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Neil Young and Crazy Horse s Frank Poncho Sampedro on New Live LP, Why He Left the Band
Neil Young and Crazy Horse s Frank Poncho Sampedro on New Live LP, Why He Left the Band
With the release of 1990 live set Way Down in the Rust Bucket, the guitarist looks back at decades on the road with Young s iconic group
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Rolling Stone March 2, 2021 11:23AM ET Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro on New Live LP, Why He Left the Band
With the release of 1990 live set ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket,’ the guitarist looks back at decades on the road with Young’s iconic group
By Let me go on record as saying that I think this Way Down in the Rust Bucket is the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded, guitarist Frank Poncho Sampedro (second from left) says of the group s new archival live set. Bob Galbraith/AP
When guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro hit the road for the first time as a member of Neil Young and Crazy Horse in November 1975, one of his first gigs took place at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California. The nightclub is a short drive from Young’s Broken Arrow ranch and it holds just about 800 people, making it a perfect spot for the group to try out new material in front of a friendly, hometown crowd, and they returned again i