Crazy Horse
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Neil Young...albums known collectively as the "Ditch Trilogy." In the second half of 1973, Young formed The Santa Monica Flyers, with Crazy Horse's rhythm section augmented by Nils Lofgren on guitar. Deeply affected by the drug-induced deaths of Whitten... In this article: Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Lionel, Stephen Stills, Kurt Cobain, Buffalo Springfield, Rust Never Sleeps, Cerebral palsy, Homegrown, and Hey Hey, My My |
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 28, 2009
CMJ Days 1, 2 & 3: The DiS review
...Young moves? There's certainly a huge Crazy Horse-style guitar solo that rips right through one of the songs in this Logos-centric set, although the downbeat tone positions him closer to Tonight's the Night than Ragged Glory. It's a shift...
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Crazy Horse (band)
...Night '' in 1975. Also in 1975, Young, Talbot, and Molina would convene at Talbot's Echo Park home with guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro , who proved to be just the right person to help resurrect the Crazy Horse moniker. "It was great,"...
In this article: Neil Young, Danny Whitten, Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, Jack Nitzsche, Nils Lofgren, After the Gold Rush, and Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Independent.co.uk - Music | May 28, 2009
Neil Young: After the gold rush, the harvest
...of one-off excursions into uncharted and often unloved territories: if 1981's Re-ac-tor was an ill-received attempt to update Neil's Crazy Horse formula with new-wave rhythms, then the following year's Trans positively enraged fans with...
In this article: Neil Young Archives, Charles Manson, After the Gold Rush, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Rust Never Sleeps, New Wave, Tonight's the Night, and R&B
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Live at the Fillmore East (Neil Young album)
...in 1972. It also features Jack Nitzsche as an official member of the band, as indicated by Young in the band introductions; this four-man line-up of Crazy Horse backing Young for a short American tour in February and March 1970. A...
In this article: Neil Young, Danny Whitten, Live at the Fillmore East, DVD, Cinnamon Girl, Miles Davis, Live at Massey Hall 1971, Fillmore East, and Sugar Mountain
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Wikipedia | October 02, 2009
Tonight's the Night (Neil Young album)
...is a startlingly direct expression of grief. Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and Young's friend and roadie Bruce Berry had both died of drug overdoses in the months before the songs were written. The title track mentions Bruce Berry by...
In this article: Neil Young, Tonight's the Night, Jimmy McDonough, Roy Orbison, Danny Whitten, Suicide, Rolling Stone, Dave Marsh, Reprise Records, and On the Beach
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Nils Lofgren
...on his ''Tonight's the Night '' album and tour among others. He was also briefly a member of Crazy Horse , appearing on their 1971 LP and contributing songs to their catalogue. Lofgren used the Neil Young album credits to land his band...
In this article: Nils Hilmer Lofgren, Neil Young, Washington, D.C., E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Gordon, and Ian Hunter
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
The Needle and the Damage Done
...by Neil Young that chronicles the descent into heroin addiction of musicians he knew. It was written about the heroin use of his Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten (before Whitten died of an overdose), and previews the theme of "Tonight's...
In this article: Neil Young, The Needle and the Damage Done, Our Lady Peace, Heroin, John Frusciante, Eddie Vedder, and Danny Whitten
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Time Fades Away
...an acoustic set with Young followed by an electric set with backing band the Stray Gators. Longtime collaborator and former Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten, who had just died of a heroin overdose, had been set to join the Gators as a...
In this article: Time Fades Away, Neil Young, Jack Nitzsche, Ben Keith, David Crosby, Danny Whitten, Kenneth Buttrey, Tonight's the Night, and Oklahoma City
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Description from Wikipedia:
Crazy Horse is a rock band best known for its long association with Canadian singer/songwriter Neil Young, despite having released five albums of its own over a 19-year span. It has been co-credited with Young as Neil Young and Crazy Horse on 13 albums, from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) to Live at the Fillmore East (2006), and has made contributions to an additional 10 albums by the singer, including his three compilations.
- Name:
- Crazy Horse
- Also Known As:
- The Rockets
- Danny & the Memories
- Origin:
- Columbus, Georgia
- Years Active:
- 1969 – Present
- Current members:
- Former Members:
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- Sonny Mone
- John Blanton
- Michael Curtis
- Rick Curtis
- Danny Whitten
- Jack Nitzsche
- George Whitsell
- Matt Piucci
- Greg LeRoy
- Nils Lofgren
- Associated With:
- Neil Young
- Genre:
- Folk rock
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