Crazy Horse (band)
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Crazy Horse is an American rock band best known for their association with the musician Neil Young. Since 1969, 15 studio albums and several live albums have been billed as being by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. They have also released six studio albums of their own between 1971 and 2009.
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Origin | Los Angeles, California |
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Years active | 1969–present |
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Billy Talbot (bass) and Ralph Molina (drums) have been the only consistent members of the band. On four of Crazy Horse's studio albums, Talbot and Molina serve as the rhythm section to different sets of musicians. The band's founding guitarist Danny Whitten died in 1972 after recording two studio albums, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (with Young) and Crazy Horse. Except for two notable intervals, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (rhythm guitar) regularly performed with the group from 1975 until 2014.
Following Sampedro's retirement, Nils Lofgren joined the band in 2018, after previously being an early member between 1970 and 1971. The four-piece of Young, Talbot, Molina and Lofgren recorded three studio albums between 2019 and 2022. In 2024, guitarist Micah Nelson joined Crazy Horse, after previously playing with Young in his backing band Promise of the Real.