Rick Rosas, long time bass player for Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and recently Crazy Horse, has died at the age of 65.
Rick was one of the true music greats and also one of the nicest people in the business.
Rick Rosas is one of the most respected musicians in America. He has also played with Joe Walsh, Ton Wood, Etta James, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Rivers and for Neil in the recent Buffalo Springfield reunion.
Rick started out in the surf band Mark & The Escorts but the first Rosas band to be signed was Tango to A&M in the 70s. He then hooked up with Joe Walsh and for a time was in Joe’s Australian band the Creatures before returning to work with Dan Fogelberg, Albert Collins and Etta James.
Rosas met Neil Young in 1987 when he was playing Farm Aid with Joe Walsh. They struck up a friendship that was to last for the rest of Rick’s career. Rick;s first album with Neil Young was 1987’s ‘This Note’s For You’. He stayed with Young for the Australia and Japan only release ‘Eldorado’ and the following album ‘Freedom’, featuring the now classic Young track ‘Rocking In The Free World’. At this time Rick was still recording with Walsh on his albums ‘Ordinary Average Guy’ and ‘Songs For The Dying Planet’.
Young brought Rick back for his return to country album ‘Prairie Wind’ and the concert movie ‘Heart of Gold’. Next came Young’s most controversial album ‘Living With War’, a bitter statement about America’s war mongering President George W. Bush. Rick performed live with Crosby Stills Nash & Young for the concert movie ‘Déjà vu’, based on the ‘Living With War’ album.
As well as Neil’s albums, Rick also performed in Pegi Young’s band.
