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.

Oct 19, 2017 · 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. Bob Dylan had come to San Francisco with his new backing band, the Hawks.

Dec 11, 1999 · 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 go...

Dec 10, 1999 · "Hey, Rick, got a minute?" Robbie Robertson looks out over a crowded Bearsville Theater, where fans, colleagues, friends and family are gathered to pay tribute to Rick Danko, who died five days earlier at his home in Marbletown, New York, at the age of 56.

Dec 13, 1999 · Rick Danko, singer, bass player and violinist: born Simcoe, Ontario 9 December 1942; died Marbletown, New York 10 December 1999.

On December 10, 1999, Rick Danko died as he had lived - simply, without fanfare, pomp or pretense. If the tears, prayers and tributes that followed are any indication, this country boy whose goal was to "help the neighborhood" certainly succeeded.

Dec 29, 2023 · 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 …

Dec 12, 1999 · 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, died in his...

Jan 10, 2024 · Rick Danko is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on December 29, 1943 in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Canadian rock band The Band had Richard Manuel as a vocalist and bass guitarist.

Dec 30, 2023 · As its bassist and one of three lead singers, Rick had been apart of the group since its beginnings in Toronto as the Hawks, the backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins before going on to back Bob Dylan when he first went electric and then make records of …