How Neil Young Poached Some Musicians and Ended up With His Greatest Collaborators: “We Didn’t Climb as We Thought We Would”

In the 1960s, Neil Young attended a performance by The Rockets at a Los Angeles venue and invited three of its members—Danny Whitten, Ralph Molina, and Billy Talbot—to serve as his rhythm section. This recruitment became the foundation for Crazy Horse, who would evolve into Young's most significant…