Rick Rosas
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"Rick" "Rosas" (September 10, 1949 – November 6, 2014) was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles. Throughout his career, he played with Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Rivers, Ron Wood, Etta James, and the short-lived reunion of the Buffalo Springfield, among others. He performed as a bass player with The Flash in Jonathan Demme's 2015 film Ricki and The Flash. The band was composed of guitarist Rick Springfield, drummer Joe Vitale, and keyboardist Bernie Worrell, backing up Meryl Streep, as "Ricki", on vocals and guitar.

In 2014, Rosas joined Neil Young and Crazy Horse (band)/Crazy Horse on their European tour, following Billy Talbot's inability to tour due to a stroke. This act made Rosas the only bassist to have played with three of Young's major band-based projects, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Crazy Horse.

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I memorize the names of the winners. I'm pretty good at forgetting the rest. And the vote count ... it's one of those things I don't really want to remember.

Sometimes people who don't know you, strangers, will find out what you're doing and start asking all kinds of crazy questions.

You can imagine I hold the envelopes very tight that night.