▁T alk in '" ▁was ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁Mid night ▁Cow boy ; ▁the ▁song ▁became ▁a ▁hit ▁and ▁won ▁a ▁Gram my ▁Award . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁pione ers ▁of ▁the ▁folk ▁rock ▁and ▁singer - song writer ▁musical ▁gen res , ▁his ▁most ▁prominent ▁musical ▁descend ants ▁being ▁Tim ▁Buck ley , ▁Stephen ▁St ills , ▁David ▁C ros by ▁and ▁J oni ▁Mitchell . ▁His ▁most ▁frequently ▁c ited ▁dis ci ples ▁are ▁Kar en ▁Dal ton , ▁Tim ▁Hard in , ▁D ino ▁Val enti , ▁V ince ▁Martin , ▁Peter ▁St amp fel ▁of ▁the ▁avant - folk ▁ensemble ▁the ▁Holy ▁Mod al ▁Round ers , ▁John ▁Sebastian ▁( the ▁Lov in ' ▁Spo on ful ), ▁Gram ▁Par s ons , ▁Jerry ▁Jeff ▁Walker , ▁Barry ▁Mc Gu ire , ▁and ▁Paul ▁Kant ner ▁( J eff erson ▁Air plane ). ▁Some ▁of ▁Neil ' s ▁early ▁compos itions ▁were ▁recorded ▁by ▁Bud dy ▁Hol ly ▁and ▁Roy ▁Or b ison . ▁He ▁played ▁guitar ▁on ▁the ▁demo ▁version ▁of ▁Bobby ▁Dar in ' s ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁hit ▁" D ream ▁L over " ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁demo ▁singer ▁on ▁a ▁late - 1 9 5 0 s ▁El vis ▁Pres ley ▁movie ▁sound track ▁session . ▁ ▁In ▁Neil ' s ▁ob itu ary ▁in ▁Rol ling ▁Stone , ▁Anthony ▁De C urt is ▁wrote , ▁" So ▁why ▁is ▁Neil ▁a ▁hero ▁to ▁David ▁C ros by ?