The rock group The Band is shown during their farewell concert "The Last Waltz" at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco in this Nov. 25, 1976, file photo. Rick Danko, left, who went from Bob Dylan's backup band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a bassist and singer with The Band, died Friday morning, Dec. 10, 1999, in his home in Woodstock, N.Y. It is not immediately known what caused Danko's death, which comes a day after his 56th birthday. From left are Danko, guitarist Robbie Robertson anddrummer Levon Helm. (AP Photo/John Storey, File )