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at a glance...
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
First Solo Recordings: 1969
Personnel:
Neil Young -vocals, harmonica, guitar, tack piano, accordion,
flute
Frank Sampedro -guitar, bass marimba, Oberheim synthesizer, piano
Ralph Molina -drums and vocals
Billy Talbot -bass, vocals, bass marimba
Bands In The Family:
Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Notes:
Young achieved his 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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