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    • Dec 9, 1942
    Bass player Rick Danko is born in Simcoe, Ontario. He joins The Band, an acclaimed rock group that tours with Bob Dylan for two years. The Country Music Foundation ranks "Up On Cripple Creek" among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 23, 1975
    Neil Young and Bob Dylan play a benefit with three members of The Band--Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm--at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. Music in the set includes "Are You Ready For The Country," "The Weight," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and the Carter Family classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Jul 23, 1989
    Ringo Starr begins his first solo tour at Dallas' Park Central Amphitheater backed by The All-Starr Band: Jim Keltner, Billy Preston, Levon Helm, Joe Walsh, Dr. John, Clarence Clemons, Rick Danko and Nils Lofgren. The set list includes "Act Naturally"
    Dec 10, 1999
    Bass player Rick Danko dies of a heart attack at his home near Woodstock. He was a co-founder of The Band, whose "Up On Cripple Creek" is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 7, 2006
    Blender hits newsstands with a list of "The 50 Most Awesomely Dead Rock Stars." The bottom half includes The Band's Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, #26; Gram Parsons, #30; Alan Lomax, #41; Warren Zevon, #44; Bobby Darin, #47; and Stephen Foster, #49
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