The Rockets (album)

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The Rockets
The Rockets cover
Studio album by The Rockets
Recorded 1968
Genre Blues Rock
Folk Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Length 28:57
Label White Whale
Producer Barry Goldberg
Professional reviews

The Rockets is the sole release by the The Rockets 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, would 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

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