm and Manuel on tour in Hamburg, Germany, in 1971
Hudson in 1971