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Danny Whitten
12+ albums
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Although he died early in his music career with Crazy Horse, Danny Whitten (Daniel Ray Whitten, May 8, 1943 – November 18, 1972) was the group's original leader and main focus. Not much is known about Whitten's early years, except that he was originally from the East Coast. Whitten met up with future Crazy Horse bandmember Billy Talbot at a Los Angeles club in the mid-'60s, and the duo (neither of whom played instruments at that point) formed a vocal group they dubbed Danny and the Memories. One of the bandmembers, Lou Molina, suggested that the newly formed outfit recruit his cousin Ralph, who was soon welcomed onboard. After an obscure single failed to chart, the group eventually changed styles and members when psychedelic rock became all the rage, with only Whitten, Talbot, and Ralph Molina remaining, they also picked up instruments (Whitten on guitar, Talbot on bass, and Molina on drums). Changing the band's name to the Rockets, the trio enlisted members George and Leon Whitsell (both guitarists), and to give its sound an original twist, electric violinist Bobby Notkoff. The Rockets issued a lone, underappreciated self-titled debut in 1968, which came and went with little fanfare. But the band did make a fan out of Buffalo Springfield member Neil Young, who had jammed with the group on-stage while they were performing an extended residency at the famed Whisky A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. After Young had split from Springfield and issued a solo debut, he wanted to assemb
top songs
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I Don't Want To Talk About It
1702I Don't Want to Talk About It (Arr. for Guitar)
1443I Don't Wanna Talk About It
314I Don't Want to Talk About It -
245I Don't Want to Talk About It (Arr. for Piano)
246I Don´t Wanna Talk About It
127I Don't Want to Talk About It - Arr. for Guitar
108A Tribute
69Let Me Go
310I Dont Want To Talk About It
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