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Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Neil Young & Crazy Horse is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Elvis Presley and Lonnie Mack. Those roots explain a lot about how Neil Young & Crazy Horse arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Buffalo Springfield, The Stills-Young Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Van Morrison, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pearl Jam, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who and Lynyrd Skynyrd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Neil Young & Crazy Horse, reaching back through Roy Orbison and forward to Pearl Jam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Neil Young & Crazy HorseRoy OrbisonBob DylanPhil OchsElvis PresleyLonnie MackChuck BerryLittle RichardFats DominoPearl JamJoni MitchellThe Guess WhoLynyrd SkynyrdCrosby, Stills, Nash…Buffalo SpringfieldThe Stills-Young BandCrosby, Stills & NashVan MorrisonFacesThe Allman Brothers …Jerry Garcia Band

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse connections

Neil Young & Crazy Horse grew out of Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Buffalo Springfield, The Stills-Young Band and Crosby, Stills & Nash, went on to shape Pearl Jam, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who and Lynyrd Skynyrd. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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