The Rockets (album)

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The Rockets is the sole release by the group of the same name, produced by Barry Goldberg and issued on White Whale Records in 1968.

Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. They first dubbed themselves War Babies, but Young re-named them Crazy Horse, a name that would stick. The Rockets soon folded due to Young's insistence on having Whitten, Talbot and Molina keep to a strict practice schedule. Talbot and Molina have remained as part of Crazy Horse to this day, and all of the other Rockets, except for Leon Whitsell, who would also eventually collaborate with Young.

[edit] Track listing

1. Hole in My Pocket (D. Whitten)
2. Won't You Say You'll Stay (D. Whitten)
3. Mr. Chips (D. Whitten)
4. It's A Mistake (R. Molina-B. Talbot)
5. Let Me Go (D. Whitten)
6. Try My Patience (L. Whitsell)
7. I Won't Always Be Around (L. Whitsell)
8. Pill's Blues (G. Whitsell)
9. Stretch Your Skin (L. Whitsell)
10. Eraser (L. Whitsell)

[edit] Participants

• Barry Goldberg, producer
• Danny Whitten, guitar, vocal
• George Whitsell, guitar, vocal
• Leon Whitsell, guitar
• Billy Talbot, bass
• Ralph Molina, drums, vocal
• Bobby Notkoff, violin