RIP David Crosby, famously of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, dead at 81

[Man of Ethics]

RIP. Very sad.

 

[BothWings]

Once, around 1988 or so, maybe '89...my friends and I were swimming in a public pool in New Paltz, NY. There was a guy swimming who looked JUST LIKE David Crosby! We were all trying to get close enough to get a real good look. He appeared to be alone. The interesting part about that was that New Paltz is (or was) a VERY hippy college town loaded with head shops and tie-die shops, music and and art stores and galleries....the works. New Paltz is also near Woodstock (the real one) in about an hour away from bethel where the actual "Woodstock" concert was held. For a record Bob Dylan also lived in Woodstock for a while, and at the house known as Big Pink. Dylan also wiped out on a mountain curve in New Paltz on his motorcycle. While recuperating he stayed with a doctor friend who was later my mother's doctor. Additionally, Pete Seeger and even Jewel also lived in the area. So, suffice to say, New Paltz is truly a mecca for artists and musicians. We still wonder if that might have actually been David Crosby we saw that day. He used to play in clubs all over that area with Graham Nash so we think there was a distinct possibility. And the fact that he was alone also could be accounted for by his abrasive personality. But whatever.... the guy was a great songwriter and decent performer, so oh well.

Damn, that was like 33 years ago....!

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[The Duke]

What I remember is this:



Awesome song! It doesn't get any better. It's a song about sailing. And even bigger things.

Even if he disagreed politically; This song absolves him.

 

[The Duke]

I see you like to stick to being a man of few words.

Y not stop being a douchebag?

 

[The Duke]

Oh, another one of their big ones:

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SAD SMILE*****

 

[JustAGuy1]

Man we're all getting old.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Near as I can tell the music biz is the most dysfunctional of them all.

 

[Lisa558]

Man we're all getting old.

I’m thinking the average age of USMB posters is in the 70s.

 

[Blaster]

 

[JustAGuy1]

I’m thinking the average age of USMB posters is in the 70s.

HEY, I'm only 66.

 

[Coyote]

Crosby once blocked me on twitter because i referred to myself as a "hedonist". he brought up Trump and the grabbing by the you know what, so i answered that i'm a hedonist too, so he blocked me lol

David Crosby: US rock legend dies aged 81

Crosby is remembered as a "genius" for co-founding The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

www.bbc.com

Another icon gone….

 

[Blaster]

I’m thinking the average age of USMB posters is in the 70s.

I'm only in my 30's.

 

[hjmick]

He got almost thirty more years than he should have. That's more than a lot of folks.

 

[basquebromance]

I'm only in my 30's.

i'm 34. one of the few young ones here. i never noticed you before!

 

[basquebromance]

He got almost thirty more years than he should have. That's more than a lot of folks.

i hope i make it to 80. i live a healthy lifestyle. i just drink too much coffee so i can watch NBA at night and stuff like that

 

[whitehall]

Considering heroin addiction, liver transplant, diabetes, a stint in prison, it's amazing the guy lasted that long.

 

[JGalt]

he was over rated.....

Most everyone in the 60's was over rated. The drugs made everything seem better than it was.

Too bad it wasn't Neil Young, though. I don't need him around anyhow.

 

[okfine]

In 1972, and after the 1970 breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, all of the following albums shared the Billboard top 5... Manassas (Stills) Harvest (Young) and Graham Nash David Crosby (Nash and Crosby)

Manassas is an awesome record. Harvest is amazing.
Here is something I really like from Nash and Crosby...