Danny Whitten

Daniel Ray Whitten ( born May 8, 1943 in Columbus, Georgia, USA, † November 18, 1972 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American singer / songwriter who primarily as a guitarist with the band Crazy Horse, the already quite a few albums recorded with the rock musician Neil Young, was known. He also wrote the hit song I Do not Want To Talk About It, which has been covered by numerous artists.

Biography

After his parents separated, he and his sister Brenda lived with her ​​mother, who worked as a waitress. As Whitten was 9 years old, his mother remarried and the family moved to Canton, Ohio.

There learned Whitten Ralph Molina and Billy Talbot, with whom he formed the band Danny and the Memories. After you have added the single Can not Help Loving That Girl of Mine, the group went to San Francisco, where they located in The Psyrcle unnamed, their musical style changed and now Folk Psychedelic Rock played. Danny Whitten played electric guitar, drums Molina and Talbot played bass and piano.

By 1970, Whitten was a heroin addict. Neil Young thematized this in his song The Needle and the Damage Done.

On November 18, 1972 he was released by Neil Young at the recording of the album Harvest, because he was not able to play. On the same evening he died of a combination of Valium and alcohol.