Rick Rosas

Rick Rosas
Rick Rosas (left) performing with Neil Young in 2008.
Background information
Born	(1949-09-10)September 10, 1949 East Los Angeles, California
Died	November 6, 2014 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California
Instruments	Bass guitar
Associated acts	Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, Pegi Young and the Survivors, Johnny Rivers, Waddy Wachtel Band
Website	www.rickrosas.com/Rick_Rosas/RTBP.html

Rick ("Rick the Bass Player") Rosas (September 10, 1949 – November 6, 2014) was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles. Throughout his career, he played with Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Rivers, Ron Wood, Etta James, and the short-lived reunion of the Buffalo Springfield, among others. He performed as a bass player with The Flash in Jonathan Demme's 2015 film Ricki and The Flash. The band was composed of guitarist Rick Springfield, drummer Joe Vitale, and keyboardist Bernie Worrell, backing up Meryl Streep, as "Ricki", on vocals and guitar.

In 2014, Rosas joined Neil Young and Crazy Horse on their European tour, following Billy Talbot's inability to tour due to a stroke. This act made Rosas the only bassist to have played with three of Young's major band-based projects, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Crazy Horse.

Rosas was born in East Los Angeles, California, to Anne and Ralph Rosas. Growing up in East Los Angeles, he listened to Elvis, the Everly Brothers & watched the country swing music of Spade Cooley on TV. His first band was Mark & the Escorts and the three core members, Mark Guerrero, Rick Rosas, and Ernie Hernandez, eventually recording an album for A&M Records in the early 70s, as members of a rock band called Tango.