“When I wrote it I was like: ‘Hey, this is an upswinging tune, and I normally write these long, tortured ballads.’”
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David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, and later as part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, which helped popularize the California sound of the 1970s. In addition to his music, Crosby was known for his outspoken personality…
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entertainment · American singer and guitarist (1941–2023) · guitarist · singer-songwriter · singer · actor · musician · composer · lyricist · also David Crosby, Crosby
Born 14 August 1941 · Died 18 January 2023 · Q370560
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But James did a wonderful thing, man. He gave me a chance to earn my way into his life.
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2026· 2 entries
“But James did a wonderful thing, man. He gave me a chance to earn my way into his life.”
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2025· 12 entries
Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Déjà Vu (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Carry Me (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Janet (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Look in Their Eyes (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – The City (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Glory (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – By The Light of Common Day (Live from the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – What Are Their Names (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Laughing (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Published video “David Crosby & the Lighthouse Band – Regina (Live at the Capitol Theatre)”.
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Released album “Wooden Ships: Live in Philadelphia April 8th 1989”.
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Nash remembered Crosby as "charming, caring and a brilliant musician
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2023· 9 entries
Released album “1977-08-12: United Farm Workers Benefit, Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA”.
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Released album “1972-03-26 - San Francisco, CA”.
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The Guardian: ‘He sounded great’: David Crosby was working on new album when he died, musicians reveal
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The Guardian: David Crosby obituary
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The Guardian: David Crosby: a maddening musical genius who thrived through the chaos | Alexis Petridis
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The Guardian: From the Byrds to CPR: David Crosby’s 10 greatest recordings
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The Guardian: David Crosby: co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash – a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Legendary US musician David Crosby dies aged 81
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Died 2023-01-18.
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2022· 3 entries
Released album “Live at the Capitol Theatre”.
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Released album “The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, 12-15-1970”.
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“most Unions are useless and totally dishonest.”
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2021· 4 entries
The Guardian: David Crosby on love, music and rancour: ‘Neil Young is probably the most selfish person I know’
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Released album “For Free”.
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The Guardian: Joni Mitchell’s Blue: my favourite song – by James Taylor, Carole King, Graham Nash, David Crosby and more
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The Guardian: David Crosby sells music catalogue, citing Covid restrictions on touring
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “Shadow on the Faces”.
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Etheridge announced on her Twitter account that her and Cypher's son Beckett had died at age 21 from causes related to opioid addiction
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2019· 1 entry
Crosby said that the late Peter Tork of the Monkees loaned him the money to buy the Mayan
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2018· 7 entries
The Guardian: David Crosby: 'I think right now, it's worse than the 60s'
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The Guardian: David Crosby: Here If You Listen review – turbocharged Trump-whacking teamwork
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Crosby released Here If You Listen on BMG, his first collaborative album with League, Stevens, and Willis, all members of the Lighthouse band
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Released album “Here If You Listen”.
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The Guardian: David Crosby and Friends review – the old Byrd is on fire and roaring
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As David Crosby & Friends, performing a series of shows in support of Crosby's new album Skytrails
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Crosby was invited to join the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) advisory board
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “Sky Trails”.
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2016· 7 entries
In Atlanta, Georgia, and to conclude on December 16, 2016, in Ithaca, New York
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The Guardian: David Crosby: Kanye West can neither sing, nor write, nor play
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Released album “Lighthouse”.
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The Guardian: David Crosby: America is no longer a democracy
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Crosby announced a new solo album named Lighthouse, which was released on October 21, 2016, and shared a new track from it titled "Things We Do for Love"
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The Guardian: Graham Nash calls time on CSNY, branding David Crosby 'awful'
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That Crosby, Stills & Nash would never perform again because of his poor relationship with Crosby
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2014· 5 entries
Released album “Croz”.
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Released album “Live at The Barns, Wolf Trap Foundation, Vienna, VA, US, Mar 25, 2014”.
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Released album “Live at the Matrix, December 1970”.
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Crosby sailed it thousands of miles in the Pacific and Caribbean
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Released album “1970-1971 - The Perro Sessions”.
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2012· 1 entry
David Crosby worked in Italy with saxophonist Enzo Avitabile
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2009· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “The title of the David Crosby song "Page 43" is a reference to the New Testament.” False.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Voyage”.
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Crosby and Nash worked with David Gilmour as backing vocalists on the latter's third solo album, On an Island
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2004· 1 entry
Crosby was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, illegal possession of a hunting knife, illegal possession of ammunition, and illegal possession of about one ounce of marijuana
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Déjà Vu”.
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “Live”.
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1999· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “The Byrds fired David Crosby in the middle of recording an album, then replaced him with a picture of a horse on its cover.” False.
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Appeared on Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, singing a duet of the title track with Lucinda Williams
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1998· 1 entry
“He was a skateboarder and he’d had a couple of crashes and he got some painkillers. They got him strung out on that then he ran into somebody who had really strong stuff and he overdosed and died. And that’s … that’s … that’s … how it normally goes.”
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1997· 3 entries
Raymond performed with Crosby on stage and in the studio, as a member of CPR, and as part of the touring bands Crosby & Nash and Crosby, plus Stills & Nash
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Beginning in 1997, Raymond performed with Crosby on stage and in the studio, as a member of CPR, and as part of the touring bands Crosby & Nash and Crosby, plus Stills & Nash.
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Crosby's brother Ethan, who taught him to play guitar and started his musical career with him, died by suicide in late 1997 or early 1998; the date is unknown because Ethan left a note not to search for his body but to let him return to the earth.
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1996· 2 entries
Crosby formed CPR or Crosby, Pevar & Raymond with session guitarist Jeff Pevar, and pianist James Raymond, Crosby's son
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Released album “King Biscuit Flower Hour”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Naked In The Rain”.
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Released album “It's All Coming Back to Me Now...”.
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Thousand Roads”.
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1992· 1 entry
Crosby sang backup on the album Rites of Passage with the Indigo Girls on the tracks Galileo and Let it Be Me
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded MusiCares Person of the Year (1991).
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Oh Yes I Can”.
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1985· 2 entries
Crosby was arrested in California for drunken driving, a hit-and-run driving accident, and possession of a concealed pistol and drug paraphernalia
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And then performed only sporadically in the 1980s and 1990s (mainly at the annual Bridge School Benefit organized by Young's wife Pegi)
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1976· 1 entry
As separate duos, Crosby & Nash and Stills & Young were both working on respective albums and contemplated retooling their work to produce a CSNY album
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1974· 1 entry
To capitalize on the foursome's reunion tour
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1973· 1 entry
Crosby reunited with the original Byrds for the album Byrds, with Crosby acting as the album's producer
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1972· 2 entries
And his oldest son, Beau, in 2015, made him a better human being
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Describing him as a "decent guy", Crosby noted that the personal tragedies Biden experienced with the deaths of his first wife and daughter in 1972 and his oldest son, Beau, in 2015, made him a better human being. "He has humanity and he has compassion for other human beings because he's seen a lot of rough stuff himself.
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “If I Could Only Remember My Name”.
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Crosby released his first solo album, If I Could Only Remember My Name, featuring contributions by Nash, Young, Joni Mitchell, and members of Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Santana
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1969· 2 entries
Crosby's long-time girlfriend Christine Hinton was killed in a car accident only days after Hinton, Crosby, and Debbie Donovan had moved from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area
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Neil Young joined the group, and with him, they recorded the album Déjà Vu, which peaked at No
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1968· 2 entries
Formed Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash
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Met Stephen Stills at Laurel Canyon in California through Cass Elliot (of the Mamas & the Papas), and the two started meeting informally and jamming together
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1967· 1 entry
Crosby purchased a 59-foot (18 m) John Alden–designed schooner named Mayan with his Byrds settlement
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1966· 1 entry
Clark, who then was the band's primary songwriter, left the group because of stress and this placed all the group's songwriting responsibilities in the hands of McGuinn, Crosby, and Hillman
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1964· 1 entry
Chris Hillman joined the band as bassist, and Crosby relieved Gene Clark of rhythm guitar duties
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1960· 1 entry
And his father then married Betty Cormack Andrews
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1941· 2 entries
Born 1941-08-14.
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In Los Angeles, California, the second son of Academy Award–winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who formerly worked on Wall Street, and Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead, a salesperson at Macy's department store
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