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Richard Clare "Rick" Danko (December 29, 1942 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician and singer, probably best known as a member of The Band.
Early years (1942-1967)
The third of four sons, Danko was born at the tail end of 1942 in Green's Corners, a farming community outside of the town of Simcoe, Ontario, to a musical family of Ukrainian-Canadians. Growing up, (as his future bandmates' also did), in front of the family radio, he was exposed to country and R&B music at an early age.
At the age of 14 Danko dropped out of school and found a job as an apprentice butcher. At 17, (and already a five-year music veteran), he booked himself as the opening act for Ronnie Hawkins, an American rockabilly singer whose group, The Hawks were considered to be one of the best in Canada. (Among those already in the group were drummer Levon Helm, who had joined Hawkins in 1957 before Hawkins ventured north, and lead guitarist Robbie Robertson, who had joined in 1960.)
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