# Rick Danko | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 06:21 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Rick Danko
- Visible lyric pages: 23

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `rick-danko`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 06:21 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-28b015e3c50e263f
- Visible lyric pages: 23
- Pages with stored lyric text: 23
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 23407
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Blaze Of Glory, Blind Willie McTell, Blue River, Brainwash, Caledonia Mission, Change Is Good, Chest Fever, and Driftin' Away
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Rick Danko was a bass player and vocalist from Simcoe, Ontario who became a founding member of The Band in the 1960s. He played on their 1968 album 'Music from Big Pink' alongside Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm. The group had originally backed Bob Dylan, who had been impressed by Danko's playing. After The Band dissolved in 1976, Danko released a self-titled solo album in 1977. He continued...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Blaze Of Glory — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/blaze-of-glory
2. Blind Willie McTell — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/blind-willie-mctell
3. Blue River — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/blue-river
4. Brainwash — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/brainwash
5. Caledonia Mission — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/caledonia-mission
6. Change Is Good — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/change-is-good
7. Chest Fever — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/chest-fever
8. Driftin' Away — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/driftin-away
9. It Makes No Difference — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/it-makes-no-difference
10. Java Blues — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/java-blues
11. Long Black Veil — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/long-black-veil
12. New Mexicoe — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/new-mexicoe
13. Once Upon A Time — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/once-upon-a-time
14. Ophelia — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/ophelia
15. Shake It — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/shake-it
16. Sip The Wine — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/sip-the-wine
17. Small Town Talk — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/small-town-talk
18. Stage Fright — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/stage-fright
19. Sweet Romance — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/sweet-romance
20. The Shape I'm In — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/the-shape-i-m-in
21. Tired Of Waiting — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/tired-of-waiting
22. Twilight — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/twilight
23. What A Town — https://lyroverse.com/rick-danko/what-a-town