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==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.<ref name="SFGate">{{cite news|title=Young's Bassist Has Crazy Idea: Go Solo|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/01/23/PK104814.DTL|date=January 23, 2000|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=September 1, 2009 | first1=Joel | last1=Selvin}}</ref> 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.<ref name="SFGate"/> [[File:Neil Young & Crazy Horse.jpg|thumb|Ralph Molina (drums), Billy Talbot (bass), Neil Young (guitar) in with [[Crazy Horse (band)|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 (band)|Crazy Horse]]. Talbot began performing solo in 1999 at small venues.<ref name="SFGate"/> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CD Review: The Billy Talbot Band|url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/46653/the-billy-talbot-band.html|date=September 24, 2004|publisher=Glide Magazine|accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, the band released their second album ''On the Road to Spearfish'' on Vapor Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=On The Road To Spearfish with Crazy Horse's Billy Talbot|url=http://www.jambands.com/features/2013/08/08/on-the-road-to-spearfish-with-crazy-horse-s-billy-talbot|date=August 8, 2013|publisher=jambands.com|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billytalbot.com/wolves-band/|title=Wolves|publisher=billytalbot.com|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref> In June 2014, Talbot suffered a minor [[stroke]] and was forced to sit out Crazy Horse's imminent European tour.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-crazy-horse-bassist-billy-talbot-suffers-mild-stroke-20140630|title=Neil Young, Crazy Horse Bassist Billy Talbot Suffers Mild Stroke|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> He has since recovered and rejoined the band.
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