Billy Talbot

William Hammond Talbot (born October 23, 1943^[1]) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse.

Billy Talbot
Talbot performing with Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 2012
Background information
Birth name	William Hammond Talbot
Born	(1943-10-23) October 23, 1943 (age 81) New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Singer-songwriter musician
Instruments	Bass vocals
Member of	Crazy Horse
Website	www.billytalbotband.com

Music career

Born in New York City, Talbot started his musical career singing on street corners at the age of 14. He moved to New Jersey with his family the next year, and by 17 he had moved to Los Angeles. There, he befriended fellow expatriate New Yorkers Ralph Molina, Danny Whitten and Benjamin Rocco. Together they formed a doo-wop group called Danny and the Memories.^[2] After moving the group to San Francisco, they morphed into The Psyrcle, which eventually grew to encompass Leon and George Whitsell along with Bobby Notkoff. At this point, Talbot and his bandmates renamed the group The Rockets.^[2]

Ralph Molina (drums), Billy Talbot (bass), Neil Young (guitar) in with Crazy Horse in 2012

In 1967, the group met Neil Young, who at the time was a member of Buffalo Springfield. This meeting saw Molina, Whitten, and Talbot join forces with Young to create Crazy Horse.

Talbot began performing solo in 1999 at small venues.^[2] In October 2004, Talbot struck out on his own with The Billy Talbot Band, releasing the album Alive in the Spirit World on Sanctuary Records.^[3] In 2013, the band released their second album On the Road to Spearfish on Vapor Records.^[4]

In 2013 Talbot joined forces with Ralph Molina, George Whitsell and Ryan James Holzer to form the band Wolves. They released their first album Wolves EP on February 16, 2014.^[5] In June 2014, Talbot suffered a minor stroke and was forced to sit out Crazy Horse's imminent European tour.^[6] He has since recovered and rejoined the band.

Discography

See also Crazy Horse discography

The Billy Talbot Band

Albums

• Alive in the Spirit World (2004)
• On the Road to Spearfish (2013)

Contributions

• "Rain", "Cherish", and "The Hunter" (2023) for All Roads Lead Home

with Wolves

EP

• Wolves (2014)