Crazy Horse
Tasunka witko (pron.: tashÃÂúnka uitko) (Sioux) or Crazy Horse (English), (December 4, 1849 - September 5, 1877) was the Chief of the Native American tribe the Oglala Sioux and is noted for leading his people into a war against the White take-over of their lands.
On January 8, 1877, his warriors fought their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana and on May 8 of that year he realized that his people were weakened by cold and hunger and he surrendered to United States troops in Nebraska.
Crazy Horse was bayoneted by a United States soldier on September 5, 1877 after he resisted confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
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Crazy Horse de Paris is a French cabaret established in 1951 featuring erotic dancers.
Crazy Horse is also the name of a band that often plays on Neil Young albums from "Everyone Knows This is Nowhere" in 1969 to "Year of the Horse" in 1997. The band was a little-known doo wop group Danny & the Memories with Danny being Danny Whitten and future Crazy Horse members Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina being members.
The band evolved into the Rockets in 1966 with Whitten becoming a guitarist, Talbot a bass player and Molina a drummer as well as adding Bobby Notkoff on violin and Leon Whitsell and George Whitsell who played on the Rockets first and only album, a selftitled set in 1969.
Whitten met up with Neil Young who had left Buffalo Springfield and played gig at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go club in Los Angeles. Young asked Whitten, Talbot and Molina to play with him on several songs on "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" his second solo record including "Cinnamon Girl" and toured with Young afterwards. The trio broke up the Rockets and formed Crazy Horse.
Neil Young used Crazy Horse on his third solo album "After the Goldrush". At the same time, Neil Young also accepted an invitation to join Crosby, Stills & Nash. In the interregnum, Crazy Horse signed its own recording contract releasing a self-titled album in 1971.
Danny Whitten developed a serious drug habit and left Crazy Horse in 1972. He died on 18 November, 1972 of an overdose - the night he left the band.
Young reconvened with the band with Nils Lofgren joining Young's band for the album "Tonight's the Night" in 1975. Crazy Horse also announced Frank "Poncho" Sampredo as Whitten's official replacement. The band played on "Zuma" and "American Stars n' Bars" as well as a few tracks on Young's acoustic set "Comes a Time".
In 1978, the band released its fourth album "Crazy Moon" before rejoining Young for the classic album "Rust Never Sleeps". During the eighties, the band played as a unit on "Hawks and Doves", "Re-Ac-Tor" and "Life" and members of the group played on all of Neil Young's albums. With Sampredo absent and replaced by temporary members Matt Piucci on guitar/vocals and Sonny Mone guitar for "Left for Dead".
Crazy Horse reunited with Neil Young for "Ragged Glory" in 1990 and a live album "Weld" in 1991. There were further appearances on Neil Young albums "Sleeps with Angels" and "Broken Arrow". Neil Young and Crazy Horse toured again and recorded tracks for future release.
This is a list of albums that Crazy Horse made a significant contribution including their own albums and Neil Young albums.
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