Out of all the backing bands Neil Young has recorded and performed with during his long and illustrious career, the best-known of the bunch (and perhaps one of the greatest garage rock bands of all time) remains Crazy Horse. The band's roots lay in the obscure early '60s doo wop band Danny & the Memories, which contained future Crazy Horse members Danny Whitten, Billy Talbot, and Ralph Molina, among others. Although all three would later play instruments in Crazy Horse, the trio focused solely on vocals for this early band, as the group relocated back and forth from the East and West Coasts. After finally settling down in Laurel Canyon in 1966, the members picked up instruments (Whitten the guitar, Talbot bass, and Molina drums) and formed the Rockets.Joining the trio were additional members Bobby Notkoff (violin), and two other guitarists, Leon and George Whitsell, who all played on the sextet's one and only record, 1968's self-titled debut. Shortly after the album's release, Whitten and Talbot met Neil Young, who had just left Buffalo Springfield and was about to launch a solo career. Young jammed with the Rockets at a gig at the famed Whisky A Go-Go, and immediately asked Whitten, Talbot, and Molina to play on a few new songs he'd written -- "Down by the River," "Cowgirl in the Sand," and "Cinnamon Girl." The trio accepted, playing on the three aforementioned songs and several others for what would become Young's sophomore effort, 1969's classic Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, resulting in the trio breaking up the Rockets to sign on with Young full-time, under the new name Crazy Horse.
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No decorrer de sua longa e ilustre carreira, Neil Young tem gravado e se apresentado com várias bandas de apoio, no entanto a mais conhecida entre todas (e possivelmente a maior de todas as garage bands de todos os tempos) continua sendo a Crazy Horse. As raízes da banda datam do início dos anos 60, vindas de uma obscura doo wop banda chamada Danny & The Memories, a qual continha alguns dos futuros membros da Crazy Horse: Danny Whitten, Billy Talbot e Ralph Molina entre outros. Apesar de que todos os três viriam a tocar instrumentos na Crazy Horse, o trio focava sómente nos vocais nessa primeira banda, ao mesmo tempo que se deslocavam de um lado para outro entre as costas este e leste. Sómente quando finalmente se acomodaram em Laurel Canyon em 1966, é que decidiram tocar instrumentos (Whitten guitarra, Talbot baixo e Molina bateria) e assim formaram a The Rockets.
Para ajuntar-se ao trio chegaram os novos membros Bobby Notkoff (violino), e dois outros guitarristas, Leon e George Whitsell. Êsse sexteto gravou um único álbum, auto-intitulado lançado em 1968. Logo após o lançamento desse álbum Whitten e Talbot encontraram Neil Young, que havia acabado de deixar o Buffalo Springfield, e estava para iniciar sua carreira solo.Young mesclou-se com os rockets numa gig na famosa Whisky A Go-Go. e imediatamente pediu a Whitten, Talbot, and Molina para acompanha-lo em algumas canções que êle havia escrito - "Down by the River", Cowgirl in the Sand", and "Cinnamon Girl". O trio aceitou tocar aquelas três músicas e diversas outras no que seria o esforço de Neil Young em 1969 para apresentar Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, resultando com que o trio rompesse com o The Rockets, formando com Neil Young uma nova banda sob o nome de Crazy Horse.
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