Richard Clare "Rick" Danko (December 29, 1942 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of The Band. Read full biography of Rick Danko →
By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place... →
As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is... →
Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing the... →
I love to play; a stage is a safe place for me to be. It's not that way for most folks, but I'd be lost without it.
Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a country and western singer and I met Lefty Frizzell... →
My first payback to society in life, was The Dolphin Project.
The Band was always famous for its retirements; we'd go and play and get a little petty cash together, and then not see each other till it was... →
Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales... →
I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.
I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked... →
The pressures, I don't really like to think about the pressures, I like to solve them, you know what I mean. I could sit here and complain about... →
After convincing myself that was maybe you should at least help out your neighborhood, I really started to think about it later on in life.
Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace.
Richard Clare "Rick" Danko (December 29, 1942 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of The Band.