1. Rick "Rick the Bass Player" Rosas was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles.
13 Facts About Rick Rosas
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Rick Rosas performed as a bass player with The Flash in Jonathan Demme's 2015 film Ricki and The Flash.
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In 2014, Rick Rosas joined Neil Young and Crazy Horse on their European tour, following Billy Talbot's inability to tour due to a stroke.
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Rick Rosas was born in East Los Angeles, California, to Anne and Ralph Rick Rosas.
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Rick Rosas met Joe Walsh through drummer Joe Vitale in the early 80s and played on Walsh's 1985 album The Confessor.
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Rick Rosas met Neil Young at the Farm Aid III benefit and Young was impressed with the bass player's musical skill as well as his soft-spoken, laid back manner, and invited him to join his new horn-driven big band, the Bluenotes.
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Rick Rosas appeared in the video of the title track that was initially banned by MTV.
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Rick Rosas played a throbbing bass line on the rocker, "Rockin' in the Free World" which appeared on 1989's Freedom.
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Rick Rosas appeared in the album-release concert movie filmed at the Grand Ole Opry House, Heart of Gold.
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Rick Rosas played on Young's next album, Chrome Dreams II which saw the release of the 1988 Bluenotes track "Ordinary People".
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Rick Rosas provided backing vocals for the track "Dirty Old Man".
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Rick Rosas toured with Young's electric Band throughout America, Europe, and Asia for nearly three years, playing material from nearly every phase of Young's catalogue.
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Rick Rosas passed away while at home, on November 6,2014, in Agoura Hills, California from pulmonary hypertension with cardiac arrest.