The Scenic Route

Bob Smeaton on 'Festival Express'

"...one of this documentary's central scenes: Joplin, Manuel's Band-mate Rick Danko, and Dead guitarists Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

"...no good reason. As twilight started cooling the day, Rick Danko and Vassar Clements took the stage for what..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature

Festival Express

Hurtling across Canada during the summer of 1970 was a trainload of musicians – among them Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Buddy Guy – who partied and played music ’til the very end of the line.

"...hospitality car’s stage. Scenes of Garcia picking away as Rick Danko of the Band improvises some mad lyrics while..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

$liding Home

Austin slide guitar sovereign Cindy Cashdollar steps out from the side

"...part of an acoustic quartet with Levon Helm and Rick Danko of the Band, dubbed the Woodstock All-Stars, which..."

April 9, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

A Texas Flair

A few reasons why the Old Settler's Music Festival is 16 this weekend.

"...magical twilight set several years earlier by The Band's Rick Danko, who also died not long after his local..."

April 18, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

From the Vaults

Twenty Years of Live Music on Local Stages: Photos by John Carrico

"...Rick Danko, Steamboat, late Eighties There was life after The..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Music Feature

The Boxing Lesson

Box sets grow up and out

"...harmony and soul, whether it's Helm carrying "The Weight," Rick Danko igniting his and Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire,"..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...band became Rosie & the Screamers, in which Terry Danko, brother of the Band's Rick Danko, played bass. A..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Band, Little Feat

Reissues

"...novella "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"; bassist Rick Danko's high cries in "It Makes No Difference"; and..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Scott Jordan

Across the Great Divide

Hacienda's Abraham Villanueva keys in on the Band

"...of having three really distinct voices. The difference between Rick and Levon is huge, and between the brothers for..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Chris Jamison

"...part Nashville Skyline (opener "More Love"), Lord Huron ("Wanderin'"), Rick Danko ("Lover's Lane"), and Woody Guthrie, to whom Jamison..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...been often compared to the Band's soulful spark plug Rick Danko, set his compass for the Big Sky State..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Bob Dylan Goes Electric – Again!

Fifty years ago, Dylan and the Band went electric at Austin's Municipal Auditorium

"...pleased to learn the backing musicians were Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel –..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Out Among the Stars: Cash to the Clash

New but vintage bluegrass, classic rock, country & punk CD/DVDs

"...scene captures a delightfully drunken jam featuring the Band’s Rick Danko, Joplin, and Jerry Garcia. As the Dead’s Bob..."

April 2, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"...loners, and survivors, the Gourds are rightfully branded as mavericks in a genre that demands authenticity and plainspoken truth...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...a woman he can't remember having sex with. Cast: Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloë Sevigny, Jean Smart, Malcolm McDowell,..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: And It Was All Right

Notes on a life saved by rock & roll

"...with them on a bunch of stuff with Dylan. Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...Rick Danko..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Band of Horses

"...a reincarnation of the Band, that makes Ben Bridwell Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson rolled into one. Meanwhile, it..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko

The Timeline

"...his first live date with the Band (Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson, then..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature

The Band

Gift guide

"...raw vocal on early era blues "Bacon Fat" and Rick Danko's lithe, bobbing "Move Me." The overall pacing is..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Rolling Stones / Festival Express

Gift guide

"...the full "Weight" of the Band, and Joplin and Rick Danko turning all shades of pink in the train's..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

The Cactus Cafe turns 25

"...I saw Daniel Johnston, the first place I saw Rick Danko, the first place I saw Jane Siberry, the..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Last Waltz

DVDisc

"...through "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," while Rick Danko is sole spotlight on the poignant "Stagefright," and..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The outdoor shows continue …

"...we dug up a picture of Vassar Clements and Rick Danko from the 1998 Old Settler's Festival. Oh, and..."

April 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Curtain Call

SXSW Film saves the (next to) last dance for Robbie Robertson, with the Friday night Paramount screening of The Last Waltz; also, more SXSW film reviews.

"...for people who weren't. The garage rock reverb during Rick Danko's "Stage Fright" now shakes the skull as forcefully..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

John Hiatt

Record Reviews

"...drums and breezy harmonica of "Hangin' Round Here," and Rick Danko's spirit feels close on Hiatt's trembling vocal through..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Review by Scott Jordan

In Full Bloom

The Old Settler's Music Festival: A Photo Essay

"...has provided locals many personal music highlights -- say, Rick Danko singing like an angel during a twilight set..."

April 7, 2000 Music Feature by John Carrico

Dancing About Architecture

All the good and happy things that happened in Austin music, 1999.

"...left us, from Morphine's Mark Sandman and the Band's Rick Danko to (this just in) Hank Snow (who now..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

To Make a Long Story Short

"...building barns and watching horses for rock stars like Rick Danko, jamming nightly with a batch of similarly young..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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