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Rick Danko Fan Club

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blues_bassist

Mar 14, 2009
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I'm a huge Rick Danko fan, so I figured why not start a club about Rick. Rick of course was the bassist for the country-rock band The Band.

This is the place for everything Rick Danko and even The Band. Let me know if you want a number.

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#2
Hell yeah! Rick's the reason I bought this bass. Oh yeah, number please.
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I'll take a number! :)

I've always loved Rick's playing.

I actually got to see Rick play with The Band in the late 80's (I was still in high school) when they played a show at the local community college. :eek: I was front row, the stage came up to a little below my chest, and Rick was about four feet away from me, jammin' on a Gibson Grabber (Ripper, maybe? Can't quite remember...). One of my all-time favorite shows.

Fast forward a few years (about '94). I had moved to upstate New York (Woodstock was about 45 minutes away from me). And Bob Dylan was playing a show in the area. He was supposed to have some "special surprise guests" with him that night. I bought tickets, but something came up (doesn't it always?) and my co-workers went to the show without me.

Afterwards, I found out who the "guests" were. You guessed it - Rick, Levon, Garth... The Band. Wish I had gone to that one... :bawl:

Anyhow, sign me up - a big Danko fan here! :D
 
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blues_bassist said:
That Ampeg Bass is AWESOME!!! Where did you get it from, what year is it, how much is it? You want #2?
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Yes, I'm #2. ;)
Not an Ampeg, I know of only one lefty Ampeg, it was for sale a few years back, belonged to the bassist of The Four Seasons, sold for tons of $$$! Mine's an Eastwood EEB-1, a great bass, obviously based on the old Ampeg.
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When I was first learning to play bass in 1977, I went to a midnight movie, it was The Last Waltz, and to a young, impressionable kid Danko looked way cool, and his playing was very influential in my formative years. I watch The Last Waltz a lot, I even have a bootleg DVD called The Lost Waltz, it's the whole concert, everything.
 
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Buskman said:
I'll take a number! :)

I've always loved Rick's playing.

I actually got to see Rick play with The Band in the late 80's (I was still in high school) when they played a show at the local community college. :eek: I was front row, the stage came up to a little below my chest, and Rick was about four feet away from me, jammin' on a Gibson Grabber (Ripper, maybe? Can't quite remember...). One of my all-time favorite shows.

Fast forward a few years (about '94). I had moved to upstate New York (Woodstock was about 45 minutes away from me). And Bob Dylan was playing a show in the area. He was supposed to have some "special surprise guests" with him that night. I bought tickets, but something came up (doesn't it always?) and my co-workers went to the show without me.

Afterwards, I found out who the "guests" were. You guessed it - Rick, Levon, Garth... The Band. Wish I had gone to that one... :bawl:

Anyhow, sign me up - a big Danko fan here! :D
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Ok, you're #4.
 
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I loved Rick Danko's playing and singing! The Band has been one of my favorites since 1971. Being from Arkansas I have always felt a connection with Levon Helm and did get to meet him one Wednesday night in 1973 when he came to my church with his mother who lived in my hometown. I finally got to see the reunited (almost) Band live in 1986 with Earl Cate of the Cate Brothers filling the guitar slot. He's my favorite guitarist anyway, so I didn't mind! Anyway, I would like to join too please.
 
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Ronbo61 said:
I loved Rick Danko's playing and singing! The Band has been one of my favorites since 1971. Being from Arkansas I have always felt a connection with Levon Helm and did get to meet him one Wednesday night in 1973 when he came to my church with his mother who lived in my hometown. I finally got to see the reunited (almost) Band live in 1986 with Earl Cate of the Cate Brothers filling the guitar slot. He's my favorite guitarist anyway, so I didn't mind! Anyway, I would like to join too please.
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Welcome, you're #6.
 
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I first got into The Band (and Rick) when I saw a video for "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (from The Last Waltz) late one night on MTV (back when they played videos, and cool ones at that!). I was probably about 12 at the time and I remember thinking to myself, "what IS this?".

And Rick's intro line on "Don't Do it" pretty much got me into playing fretless Not Jaco, not Pino (they came later :p), but Rick and his Ampeg. And Levon's backbeat on that tune is soooooooo funky (same with "Cripple Creek")... not bad for a self-proclaimed "cracker" from Arkansas! :D

I played on an album for a singer/songwriter a few years back & on one tune I played my fretless Stingray 5 strung with LaBella tapewounds using a pick & muting w/ my palm. The studio owner/engineer said I had a huge Danko vibe going on in the track. One of the nicest compliments I could have ever received! :)
 
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