Danny Whitten

...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...

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...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...

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...into the dark depths of the human spirit. A road that has already crushed and destroyed the lives of Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, and Cobain and his dear and close friends, Danny Whitten and Bruce Berry. Yet Young still chooses to take the...

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...March 1970. A performance of Whitten's "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" from the same shows was previously released on Young's 1975 album Tonight's the Night '', which explores Young's grief at the loss of friends to drugs. A studio version...

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...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 the Night", a song that addresses the...

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...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 second guitarist...

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