Rick Danko

Rick Danko

Here you'll find a few images of one of my favorite recording artists - Rick Danko.

For those who may have never heard of him before, he was a founding member, singer and bass player for the rock-n-roll hall of fame band - The Band.

As a solo artist, he toured the northeast section of the country fairly extensively. Always amiable, Rick was a treat to see in concert. By myself, I saw the Band in concert about 10 times. As a solo artist, my wife and I saw him close to that same amount.

The pictures below are from two shows in 1999. The first set is from the Towne Crier in New York, late summer and the next group is from the Tin Angel in Philadelphia. This was the last time we saw Rick Danko perform - he passed away about 6 weeks later.

I've also included a few pictures of Garth Hudson when he performed with The Crowmatix - they follow the Rick shots. You'll notice that Garth is also included in some of the Tin Angel shots. It was not uncommon for Garth to play gigs with Rick, as he to was a founding member of The Band.

The images were shot on Kodak 1600 speed film. Working with as wide an aperture as I could, the shutter speeds were barely useable for handheld purposes. Also, the images were scanned on a flat top scanner off the print rather than a preferable negative scan. Some images look grainer than others, this was due to an adjustment in photoshop where I felt I needed to pull a little more detail out of the shadow areas.

This is my Warhol Rick image.

I was playing around in Photoshop in Curves and stumbled onto this and rather liked the interpretation.