Ralph Molina

Ralph Molina

Birth : 1943-06-22, Puerto Rico

History

Born in Puerto Rico, Ralph Molina has been a member of Crazy Horse in a career spanning nearly six decades since they were formed in 1962 (originally as Danny & the Memories, and then briefly, The Rockets). He has remained throughout the group's many personnel changes, and has performed on all 20 releases by the band, with and without Neil Young.

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Ralph Molina

Movies

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record - The Making of a Chronicle of the Music
Himself
Behind the Scenes / Making of documentary of Neil Young's 2022 album, 'World Record'
Barn
The documentary provides an unprecedented glimpse into Young and the Horse’s creative process, as they took to tape in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kicking off with a note of gratitude from Young (“I’m so glad we’re fuckin’ here!”), the trailer shows what things were like as the legendary band got back into their element, in the wild, making music in a restored, 19th-century log barn under a full, glowing moon. The film captures the group—a 50-year-old musical family that includes, Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Nils Lofgren —building the powerful new record, but also their easy humour and enduring brotherhood. - The Sound Cafe (www.thesoundcafe.com)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket
Himself
Neil Young and Crazy Horse play new songs, as well as deep cuts and fan favourites, during a warm-up show for their 1990 Ragged Glory tour in Santa Cruz, CA.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket
Himself
After recording Ragged Glory at Broken Arrow Ranch in the spring of 1990 and releasing it that September, Young and Crazy Horse took the stage at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz on November 13 to unleash the songs upon a live audience.
Return to Greendale
Himself
Return to Greendale is a live concert film from American-Canadian folk rock musician Neil Young and American rock band Crazy Horse, recorded September 4 2003 while touring to promote the album Greendale.
Mountaintop
Himself
An unfiltered look at the recording of the new album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Muddy Track
Himself
Shot largely with a handheld camera, Neil Young's Muddy Track documents a difficult tour of Europe, plagued by poor weather, dwindling ticket sales, backstage arguments and audience riots. In an interview with MOJO in 1995, Young claimed that Muddy Track was among the favourite of all his films: "It’s dark as hell. God, it’s a heavy one! [...] But it’s funky".
Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
BluRay release of the 2012 Neil Young & Crazy Horse album, Psychedelic Pill. Recorded right after Americana at Audio Casa Blanca, this includes videos for each of the songs at high resolution 192kHz/24bit full fidelity audio.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Canadian Horsepower
The iconic Canadian musician and his supporting band captured live in performance. The songs played by Young and the band include 'Down By the River', 'When Your Lonely Heart Breaks' and 'Hey Hey, My My'.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - The Legend Lives On
Himself
A 2001 live perfomance with Neil Young and Crazy Horse in Rio de Janiero.
Neil Young Trunk Show
Himself
The second of Jonathan Demme's three Neil Young performance docs.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Live In Japan 2001
Himself - Drums / Vocals
Recorded live at The Fuji Rock Festival, Mukuni, Japan, July 28, 2001.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Inside Greendale
Himself
"Inside Greendale" highlights in-studio footage of Neil Young and Crazy Horse recording "Greendale," as well scenes from the "Greendale" film, brought together by the artist in an innovative mixed-media format. The result, which includes dazzling special effects, adds new depth to both the visual and audio components of Neil Young's epic tale of the Green family, a Northern California clan that includes Earl Green, a Vietnam vet who makes a deal with the Panama-hatted devil to sell his psychedelic paintings; his drug dealing cousin Jed, who kills a cop and goes to jail; and his daughter Sun, an eco-warrior who battles big oil in the Alaskan wilderness.
Year of the Horse
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Indie director Jim Jarmusch lenses a low-tech tribute to protean rocker Neil Young and his long-standing band, Crazy Horse. Stitched together from archival material shot in 1976 and 1986 along with candid scenes of Young and the band kicking back between shows, this rockumentary is as ragged as it is direct.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
Himself
This half-hour documentary by acclaimed director Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs") captures singer-songwriter Neil Young and his hard-rocking backing band Crazy Horse "live" in the studio playing a set of four songs. These sessions took place at the Complex Recording Studios in Los Angeles on October 3, 1994, just one day after Young's critically-lauded Bridge School Benefit concert. Earlier that year, Young and his band had recorded the studio album "Sleeps with Angels" at the Complex studios and came back to film a series of music videos. Jonathan Demme was there to document the recording session, which began at 6:30 pm on a Monday evening and concluded at 4:30 am the next day. "The Complex Sessions" is the result of these sessions. Set List: 1. My Heart (3:08), 2. Prime of Life (4:44), 3. Change Your Mind (14:56), 4. Piece of Crap (3:08).
Weld
A documentation of Neil Young and Crazy Horse concert from 1990.
Neil Young in Berlin
Self
The Godfather of Grunge is captured live on his TRANS tour on this release filmed in Berlin in October 1982. The gravel-voiced, messy rock legend is as impassioned as ever, banging out 11 hits, including the classics "Hey Hey, My My," "Like a Hurricane," "Cinnamon Girl," and "Needle and the Damage Done" as well as such new songs as "Transformer Man" and "Computer Age."
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
Himself
Concert film covering Neil Young's October 22 1978 concert performance at the Cow Palace with nearly 20 songs (including two versions of "Hey Hey, My My," his nod to the punk movement), acoustic and electric (with long-time companions Crazy Horse), dating back to his Buffalo Springfield days ("I Am a Child") and continuing through popular solo numbers like "Cinnamon Girl" and the extended "Like a Hurricane."
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Live in San Francisco
Himself - Drums
This concert, recorded at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1978, served as the basis for both a famous concert film and a the well-regarded live album found here. It shows Neil Young concluding the first phase of what would become one of the most important and influential careers in rock and roll history.