Rick Danko

This site is all about Rick Danko, the charismatic bass and acoustic guitar player and one of the three lead singers for the legendary rock group, The Band. Rick's iconic plaintive tenor, his ethereal, one-of-a-kind harmonies and his loping, melodic, percussive bass playing were a large part of The Band's signature sound. Equally integral to The Band's mystique--and to their secure and enviable perch high atop the upper crust of rock and roll--was Rick's magnetic, larger-than-life persona--part innocent country boy, part wandering troubadour, part reluctant rock star.

Rick Danko was about music. He was about melody. He was about harmony. He was about authenticity. He was about vulnerability. Rick was--and always will be--the epitome of unadorned, unaffected, unparalleled cool.

I worked with Rick for many years. He was a dear friend and a major influence who "taught me how to seek the path." This site is part of a promise I made to him a long time ago. I hope you enjoy it.

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Happy Birthday, Robbie!

Happy 67th Birthday to Robbie Robertson.


Photo (c) 1972 by Joseph Sia
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3 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday to you, Robbie. Thanks for the wonderful music you made both for and with The Band.

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  2. Happy birthday Robbie, I still have your sculpture waiting for you. Kitrick
    Send me an email kitrickshort@hotmail.com

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  3. Happy Birthday, Robbie. I wonder what your birth date is because I, too, am 67. I was photographing Indian rodeo when I saw you on Saturday Night Live. That is when I learned you had a new album out. I bought the tape and played it constantly while I traveled to different reservations, with my dog Tippy. It still remains my favorite album of all time.
    I was playing it one day while a Navajo cowboy, T.O. ____ and I were on our way from Shiprock, NM to Crow Agency Montana. T.O. loved it! I gave it to him. His girlfriend told me that whenever he played it, he would "hush, hush", this is Robbie Robertson.
    Thank you for bringing us the very best music possible. You are a "musical genius".
    Happy Birthday, Pat Allgood, TX

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