1. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro was born on Manuel Francisco Sampedro de Victoria; February 25,1949 and is an American retired guitarist and member of the rock band Crazy Horse, known mainly for his longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Neil Young.
Out of all Young's musical collaborators, Frank Sampedro has perhaps proven the most adept at working with the mercurial artist.
Frank Sampedro joined Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 1975 to record Zuma.
Talbot and Frank Sampedro initially befriended each other at the house of actress June Fairchild in late 1973 or early 1974.
Frank Sampedro made it possible to play with the Horse.
Frank Sampedro brought a rawer edge to Crazy Horse, and not just musically.
Much to the consternation of Young, Frank Sampedro frequently used heroin in his early days with the band, leading Young to once jump out of their car in Europe when he realized that Frank Sampedro was procuring the drug.
Frank Sampedro accuses Jarmusch of trying to make 'an artsy-fartsy film' to try to look cool and 'impress his New York friends'.
Frank Sampedro sat out the Neil Young and Crazy Horse-recorded Greendale in 2003 but returned for the tour.
Frank Sampedro usually plays a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop or a Gibson ES-335 with a heavy set of strings with a wound G string.