Crazy Horse (band)
| Crazy Horse | |
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The band in 1972.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Danny & the Memories, The Rockets, The Psyrcle, Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Garage rock, folk rock, country rock, hard rock |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | Reprise, Epic, Rhino |
| Associated acts | Neil Young |
| Members |
Billy Talbot Ralph Molina Frank "Poncho" Sampedro |
| Past members |
Danny Whitten Jack Nitzsche Nils Lofgren George Whitsell Greg LeRoy John Blanton Rick Curtis Michael Curtis Sonny Mone Matt Piucci |
Crazy Horse is an American rock band best known for their association with Neil Young. Beginning in 1969 and continuing to the present day, they have been co-credited on a number of Young's albums, with 11 studio albums and numerous live albums being billed as by "Neil Young and Crazy Horse". They have also released six studio albums of their own, issued between 1971 and 2009.
Billy Talbot (bass) and Ralph Molina (drums) have been the only consistent members of the band. On four of Crazy Horse's studio albums, Talbot and Molina serve as the rhythm section to an entirely different group of musicians.
The band's origins date to 1963 and the Los Angeles-based a cappella doo-wop group Danny & The Memories, which consisted of main singer Danny Whitten and supporting vocalists Lou Bisbal (soon to be replaced by Bengiamino Rocco, the husband of actress Lorna Maitland), Billy Talbot, and Ralph Molina. The latter two would become the only members of Crazy Horse present in every incarnation of the band.
In San Francisco as the Psyrcle, Sly Stone produced their 45 on Lorna (Autumn Records), which did not sell very well either regionally or nationally.
Back in Los Angeles, the group evolved over the course of several years into The Rockets, a psychedelic folk hybrid comprising Whitten on guitar, Talbot on bass, Molina on drums, Bobby Notkoff on violin, and brothers Leon and George Whitsell also on guitars. This lineup recorded the Rockets' only album, a self-titled set released in 1968.
With their album complete, the Rockets reconnected with Neil Young, whom they had met two years earlier during the early days of Buffalo Springfield. In August 1968, three months after Buffalo Springfield dissolved, Young jammed with the Rockets on stage during their show at the Whisky a Go Go and soon after enlisted Whitten, Talbot, and Molina to back him on his second solo album.
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