Danny Whitten

Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. They...

In this article: The Rockets, Billy Talbot, Neil Young, Ralph Molina, Crazy Horse, and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

...on Young's second album, ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. As on the latter album, Young is backed up by Crazy Horse with the late Danny Whitten being replaced by Frank Sampedro. "Don't Cry No Tears" is a dusting off of a song Young had...

In this article: Neil Young, Zuma, Crazy Horse, Cortez the Killer, Frank Sampedro, Clockcleaner, Lou Reed, and Carrie Snodgress

...the end of the day. In 1973, Neil Young was enjoying the success of Harvest and preparing for a tour when he fired his heroin-addicted guitarist Danny Whitten-who died of an overdose the same night Young dismissed him. Despondent and...

In this article: Neil Young, Tonight's the Night, Plastic Ono Band, On the Beach, Nancy, Heroin, Steely Dan, and Time Fades Away

...& Young, Time Fades Away is a raw document of Young's grief and guilt over the heroin-related death of Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten, as well as an early indicator of the even more abrupt stylistic shakeups he'd make later in his career.

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C&L's Late Night Music Club With Rod Stewart Rod Stewart covers the haunting song by the late Danny Whitten, the former Crazy Horse guitarist whose heroin overdose helped drive Neil Young to write "Tonight's The Night."

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...group met Neil Young, who at the time was a member of Buffalo Springfield. This meeting saw Molina, Whitten, and Talbot join forces with Young to create Crazy Horse. Talbot began performing solo in 1999 at small venues, supported by fans of...

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...had sold the guitar for drugs (but no one knew it was for heroin). Berry died of an overdose of heroin June 4, 1973, just a few months after Danny Whitten met the same fate. Bruce Berry's story has been immortalized in the lyrics to...

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...alone. The spirit of Whitten hovered over the tour of the same name from 1973, the remaining quartet from this album backing Young on a notoriously bleak round of concerts in the wake of Whitten's death from an overdose in late 1972. A pity,...

In this article: Crazy Horse, Neil Young, Ry Cooder, After the Gold Rush, I Don't Want to Talk About It, Jack Nitzsche, Nils Lofgren, Atlantic Crossing, and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

...being introduced to the band by Billy Talbot in November 1974, exactly two years after the passing of original Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten. With the addition of Sampedro, Crazy Horse developed a new, more rigid sound (as opposed...

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