EXPIRED: 12/28/11 – Danny DeGennaro, 56, also known as Danny Rio, seemed to have returned to his Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home only to confront a burglar. He was shot and left for dead.
DeGennaro, who fronted the Philly-based Danny DeGennaro Band, is best known for being a guitarist and singer for Kingfish, a band that included former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir among its early members. Although the two were never in the band at the same time, they certainly shared an audience and gave DeGennaro great networking opportunities he used throughout his career.
That career included performing with Bo Diddley, Billy Squier, Clarence Clemons and some of Philadelphia’s great blues artists including T.J. Tindall and Parliament Funkadelic’s Michael Hampton.
DeGennaro last played with Kingfish in 2010 on their Live and Kicking tour.
Danny was a light in the life of anyone who met him–always working to help others. May you all work to support and uplift his young daughter, who now has no parents. It is my prayer that all of Danny’s gifts to others come back tenfold to his greatest gift – his daughter Gia.