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What Happened Yesterday:
A Musical Chronology of Neil Young
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Who's Played With Neil?

by FiL Wisneski
(wisneski@aesop.rutgers.edu)
(last updated 95/08/24)
Notes:
  • This is a work-in-progress, and is constantly being fine-tuned. Some dates are estimates. Corrections would be greatly appreciated.

  • "FRIENDS" is a catch-all designation for conglomerations of people Neil has toured/recorded with that weren't give band names.

  • Parentheses around a name means they played on only a few songs or were only on part of a tour.

  • Key: ac=accordian, ah=autharp, as=altosax, b=bass, bj=banjo, bm=bass marimba, br=broom, bs=baritone sax, bv=backing vocals, d=drums, db= dobro, ep=electric piano, et=electric tambourine, f=flute, g=guitar, gp=grand piano, h=harmonica, hnd=hand drum, hrd=hair drum, jh=jew's harp, k=keyboards, m=mandolin, o=organ, ob=oberheim, p=piano, po=pump organ, pr=percussion, psg=pedal steel guitar, s=sax, slg=slide guitar, sm=stringman, sn=synth, ss=string synth, st=strings, stg=steel guitar, sw=saw, tb=trombone, tp=trumpet, ts=tenor sax, ub=upright bass, v=vocals, vb=vibes, vi=violin, wp=wurlitzer piano.

4 TO GO

  1. NY [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], Bob Clark [d], Terry Erickson

  2. NY [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], Jim Ackroyd, Geordie McDonald [d]

  3. NY [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], Geordie McDonald [d]

THE ALARM

Mike Peters [v], Dave Sharp [g], Eddie MacDonald [b], Nigel Twist [d]

THE BAND

Robbie Robertson [g], Richard Manuel [k/v], Garth Hudson [k/v], Rick Danko [b/v], Levon Helm [d/v]

THE BLUENOTES

  1. Ben Keith [as], Steve Lawrence [ts], Larry Cragg [bs], Claude Cailliet [tb], John Fumo [tp], Tom Bray [tp], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [k], Billy Talbot [b], Ralph Molina [d]

  2. Ben Keith [as], Steve Lawrence [ts], Larry Cragg [bs], Claude Cailliet [tb], John Fumo [tp],Tom Bray [tp], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [k], Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas [b], Chad Cromwell [d]

BOOKER T. & THE MG'S

Booker T. Jones [k], Steve Cropper [g], Donald "Duck" Dunn [b], Jim Keltner [d]

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

  1. NY [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v], Richie Furay [g/v], Bruce Palmer [b], Dewey Martin [d]

  2. NY [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v], Richie Furay [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], Dewey Martin [d]

  3. NY [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v], Richie Furay [g/v], Jim Fielder [b], Dewey Martin [d] (NY was occasionally replaced by Doug Hastings)

  4. NY [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v], Richie Furay [g/v], Jim Messina [b], Dewey Martin [d]

THE BULLETS

Ben Keith [sg], Linda Ronstadt [bv], Nicolette Larson [bv], Carole Muyeto [vi]

THE CLASSICS

NY [g/v], John Copsey, Jack Gowenlock, Linda Fowler, Ken Koblun [b], Buddy Taylor [d]

CRAZY HORSE

  1. Danny Whitten [g/v], Billy Talbot [b], Ralph Molina [d]

  2. Danny Whitten [g/v], Jack Nitzsche [p/bv], Billy Talbot [b], Ralph Molina [d/bv]

  3. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g/bv/k/bm/p/ob/gp/wp/sm], Billy Talbot [b/bv/vb/bm], Ralph Molina [d/bv]

  4. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g/bv], Billy Talbot [b/bv], Ralph Molina [d/bv], Tim Mulligan [s]

  5. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g], Billy Talbot [b], Ralph Molina [d], Ben Keith [psg]

CROSBY & NASH

David Crosby [g/v], Graham Nash [g/v]

CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (CSN)

David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v/k], Graham Nash [g/k/v], others?

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG (CSNY)

  1. NY [g/v/k], David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v/k], Graham Nash [g/v], Bruce Palmer [b], Dallas Taylor [d]

  2. NY [g/v/k], David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v/k], Graham Nash [g/v], Gregory Reeves [b], Dallas Taylor [d]

  3. NY [g/v/k], David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v/k], Graham Nash [g/v], Calvin Samuels [b], Dallas Taylor [d]

  4. NY [g/v/k], David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v/k], Graham Nash [g/v], Calvin Samuels [b], Johnny Barbata [d]

  5. NY [g/v], David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v], Graham Nash [g/v]

  6. NY [g/v/k], David Crosby [g/v], Stephen Stills [g/v/b/k], Graham Nash [g/v], Tim Drummond [b], Russ Kunkel [d], Joe Lala [pr], (Leeland Sklar [b]?)

THE DANNY SHEA BAND

Danny Shea, G.E. Smith [g], Rob Stoner, others

DEVO

???

THE DUCKS

NY [g/v], Bob Mosley [g], Jeff Blackburn [b], Joe Craviotta [d]

EAGLES

Don Henley [d/v], Glen Frey [g/v], Bernie Leadon [g/v], Randy Misner [b/v] (not sure if Don Felder was in the band yet)

THE ESQUIRES

NY [g/v], Gary Reid, Bob Townshend, Don Marshall, Ken Johnson, (Jim Atkin)

FIREFALL

Rick Roberts, Larry Burnett, Jock Bartley, Mark Andes [g/v], Michael Clarke

FRIENDS

  1. James Burton [db], Jim Fielder [b], Jack Nitzsche [ep], Don Randi [gp], Bobby West [b], Charlie Chin [bj]

  2. George Grantham [d], Jim Messina [b], (Brenda Holloway [bv], Merry Clayton [bv], Sherlie Matthews [bv], Gloria Richetta Jones [bv], Gracia Nitzsche [bv], unknown [s], possibly Jack Nitzschie and Ry Cooder)

  3. Robin Lane [bv], Bobby Notkoff [vi]

  4. Jerry Garcia [psg], John Sebastian [h]

  5. Nils Lofgren [p/bv], Stephen Stills [bv], Gregory Reeves [b]

  6. John Harris [p], James Taylor [bv/bj], Linda Ronstadt [bv], David Crosby [bv], Graham Nash [bv], Stephen Stills [bv]

  7. Joe Yankee [b], David Crosby [g/v], Graham Nash [g/v]

  8. Ben Keith [slg/bv/stg/wp/db/o/hrd/hnd/b/pr], Tim Drummond [b], Levon Helm [d], Joe Yankee [h/et], David Crosby [g], Rick Danko [b], George Whitsell [g], Ralph Molina [d/bv/hnd], Graham Nash [wp], Rusty Kershaw [vi/slg], Billy Talbot [b]

  9. Ben Keith [db/bv], Tim Drummond [b], Karl T. Himmel [d], Emmlou Harris [bv]

  10. Tim Drummond [b], Levon Helm [d], Tom Sreibner [sw]

  11. Bob Dylan [g/v], Ben Keith [psg], Rick Danko [b/bv], Garth Hudson [k/bv], Levon Helm [d/bv]

  12. Joe Osborne [b], Carl Himmel [d], Nicolotte Larson [bv]

  13. Greg Thomas [d], Dennis Belfield [b], Ben Keith [stg/db/bv], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Ann Hillary O'Brien [bv]

  14. Ben Keith [psg], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g], Nils Lofgren [g], Bruce Palmer [b], Billy Talbot [b], Ralph Molina [d], Joe Lala [pr]

  15. Karl Himmel [d], Joe Osborne [b], Hargus "Pig" Robbins [p], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Waylon Jennings [g/v], Gordon Terry [vi], Ralph Mooney [psg], Terry McMillan [h/jh], David Kirby [g], Joe Allen [b/ub], (Grant Boatwright [g], Johnny Christopher [g], Ray Edenton [g], Bela Fleck [b], Gove Scrivenor [ah], Farrell Morris [pr], Bobby Thompson [bj], Anthony Crawford [m/v], Ben Keith [db], Willie Nelson [v/g], Marty Stewart [m], Doana Cooper [bv], Carl Gorodetzky [st/vi], George Binkley [st], John Borg [st], Roy Christensen [st], Virginia Christensen [st], Charles Everett [st], Larry Harvin [st], Mark Hembree [st], Lee Larrison [st], Betty McDonald [st], Dennis Molchan [st], Pamela Sixfin [st], Mark Tanner [st], David Vanderkooi [st], Gary Vanosdale [st], Carol Walker [st], Stephanie Woolf [st], Denise Draper [v], Gail Davies [bv], Betsy Hammer [bv], Pam Rose [bv], Janis Oliver-Gill [bv], Many Ann Kennedy [bv], Kristine Oliver-Arnold [bv], Leona Williams [bv])

  16. Danny Korchmar [g/bv/sy], Steve Jordan [d/bv], (San Fransico Boys Choir [bv])

  17. Randy Bachman [g/v], Burton Cummings [k/v], John Einarson, Glen McRae, others

  18. Bob Gloub [b], Joe Vitale [d], Joe Lala [pr], Mike Finnigan [k], (Chad Cromwell [d], Brian Bell, The Bluenotes horns {Larry Cragg [bs], Steve Lawrence [ts], Tommy Bray [tp], Claude Cailliett [tb], John Fumo [tp]}, The Volume Dealers Choir {Rhett Lawrence [bv], Niko Bolas [bv], Tim Mulligan [bv], Tim Foster [bv], Brentley Walton [bv], Bill Boydston [bv], Don Gooch [bv], Bill Lazerus [bv]})

  19. Ben Keith [g/bv], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g]

  20. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g/k/m/bv], Ben Keith [psg/k/bv], Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas [b], Chad Cromwell [d], (Linda Ronstadt [bv], Tony Marsika [b])

  21. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g], Charley Drayton [b], Steve Jordan [d]

  22. Astrid Young [bv], James Taylor [bv], Linda Ronstadt [bv], Nicholette Larson [bv], (Larry Cragg [bv,br], unknown [s])

  23. Anton Fier [d], G.E. Smith [g]

  24. Tom Petty [g/v], George Harrison [g/v], Bob Dylan [g/v], Eric Clapton [g/v], Roger McGuinn [g/v], (and everyone else who played Bobfest)

  25. Ben Keith [psg?], Spooner Oldham [k]

  26. Nils Lofgren [g/ac/bv/ah], Ben Keith [db], Spooner Oldham [p,po], Oscar Butterworth [d], Tim Drummond [b], Astrid Young [bv], Nicolette Larson [bv], (Larry Cragg [br])

  27. Astrid Young [bv], Annie Stocking [bv]

  28. Astrid Young [bv], Pegi Young [bv]

  29. Stone Gossard [g], Jeff Ament [b], Mike McCready [g], Jack Irons [d], Brendan O'Brien [k]

THE GONE WITH THE WIND ORCHESTRA

  1. Nicholette Larson [bv], Ben Keith [stg], Carl Himmel [d], Tim Drummond [b], Spooner Oldham [p], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Joe Osborne [b], Larrie Londin [d], J.J. Cale [g], Farrel Morris [p], Grant Boatwright [g], Bucky Barret [g], John Christopher [g], Jerry Shook [g], Vic Jordon [g], Steve Gibson [g], Dale Sellers [g], Ray Edenton [g], Rita Fey [ah], Shelly Kurland [st], Stephanie Woolf [st], Marvin Chantry [st], Roy Christensen [st], Gary Vanosdale [st], Carl Goroditzby [st], George Binkley [st], Steve Smith [st], Larry Harvin [st], Larry Lasson [s], Carol Walker [s], Rebecca Lynch [s], Virginia Christensen [st], Maryanna Harvin [st], George Kosmola [st], Martha McCrory [st]

  2. Nicholette Larson [bv], Ben Keith [stg], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], ??? [b], ???[d], ??? [g], ??? [g], ??? [g], ??? [g], ??? [st]

GRATEFUL DEAD

Jerry Garcia [g/bv], Bob Weir [g/bv], Vince Welnick [g/bv], Phil Lesh [b], Bill Kreutzmann [d], Mickey Hart [d]

THE GREY RIDERS

Ben Keith [psg], Anthony Crawford [g/m/bj/vi/bv], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Hargus "Pig" Robbins [k], Joe Allen [b], Karl Himmel [d]

THE HARVESTERS

Ben Keith [psg], Tim Drummond [b], Karl Himmel [d], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Spooner Oldham [o]

THE HIGH FLYING BIRDS

NY [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], Bob Clark [d], (Terry Erickson)

THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTERS

  1. Ben Keith [psg], Anthony Crawford [m/g/bj/vi/bv], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Spooner Oldham [k], Tim Drummond [b], Karl Himmel [d] (Larry Cragg [bj])

  2. Ben Keith [psg], Anthony Crawford [m/g/bj/vi/bv], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g], Ralph Molina [d], Billy Talbot [b]

  3. Ben Keith [psg], Anthony Crawford [m/g/bj/vi/bv], Rufus Thibodeaux [vi], Hargus "Pig" Robbins [k], Joe Allen [b], Karl Himmel [d]

THE JADES

NY [g/v], John Daniel, David Gregg, Jim Atkin

LED ZEPPELIN

Robert Plant [v/g], Jimmy Page [g], John Paul Jones [b], Jason Bonham? [d]

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

personnel unknown

THE LOST DOGS

Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas [b], Chad Cromwell [d], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g] (Ben Keith [g/bv] joined Neil during acoustic part of show)

THE MYNAH BIRDS

NY [g], Rick James [v], Goldie McJohn, Bruce Palmer [b], Jerry Edmonton

NORTHERN LIGHTS

NY [v], Bryan Addams [v], lots of others

PEARL JAM

  2. Eddie Vedder [v], Stone Gossard [g], Jeff Ament [b], Mike McCready [g], Dave Abbruzzese [d]

  3. Eddie Vedder [v/g], Stone Gossard [g], Jeff Ament [b], Mike McCready [g], Jack Irons [d]

THE REDWOOD BOYS

Larry Byrom [bv], Anthony Crawford [bv], Rick Palombi [bv]

THE RESTLESS

  1. Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas [b], Chad Cromwell [d]

  2. Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas [b], Chad Cromwell [d], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [g] (Ben Keith [g/bv] joined Neil during acoustic part of show)

THE SANTA MONICA FLYERS

Ben Keith [stg/slg/bv], Nils Lofgren [g/p/bv], Billy Talbot [b], Ralph Molina [d/v]

THE SHOCKING PINKS

Ben Keith [g/s], Larry Byrom [p/bv/tp], Tim Drummond [b], Karl Himmel [d], Anthony Crawford [bv/pr], Rick Palombi [bv/pr/p]

SPIRIT (probable lineup)

Randy California [g/v], Ed Cassidy [d], ??? [b]

THE SQUIRES

  1. NY [g/v], Allan Bates [g], Ken Koblun [b], Jack Harper [d]

  2. NY [g/v], Allan Bates [g], Ken Koblun [b], Ken Smyth [d], (Jim Atkin, Greg Murdy)

  3. NY [g/v], Bill Edmundson [d], Ken Koblun [b], Jeff Wuckert

  4. NY [g/v], Bill Edmundson [d], Ken Koblun [b]

  5. NY [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], (several transients, including: Terry Crosby, Al Johnson, Randy Peterson, Ken Smyth [d], Doug Campbell)

  6. NY [g/v], Randy Peterson [d], Ken Koblun [b], Doug Campbell

  7. NY [g/v], Bob Clark [d], Ken Koblun [b], (Tom Horricks, Terry Erickson)

  8. NY [g/v], Bob Clark [d], Ken Koblun [b], Terry Erickson

  9. NY [g/v], Bill Edmundson [d], Ken Kolbun [b], Ken Hordichuk

THE STILLS-YOUNG BAND

NY [g/p/ss/v], Stephen Stills [g/p/v], Jerry Aiello [k/p], George Perry [b/bv], Joe Vitale [d/f/bv], Joe Lala [pr/bv]

THE STARDUSTERS

NY [g/v], Ken Koblun [b], ???

THE STRAY GATORS

  1. Ben Keith [stg/bv], Jack Nitzsche [p/slg], Tim Drummond [b], Kenny Buttrey [d]

  2. Ben Keith [stg/slg/bv], Jack Nitzsche [p/bv], Tim Drummond [b], Johnny Barbata [d]

  3. Ben Keith [psg], Spooner Oldham [k], Tim Drummond [b], Kenny Buttrey [d]

TEN MEN WORKING

NY [g/v/h], Ben Keith [as], Steve Lawrence [ts], Larry Cragg [bs], Claude Cailliet [tb], John Fumo [tp], Tom Bray [tp], Frank "Poncho" Sampedro [k], Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas [b], Chad Cromwell [d]

THE TRANSBAND

Ben Keith [psg/k], Nils Lofgren [g/bv], Bruce Palmer [b], Ralph Molina [d], Joe Lala [pr]

THE WILD BILL BAND OF STRINGS

unknown personnel [st]

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