Danko: I've got an Ampeg standup bass, an Ampeg fretless, and an Ampeg fretted. I also have a Gibson Ripper, a Fender fretless and a Fender fretted--both Precisions.

At that point, Danko obliges with some falsetto whoops. “ Fancy people go driftin’ by, ” Danko sings in the last verse. That’s likely a reference to the stars coming out to see this hyped ...

In this case, it was Rick Danko who chunked out some chords on piano at Big Pink before handing them off to Dylan for his lyrics. Danko then sang lead on The Band’s version, bringing his ...

Garth Hudson at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards. Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson stand behind. January, 1994 [Photo: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame] Organist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson died ...

Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko performing with The Band at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey on October 21, 1983. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns via Getty Images) Redferns ...

Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel killed himself in 1986, bassist Rick Danko died in his sleep in 1999 and drummer Levon Helm died of cancer in 2012. The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll ...

Of his bandmates, Richard Manuel was found dead in 1986, Rick Danko died of heart failure in 1999, and Levon Helm of cancer in 2012. In August 2023, Robbie Robertson died aged 80, surrounded by ...

I like to imagine that Robertson, Danko, Helm, Manuel and Hudson find each other in every life. The Band may be gone from us now, but I’d bet they’re just getting started someplace greater.

Manuel was found dead in 1986, Danko died of heart failure in 1999, and Helm of cancer in 2012. In August 2023, Robertson died aged 80, surrounded by family.

Members of The Band dying before him were keyboardist Richard Manuel in 1986, bassist Rick Danko in 1999, Helm in 2012, and Robertson in 2023. Hudson’s wife, Maud, died in 2022.

The Band, left, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson in London, June 1971. (Gijsbert Hanekroot / Redferns) ...

Danko passed away at age 55 in 1999. Helm died at age 71 in 2012. And Robertson died at age 80 in 2023. Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko of The Band in 1971.