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at a glance...
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
First Solo Recordings: 1969
Personnel:
Neil young -vocals, guitar, harmonica
Frank Sampedro -guitar,vocals
Billy Talbot -vocals, bass
Ralph Molina -drums, vocals
Tim Mulligan -saxophone
Nicolette Larson -harmony vocals
Ben Keith - steel guitar
Carl Himmel -drums
Tim Drummond -bass
Spooner Oldham -piano
Rufus Thibodeaux -fiddle
Joe Osborne - bass
Larrie Londin -drums
Rita Fey -autoharp
J.J. Cale -electric guitar
Farrel Morris -percussion
...and a host of acoustic guitars and strings
Bands In The Family:
Buffalo Springfield, Nicolette Larson, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Notes:
Young achieved initial fame as a member of
Buffalo Springfield, who disbanded in 1968. In
1969 he released two records, Neil Young,
and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, which
firmly established his merit as a solo artist. In
1970, he joined David Crosby, Graham Nash, and
Steven Stills to make Deja Vu, later
devoting himself to making records with his most
consistent backing band, Crazy Horse (Billy
Talbot, bass; Ralph Molina, drums; Danny Whitten,
guitar (d 1972); Frank "Poncho" Sampedro,
guitar), along with a rotating cast of musicians
that continue to back his efforts to this day.
Young is comparable only to Bob Dylan in terms of
his contributions to songwriting and rock n'
roll, and is still an important and vital
performer who challenges the status quo and his
own reputation with an alarming regularity.
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