Ben Keith Jack Nitzsche Tim Drummond Kenny Buttrey Johnny Barbata Spooner Oldham Danny Whitten
The Stray Gators was the name given by Neil Young to his supporting musicians from 1971 to 1973 and who backed him on the albums Harvest (1972) and Time Fades Away (1973).[1] It consisted of Jack Nitzsche (piano), Ben Keith (steel guitar), Tim Drummond (bass) and Kenny Buttrey (drums); the latter replaced during the Time Fades Away tour by Johnny Barbata.
Former Crazy Horse rhythm guitarist Danny Whitten briefly joined the group in 1972 but was fired by Young due to his poor performance during tour rehearsals, precipitating his death from an accidental overdose immediately thereafter.
^Pinnock, Tom (January 30, 2012). "Neil Young's 'Time Fades Away': 'Harvest"s unlikely follow-up". Uncut. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
TheStrayGators was the name given by Neil Young to his supporting musicians from 1971 to 1973 and who backed him on the albums Harvest (1972) and Time...
at the last minute. Making a connection with them, he christened them TheStrayGators, and began playing with them. Befitting the immediacy of the project...
recorded with theStrayGators on the support tour following 1972's highly successful album Harvest. Due to Young's dissatisfaction with the tour, it was...
TheStrayGators provide the backing music. Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald describes Ben Keith's playing on pedal steel to be a highlight of the song...
from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-23. "Neil Young + StrayGators – Tuscaloosa" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original...
the band's two albums of 1972. In April of that year, after receiving a call from Young to play rhythm guitar as a member of TheStrayGators on the upcoming...
with TheStrayGators on Neil Young's live album Time Fades Away. While Barbata was drumming with CSNY, David Geffen tried to persuade him to join The Eagles...
touring band, theStrayGators. In 1973, he left theStrayGators during their tour, with some reports saying he was fired, while others said the fan attention...
Crazy Horse and The Stray Gators. The album includes an early country rock track by Furay, "A Child's Claim to Fame." The track "Rock & Roll Woman" allegedly...
Stills, Nash & Young; rehearsal outtakes from the Harvest sessions with theStrayGators; and recordings by the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation...
of The Pinkettes, the backing vocalists on her husband's rockabilly Shocking Pinks tour. In 1994 she made her first nationwide TV appearance at the Academy...
organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at FAME Studios as part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section on such hit R&B songs as Percy Sledge's "When...
in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours List...
2020. Covering Young's work with TheStrayGators, Santa Monica Flyers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crazy Horse, and The Stills-Young Band during this...
credited as the sole writer of "I Want to Lay Down Beside You" on the 1972 album Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth. He often played as part of the session rhythm...
steel guitarist with Neil Young, Keith was a fixture of the Nashville country music community in the 1950s and 1960s before working with numerous successful...
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