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16-707: Whitten may refer to: People [ edit ] Whitten (surname) Places [ edit ] Whitten, Iowa , United States Whitten Peak , Antarctica Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam , located on the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway in Tishomingo County, Mississippi Jamie L. Whitten Building , administration building of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sports [ edit ] E. J. Whitten Legends Game , annual charity Australian rules football All-star game, E. J. Whitten Medal , awarded to

32-571: A methaqualone overdose. Neil Young recalled, "We were rehearsing with him and he just couldn't cut it. He couldn't remember anything. He was too out of it. Too far gone. I had to tell him to go back to L.A. 'It's not happening, man. You're not together enough.' He just said, 'I've got nowhere else to go, man. How am I gonna tell my friends?' And he split. That night the coroner called me and told me he'd died. That blew my mind. Fucking blew my mind. I loved Danny. I felt responsible. And from there, I had to go right out on this huge tour of huge arenas. I

48-471: A rehearsal schedule that made that an impossibility. At first dubbed "War Babies" by Young, they soon became known as Crazy Horse . Recording sessions led to Young's second album, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere , credited as Neil Young with Crazy Horse, with Whitten on second guitar and vocals. Although his role was that of support, Whitten sang the album's opening track " Cinnamon Girl " along with Young, and Whitten and Young shared lead guitar on " Down by

64-446: A song co-written by Young that would show up later on a Young album , " (Come On Baby Let's Go) Downtown ", and Whitten's most famous composition, " I Don't Want to Talk About It ", a heartfelt ballad that would receive many cover versions and offer the promise of unfulfilled talent. Whitten continued to drift, his personal life ruled almost totally by drugs. He was dismissed from Crazy Horse by Talbot and Molina, who used replacements on

80-2495: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Whitten (surname) Whitten is an English surname and is associated with origins in Ireland and Scotland. Notable people with the name include: Benoni Whitten (died 1883), American attorney and judge from Oregon Bill Frank Whitten (1944–2006), Hollywood fashion designer Bill Whitten , American songwriter and musician Cameron Whitten (born 1991), American activist and mayoral candidate Chris Whitten (born 1959), British session drummer C. W. Whitten (1871–1957), American educator and athletic administrator Danny Whitten (1943–1972), American musician and songwriter Deb Whitten (born 1966), Canadian field hockey player Don Whitten (1935–2021), Australian rules footballer Frank Whitten (1942–2011), New Zealand television actor George Whitten (1922–2001), Australian politician Greg Whitten , American software architect Herbert Whitten (1909–1981), Northern Irish politician Ian Whitten (born 1987), Irish rugby union player Jack Whitten (1939–2018), American abstract painter Jack Whitten (footballer) (1922–1980), Australian rules footballer Jamie L. Whitten (1910–1995), American politician from Mississippi Jeffrey L. Whitten (born c. 1955), American computer scientist and professor John Whitten , (1920–2000), American Central Intelligence Agency officer Len Whitten , Canadian Anglican Bishop Les Whitten (1928–2017), American investigative reporter and novelist Marguerite Whitten (1913—1990), American film actress Martha E. Whitten (1842–1917), American author Michelle Whitten , American non-profit executive director Norman Whitten (1881–1969), British actor and film producer Tara Whitten (born 1980), Canadian track racing cyclist Ted Whitten (1933–1995), Australian rules footballer Ted Whitten, Jr. (born 1957), Australian rules footballer Tim Whitten , Australian record producer, audio engineer, and mixer Todd Whitten (born 1965), American football coach and player Tony Whitten (1953–2017), British conservationist Wesley Kingston Whitten (1918–2010), Australian reproductive biologist Wilfred Whitten (1864–1942), British writer and editor [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

96-532: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Danny Whitten Whitten was born on May 8, 1943, in Columbus , Georgia . His parents split up when he was young. He and his sister, Brenda, lived with their mother, who worked long hours as a waitress. His mother remarried when he was nine years old and the family moved to Canton, Ohio . Whitten joined Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina and Benjamin Rocco in

112-499: The doo-wop group, Danny and the Memories. After recording an obscure single, "Can't Help Loving That Girl of Mine", core members of the group moved to San Francisco where they morphed into a folk-psychedelic rock act called The Psyrcle. Whitten played guitar, Molina drums, and Talbot played bass and piano. By 1967, the group took on brothers George and Leon Whitsell on additional guitars and vocals, as well as violinist Bobby Notkoff ,

128-421: The surname Whitten . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitten_(surname)&oldid=1161428603 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

144-559: The Gold Rush , Whitten and the rest of Crazy Horse were dismissed about halfway through the recording sessions, in part because of Whitten's heavy drug use. Whitten performs guitar and vocals on " Oh, Lonesome Me ", "I Believe in You", and " When You Dance I Can Really Love ". He was also brought in at the end of the sessions to provide harmony vocals on " Tell Me Why ", " Only Love Can Break Your Heart ", "Cripple Creek Ferry", " Southern Man " and "Till

160-509: The Morning Comes". Young wrote " The Needle and the Damage Done " during this time, with direct references to Whitten's addiction and its role in the destruction of his talent. Acquiring a recording contract and expanded to a quintet in 1970, Crazy Horse recorded its first group-only album, released in early 1971. The debut album included five songs by Whitten, with two standout tracks being

176-515: The River " and " Cowgirl in the Sand ". These tracks would influence the grunge movement of the 1990s, and all three songs remain part of Young's performance repertoire. During this period, Whitten began using heroin ; after finding that it mitigated his longstanding battle with rheumatoid arthritis , he quickly became addicted. Although he participated in the early stages of Young's next solo effort, After

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192-405: 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 The Stray Gators on the upcoming tour behind Young's Harvest album, Whitten showed up for rehearsals at Young's home outside San Francisco. While the rest of the group hammered out arrangements, Whitten lagged behind, figuring out the rhythm parts, though never in sync with

208-620: The best Victorian player in an Australian rules football State of Origin football match Whitten Oval , stadium located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Whitten Soccer Complex , located at Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee Other uses [ edit ] Charles A. Whitten Medal , recognizes outstanding achievement in research on the form and dynamics of the Earth and planets Whitten effect , in ethology See also [ edit ] Whiten (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

224-484: The rest of the group. Young, who had more at stake after the success of After the Gold Rush and Harvest , fired him from the band on November 18, 1972. He gave Whitten $ 50 and a plane ticket back to Los Angeles. Later that night Whitten died from ingesting a combination of diazepam , which he was taking for severe knee arthritis, and alcohol, which he was using to try to get over his heroin addiction. In 1973, Charles Perry of Rolling Stone reported that Whitten died of

240-449: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Whitten . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitten&oldid=872303706 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

256-595: The sextet calling themselves The Rockets. They signed with independent label White Whale Records , working with producer Barry Goldberg for the group's self-titled album in mid-1968. The album sold poorly. Songwriter Neil Young, fresh from departing Buffalo Springfield , with one album of his own , began jamming with the Rockets and expressed interest in recording with Whitten, Molina and Talbot. The trio agreed, so long as they were allowed to simultaneously continue on with The Rockets. Young acquiesced initially, but imposed

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