music · 08 May 1943 · 81 years ago
birth Danny Whitten, guitarist, singer, songwriter. Member of Neil Young's Crazy Horse and writer of 'I Don't Wanna Talk About It', covered by Rod Stewart, Rita Coolidge and Everything But The Girl. The Neil Young song The Needle and the Damage Done was written about Whittens heroin use (before he died of an overdose on Nov 18th 1972).
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