David Crosby is dead to me... according to Wikipedia and Yahoo finance.

The Yahoo finance article

Aw, now he is with Beckett Cypher, his sperm donation.

r2 Pardon?

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths- Dick Van Dyke and Matthew Perry

His daughter Donovan is one of the sweetest human beings I've ever known.

He left this note.

Wynonna got around, didn’t she?

Honestly, he lasted longer than anyone probably thought he would. Peace out, David. Thanks for some great tunes.

So the son's name is Django? That's wild.

I’m not sure I buy this. Yahoo finance?

I think this is a Bruce Willis-type hoax.

Yahoo! finance has removed the page and no one else is reporting it.

If TMZ doesn’t have it….

On Twitter now and a few other outlets.

Variety just weighed in

Yahoo Finance removed their article. It just links to yahoo now.

I wonder if other media outlets followed suit and he’s still alive.

I'm still here!

Wiki has gone back and forth 5 times!

Wiki Whiplash!

It’s a thing.

Wtf?

R14 you stupid fucker.

Wonder what all the confusion is about...

Is David going to pull a Tanya Roberts?

He’s dead if Variety says so and Variety says he’s dead!

R14 is right...Yahoo has a story but when you click on the link, it takes you directly to the Yahoo News page with no story about David's death...it's very odd, as if they removed this story.

Maybe all the drugs reanimated him briefly.

Who would've ever thought he would've made it to 81?

R22 and r14 are too stupid to respond to

Joan Baez hates everybody.

But she really, truly hated Crosby.

^ MARY!

Oops Joan Baez, wrong

That should be Joni Mitchell.

I’ll Mary! My post at r27

He died.

Now David, stop being coy...that's my shtick!

I hope he’s still among the living. If he is, he can read all the nice social media tributes.

He’ll get a kick out of it.

His wife released this statement:

[quote]“It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers.”

RIP David. One of the greats. Suite Judy Blue Eyes is possibly one of the few candidates for the most perfect rock song, to me (others are Baba O'Reilly and Bohemian Rhapsody, Staircase to Heaven)

When you read his history, new liver, waving guns at cops after high speed chases. Years of smoking everything including freebase cocaine. He should be dead. If he was born Black, he would've died in 1978

[quote]That should be Joni Mitchell.

Joni Mitchell hates everybody.

Not getting all that prime Rock 'n Roll dick anymore puts her in a foul mood.

I think Crosby is the reason Joni Mitchell wouldn’t attend Woodstock.

I just added this to my Spotify last night.

^ and Joni bitterly regretted it...

It's one of the reasons she wrote "Woodstock".

Awww, that’s a shame. But towards the end he did get himself into some trouble with those women. Still, he was great on those pudding pops commercials. I enjoyed those.

Priscilla Presley has released this statement:

[quote]“It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers.”

Isn't he the father of several celebrity lesbian kids? Didn't he father Jodi Foster's boys?

No , I think it was Tracy Chapman or KD Lang.

Sperm donor of the kid raised by Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher. Beckett Cypher, who died in 2020

There's a cool story about the photograph from Crosby Stills and Nash first album.

IIRC, they drove around LA all day with a photographer, taking photos for their first album cover. They took this famous photo that became the cover of their first album at an abandoned house that they happened to be driving by.

When the photographer showed them all the photos, they agreed that this was the picture for the album, but they were sitting in the wrong order - Nash, Stills, and Crosby, instead of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. They were afraid the order would create confusion about the newly-formed band's name.

The photographer suggested they just reverse the negative, but Stills pointed out that his guitar would be backwards if they reversed the photo.

They finally agreed that they would all get back in the car, drive back to the abandoned house, and retake the photo with the band members sitting in the correct order to represent the band's name.

But when they got to there, the abandoned house that had been sitting vacant for years had been torn down.

Famous band - Nash, Stills, and Crosby

R31 go tell people he’s still alive. You idiot.

And, it’s official

What the fuck is your problem R45?

[quote]Priscilla Presley has released this statement:

Miss Susan Dey will be making no statement.

R31 go stick your old nose back into yahoo’s outdated BS.

Someone in here is REALLY invested in making sure he’s dead. Looking at you, r45, r24.

Maybe he was killed and his killer is on DL.

RIP.

There was a scene in The Simpsons where he was Lionel Hutz's sponsor. As a kid, I didn't know who David Crosby was, and I legit thought he was Hutz's boyfriend.

R50 just pretend he isn’t dead. It’s all about you being a contrary old poop.

What a statement about our culture...

TMZ has become the news source that everyone looks to for confirmation

Pieces of shit like R24 and R45 always seem to rise up and float along on these types of threads, R50.

Best to FF them. They’re miserable wretches.

^^Bye 💩

Why the hell did I think he was married to Daryl Hannah? That was the other one.

Well its not my fault

IMHO Crosby, Stills and Nash had the best harmonizing of any group, ever. Their voices sounded incredible.

A miracle he made it to 81 after years of drug abuse. These old rockers must have great genes unlike the newer druggies who drop like flies.

We old rockers are the GOAT when it comes to substance abuse.

^ I think he also benefitted from at least one liver transplant.

This one is one of my favorites

Don’t call Neil Young “the other one” to his face R56.

R19 not stupid but I was here for the Tony Dow fiasco.

The eerie thing was, I was just thinking about him earlier today.

Was thinking about how so many female performers in rock had record companies get so twisted about how they looked, especially if they weren't slutty vamps like Samantha Fox or the like that made them easy to promote.

Crosby was as fug as the day is long but no one ever said, "Oh, we can't put him on the album cover!" Same with that hideous Blues Traveler band and that fuggo lead singer.

[quote] These old rockers must have great genes unlike the newer druggies who drop like flies.

Fentanyl wasn’t as prevalent in the ‘60s and ‘70s as it is today.

David was known to always have the best marijuana in LA...

He was also known for rolling the best joints, often while multi-tasking

That’s a very good (and funny) point, r65.

[quote](others are Baba O'Reilly and Bohemian Rhapsody, Staircase to Heaven)

That reminds me, "Stairway to Heaven" is a really great song too.

Wasn't David the sperm donor for January Jones, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandra Bullock, Charlize Theron, and Sheryl Crow?

Who would want drug addiction sperm?

Damn one of the best. As was that group. Sometimes when a music legend dies, you have to sort of wish that you actually liked their songs, just to feel like you're not missing out, but not this time.

[quote] Wasn't David the sperm donor for January Jones, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandra Bullock, Charlize Theron, and Sheryl Crow?

Jaysus! That was one mighty sperm!

[quote]A miracle he made it to 81 after years of drug abuse. These old rockers must have great genes unlike the newer druggies who drop like flies.

Grace Slick is still alive at age 83. This was her just three months ago.

He seemed to be very open minded and unconventional as a person. R67 another wonderful aspect of his vibe generally. A very talented troubadour he was . Their music is so very peaceful . Interesting that he helped some people have kids. I have always liked his songs and interviews.

[quote]These old rockers must have great genes unlike the newer druggies who drop like flies.

Keith Richards once said that being a rock star gave him access to clean, high quality drugs, something your average street junkie wouldn't have. I would imagine that the same was true of Crosby and others of that era.

It’s true . He looked much older than 81

So Neil Young.

He was worth celebrating

I was born in 1969 and my mom and dad were actual hippies (as in pot smoking, natural food, armpit hair loving, garden growing, went to lots of live music going hippies). They had a HUGE vinyl collection of all kinds of music, and I was mostly in charge of picking the music and the soundtrack of the evening or weekend day as we pretty much never watched tv.

I would put on their albums often. I loved the way they sounded, how they harmonized, the variety of their songs.

Thanks for being part of the soundtrack of my youth, man. You had your faults, but your tunes and singing made me realize how much I loved music and loved to sing.

Amazing harmony

[quote]Miss Susan Dey will be making no statement.

[quote]—Office of Miss Susan Dey

That's the most her office has said in [bold]years[/bold].

Neil Young hated him because he slagged off Daryl Hannah when Neil left his wife for her.

Can't you just ask one of his 100 surrogate mothers to comment, you bastards!

"Wasn't David the sperm donor for...Sandra Bullock?"

My children are negro.

So the wife referred to herself in 3rd person, as his soulmate, in her press release? She's a low maintenance gal.

My friend and mentor David Cosby has gone home. It was a great honor to replace Neil Young and tour with the guys. Man, hookers and blow every fucking night! I can't believe I have reached 74 years of age!

I have no idea R71....

Wasn't he a cunt?

“Crosby should write an introspective book: ‘Why People Won’t Talk to Me Anymore.’”

My yahoo news site took down the finance report of him dying. I say he’s still alive.

If not already mentioned, he should be remembered if only for this beautiful song with Graham Nash.

Wikipedia has officially updated his page.

Other than the whale song, he was an asshole.

I think he'd burned his last bridges with Neil, Stephen and Graham.

CSN/CSNY were favorites of my dad, too, and thus feel like a sort of soundtrack to my childhood. Thanks to whoever posted "Just a Song Before I Go." One of my favorites and that whole album is a fantastic mood.

An acquaintance was one of his lawyers on a drug charge. She said he was impossible and gave up after a few weeks. Can’t imagine what working with him was like like unless he calmed down in later years.

Did he die suddenly? No cause of death listed

At least on that Wind on the Water album photo, he was kind of hippy cute and not really fug.

He’s not dead.

R97 He was 81 years old. Nothing sudden about this.

You're thinking of Paul, r99

[quote] I would put on their albums often.

Your parents were singers too? Were they famous?

How precious, R92.

How many pet babies do you have?

[quote] Did he die suddenly?

As sudden as his heart stopped beating.

That’s pretty sudden.

[quote] Isn't he the father of several celebrity lesbian kids? Didn't he father Jodi Foster's boys?

Ewww, David

Wait, do you mean he was still alive earlier today? I thought he died like 10 years ago.

Glad Joni outlived him. Now she just needs to outlive Jackson Browne.

That was just his first death r106

R108 - Once is not enough!

Usually they mention cause of death .

Maybe it was sperm depletion

R103, Huh?

About Long Time Gone and RFK. Includes a link to the song.

Rumor is he died of Covid

CNN confirms.

Oops

Tenor

He’d been active on Twitter and engaged with his fans. Released an excellent album, For Free, in 2021. More recently, he announced he was sick and stopped posting as much. He seemed at peace, happy with his wife and son, still making music. Wonderful songwriter. I loved the Byrds and CSN(Y) and I ignored his curmudgeonly outspokenness because I enjoyed him so much. RIP Croz.

He looked like meathead

R74 Don’t jinx Ms Slick! Although I think she’d be the first to admit she really should never have lived this long. If I’m not mistaken David was the one who helped get her sober in the 90s.

Crosby was involved in Twitter drama last year that made me fall out laughing.

A fan submitted a portrait as a tribute and was told by Crosby, " don't quit your day job"!

He was a druggie creep. One of his wives said he'd come back from a tour and tell her all about the great sex he'd had while on the road. She would get upset and cry, and he would get angry at HER, telling her "You're supposed to be happy for me!" Yes, he was an asshole creep.

lol, r121.

No wonder Joni hated him.

Yeah, she hates everybody, but with Crosby, seems to be well-founded.

I got a BBC alert about five minutes before the Daily Mail. Get with the program, Daily Mail!

I think he only had one wife r122, and I think they were married until he died. So maybe she was actually happy for him getting that A+ poon.

R80 as a fellow ACH what you posted really resonated for me as well. And all these deaths lately make me so nervous about my parents.

Crosby was a nudist. I don’t know if he continued in old age with it, but when he lived in Laurel Canyon in the 69’s he was a fat nudist.

*1960’s

See? All you DL complainers who say gossip is as dead as David Crosby?

I offer you r128.

Serious.

Now if only that awful image I have of what r128 describes could be exorcised from my brain.

My experience has been that the nudists are rarely the ones you want to see naked.

Didn't care much for his face and pretty sure that would be 1000% for his body too.

Well, honestly, I think that's kind of the point r131. I actually like that about nude beaches, not that I've been to all that many, but it had that vibe of not giving a damn if you have the perfect body, although honestly a few did, at least in Hawaii. I liked that, and if David Crosby had fun, well, damn, good for him.

He aged terribly. I’m curious on the cause of death

I feel like he was second only to Keef on the list of rock stars who should have died years ago.

[quote]Wasn't David the sperm donor for January Jones, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandra Bullock, Charlize Theron, and Sheryl Crow?

Seeing as Sandra and Charlize have black kids, and Sheryl's are adopted... I'm going with no on all of these.

I suspect Keith Richards is dead, but the drugs refuse to admit it, and just keep going.

He died. So what? I've moved on with my life.

Great musician, brilliant harmonizer, co-founded not one but two seminal American bands, the Byrds and CSNY.

Crazy, insanely wild life: born to immense privilege (both parents descended from high East Coast Society), his father was an Oscar-winning cinematographer but Crosby was so bonkers he couldn't finish high school. Steady session player who parlayed this into enormous success with his two groups, he descended into a decadent life of drugs/booze that would have killed lesser individuals. He bounced back, cleaned up, got a new liver, married his only wife of 35+ years, reconciled with his kids, and made great music right up until the end.

His twitter account won him a bunch of new fans, he was an active user and his tweets were piquant, funny and often spot on. Quite a character. They don't make them like him, anymore.

r120 David and Grace's daughter China finally convinced her to get sober in the late 90s. Grace said she was getting too old to still be drinking so much, the hangovers were becoming unbearable.

I just read this on Twitter:

"Brian Wilson @BrianWilsonLive · 3h I don’t know what to say other than I’m heartbroken to hear about David Crosby. David was an unbelievable talent - such a great singer and songwriter. And a wonderful person. I just am at a loss for words. Love & Mercy to David’s family and friends. Love, Brian"

Nice from Brian Wilson. That must be such a weird thing from that generation. Literally seeing the 1960s dying before your eyes, one by one. That time they were gods.

Tweet from Grace Slick:

[quote]"25 years ago, David took me to rehab and saved my life - I wish I could have saved his this time. I will miss his humor, his intelligence, and his deep body of work." -Grace Slick

Melissa Etheridge has tweeted condolences to the biological father of her deceased son.

He, or his account, tweeted something about heaven yesterday.....and cc'd Bitchlinda Carlisle?

I thought this one funny.

[QUOTe]Still laughing about the ACH, ElderLez. ~r80

What is ACH?

ACH = a child of hippies? Elder Lez?

He wrote all his own tweets, r145. He was great at Twitter, he was a lot of fun to follow, and very active on that platform. He was tweeting up until yesterday.

I"m gonna guess Adult Child of Hippies.

I wonder if I would have been happier overall with that. My parents were definitely not hippies, or fans of the 60s at all.

Adult Child of Hippies

I think Joni's "hatred" of Crosby has been exaggerated.

She did have a few snarks at him over the years - Crosby was a bragging egomaniac and so was Joni (!) - but they appear to have been on good terms in recent years.

I thought he discovered Joni. Or was that an exaggeration also. If he did, yeah, I could imagine him becoming a dick about it, but still it was probably complicated.

R149 I was mistaken for a hippy many times because I have very thick hair, wore the bells, right type of shirts etc but in the sixties to be a hippy did not mean just the dress, or even doing drugs, it meant the outlook, which included hating materialism, they did not like rock songs played to advertise products, for instance, too commercial, they did believe in free love, they did not care if you were straight or gay, that was your business, drugs were for mind expansion, anti-estabilshment. It all got so corporate later on and now everyone who looks like a Manson family member is a hippie, but really that was not what a hippy was. It's kind of lost to time, the real meaning.

Joni fucked everyone.

David Crosby produced Joni Mitchell's first album, originally s/t, then renamed Song to a Seagull.

Oops. 'anti-establishment' typo.

Oh dear.

David Crosby had a liver transplant in 1994, so he survived 28 years which is impressive. He was indicted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as member of The Byrds and of Crosby Stills & Nash.

R155 Thank you for that posting of that album. I do not know it per say, prob heard it at peoples houses but I've got it running now, so pretty. Crosby got a lot done on his time here, didn't he? RIP cantankerous Mr. Crosby.

[quote]I do not know it per say,

Oh, DEAR!

[quote] I think he only had one wife [R122], and I think they were married until he died. So maybe she was actually happy for him getting that A+ poon.

I don't think it was his wife, it was a woman he was involved with at the time. But what an utter asshole he was.

Well, yes, more seriously r160, bragging about the poon you got on the road is a dick move. He shouldn't have done that. She probably should've realized that is the deal with rock stars on the road, but still, it sounds obnoxious to actually say it.

LOL! Correction: 'per se'

Don’t mean we don’t luv ya, r162!

;-)

[quote] He looked much older than 81

Famous rock stars typically age about as well as crème fraîche.

Yup, best to avoid it altogether r164

R163

🥰

Didn't Melissa Ethridge have her partner get impregnated with Crosby's sperm? I recall a Rolling Stone cover with her and her partner and the two children they made with Crosby's jism. But why on earth would they use HIS jism? He was never good looking and was a hard core druggie. I guess they thought the kids would inherit his "talent." But I don't think they did.

[quote]He was a druggie creep. One of his wives said he'd come back from a tour and tell her all about the great sex he'd had while on the road. She would get upset and cry, and he would get angry at HER, telling her "You're supposed to be happy for me!" Yes, he was an asshole creep.

A straight privileged hippie being a complete jerk? That's unpossible!

Seriously, the hippie movement kindled Women's Lib and women's separatism when the female hippies discovered the men expected them to bake the bread and tend to the kids — just like their fathers expected of their mothers.

[quote] I thought he discovered Joni. Or was that an exaggeration also

This was a point of conflict and one of the reasons Joni would smack him down from time to time!

He didn't discover her overall, but he did, I think, bring her to the Troubadour crowd and his friends when he did hear her music. And yes, he did produce her first album.

For a time he was all "oh, I created her" but clearly Joni brought her own talent. A thing he should have remembered when "Woodstock" was a big hit for them.

Brilliant songwriter and lyricist. His voice was tonally beautiful and pure, even at his advanced age. He will be missed. I'm saddened by his passing but also relieved to realize the musical legacy that he has left us with. I will miss you, David.

R189 Yeah Grace Slick said in her autobiography that she married her much younger roadie boyfriend. Ponytail, motorbike, wore her dresses when he ran out of clean clothes, very “liberal” Surprise they get married and 6 months later he wants her to have a baby and stay home.

Straight dudes all want a wife who is home with the babies, cooking and cleaning, and then hot babes on the side. Tale as old as time and why we’ll never make that much progress with gender equality because men will always want a system that can’t work unless there are 4 women born for every 1 man. Or polygamy but then the majority of men who will never get any action go crazy and make the country a violent unlivable hole and the dudes with 5 wives wrap them in sheets to stop other dudes stealing them.

I had read a.few.seems ago that he wasn't doing well. It makes me sad to hear that he died. My Mom got me listening to them and Motown. He has quite a life, and the music they put out was never disappointing. R.I.P. to David and condolences to his family. There music really did help shape my when I was a teenager, especially.❤🙏

R172 their ^^^

The counterculture definitely led to the women’s movement. The culture in the 50s somewhat protected women because sex before marriage was was not seen as acceptable. Hippie free love basically obligated women to be promiscuous. Women’s lib was a backlash to that.

True r121 but I found it hard to believe that a man who lived through an era where 1000 hippies were painting his portrait a day thought THAT portrait was the worst he'd ever seen. Crosby was incredibly gifted and at heart a good guy, but he went for the jugular immediately, escalating things when they didn't need to be. No wonder everyone just finally had enough of him over the years.

“He’s fine he’s sends his love… I AM NOT DOING THAT AGAIN!”

He had serious coronary artery disease and type II diabetes, in addition to the borrowed liver. In his documentary, he talked about how he knew his days were numbered.

He even had a song on his final album about his impending demise, written by his musician son.

I loved listening to him being interviewed, especially in his later years, when he had no fucks left to give and just let it fly.

I listened to a few albums of his last night, reminding me that he truly was and will remain, a legend.

Kids, if you have yet to discover the musical genius, paired with a decent dose of humility, that is Crosby, Stills, & Nash (along with Neil Young - depending on the album), I highly recommend that you do just that.

Grab your iPhone/iPad/AirBook, & play their music. Do it ALONE, without any distractions, & check them out.

If you have a heart, you will not regret investing your precious time in this proposed endeavor.

👆🏼 This much, I can promise to you.

I hadn't been paying attention but I guess he was aware he was dying sometime in the near term.

The title track of his final album "For Free" is a Joni song, one about wishing to escape the bounds of the music business and just enjoy the moment of playing for the passion of it.

A baby, so young

🎶Teach your children well

Their father’s hell🎶

I always thought it peculiar that these people who lead destructive lives can go off with a guitar and create beautiful music. Show me a guitar player and I'll show you a trail of tears.

What was on his iPod and can I have his stuff?

His brain and original kidneys are probably happy to have the whole band back together again.

"Show me a guitar player and I'll show you a trail of tears."

MARY!

R178 His talent delivered a lot of beautiful music in these last few years - I was too cool for school during the day; after The Byrds I didn't give him much appreciation - CSN were "too on the nose", and only when Young ripped up their smooth folk-rock with some ragged glory rock and roll did I listen. I hated Nash's saccharine voice and "cute" songs.

But Crosby didn't die. He hung on, and while always a stoner, walked through and away from hard drugs and became a more interesting person as a result of surviving. In the last few years, after seven decades of life, he made beautiful music. I listened to silly podcasts on the Rolling Stone website where he answered questions, an aural advice column. He was so funny and so wise... and old hippie who effortlessly, with gentle assurance, kept his values, dreams and hungers. He hungered for peace, inside his own heart, on our planet, among generations and nations. He left life with a sweetness and grace. The hippie dream.

I listened today to his first solo album, "If Only I Could Remember My Name", for the first time in 50 years. I dismissed it at the time: slight, folkish background music. It is, now, heard through decades of living, to be ethereal, mysterious, timeless music. Who knew? Thanks for the beauty, Croz. Fuck all the rest, float off to your bliss.

Online it says he was a Pacifist, but heh, fought with everybody. I found it interesting he questioned the Warren Commission but hey, back then especially so did everybody. Crosby wrote in response to a pro-union tweet from Biden that "most Unions are useless and totally dishonest." Well, that's for sure.

[quote]I listened today to his first solo album, "If Only I Could Remember My Name",

That is a brilliant record and totally worth a listen. It's up on YouTube.

Crosby had such a close relationship with his oldest son, who was given up for adoption as a baby but later reunited with DC as a young adult. They went on to make a lot of music together, and tour together in their own band. But yet he wasn't mentioned in Jan Crosby's statement yesterday, and none of the condolences coming in seem to mention him or the other kids either - Neil Young's statement today only mentions Jan and their son Django, as did Graham Nash's. I wonder what is up.

They were still very close because the eldest son was posting photos of him w/DC on his recent social media.

Golf channel played a bit of Just a song before I go, made me feel a little sad. The end of that group, end of that era. RIP Crosby, may you really see those friendly skies.

R167, they likely chose Crosby because they wanted to breed a musician, and music is something that the kid could share in common with Etheridge. I wonder if they pressured the kid to learn the guitar.

I wonder how involved Crosby was with the kids he sired through sperm donation. Even if you knew your bio dad and your two moms looked at your existence as a business arrangement, it would suck to see your bio-dad being photographed out in public with his other son who was just a few years older than you.

I’d often confuse him with Jerry Garcia and have to ask myself if he was dead or not. Now I don’t need to Google.

Wooden Ships, one of the greatest anti-war songs ever.

Jefferson Airplane covered Wooden Ships, I love both versions equally.

There was a recent interview with Nash where it was revealed he’s estranged from his children. Probably because he left his wife of decades for a young woman. It’s ironic that Crosby who gave up his first son for adoption established a very close relationship with him a years later. Life can be so unpredictable.

Crosby has 4 kids with four different women. And that was before he donated sperm to Etheridge and Cypher.

It is ironic that Crosby was with his only wife for nearly 40 years, married to her for 35, after years of hardcore carousing and screwing around, while his bandmates Stills, Nash and Young all were married multiple times (3x for Stills) and in the case of Nash and Young famously and publicly left their long-term wives for younger women.

One of the main reasons for Crosby's estrangement from Young and the two others was his public criticism of Young's relationship with Darryl Hannah. He distrusted Hannah and her previous accusations of abuse at Jackson Browne, and also was miffed for Young's long-suffering wife Pegi, who was suffering from cancer and died a few years later. Crosby's father had left his own mother for his mistress once their kids were grown, with his mother also passing away later alone from cancer, so that may have resonated with him - he never kept his opinions to himself.

Don't know if this one was already posted, but you can hear Crosby's distinct harmony background vocals on this one.

I did. not know he did background vocals on that Collins tune, which I believe is the best of his entire catalog. Thank you for posting this one, I loved hearing it again.

Is that same vein, here's one of Crosby's songs featuring Collins.

[quote]Crosby has 4 kids with four different women.

So???

R187, LAUGHING is one of my favorite songs of all time, & coincidentally enough, I’m listening to this album you referenced, as I type.

I LOVE the Yardbirds, but I’m also really into CSN & Y. I’m particularly, a huge Neil Young fan. I’ve seen him in concert twice. Once with Chrissy Hynde opening for him, at the Greek Theatre, which was such a fantastic show!

Anyhow, I’m guessing you’re a musician? If so, keep on rocking in the free world. 👊🏽

[quote]I think Joni's "hatred" of Crosby has been exaggerated.

Aren't you adorable.

May you never see the depths of Miss Mitchell's dark soul.

A good read about David.

He was complex, especially for a man who could produce such sweet harmony in his music.

Bears a slight resemblance to David Berkowitz in that pic above.

David's father was Floyd Crosby, the Hollywood cinematographer who shot High Noon and took home one of the first Academy Awards for cinematography for his work on F.W. Murnau’s silent film Tabu: A Story of the South Seas.

Floyd Crosby was also a descendant of the Van Rensselaer family, which remained prominent in New York for many generations. Young David grew up in luxury in Santa Barbara...

About Joni:

Among other things, he (David Crosby) helped bring Joni Mitchell to Warner Bros., a label grasping to be hip at the time but still unsure about this sui generis singer-songwriter who defied categorization. Crosby lent his name as the ostensible producer of her first album, Song to a Seagull. (Mitchell would later say she didn’t like the way Crosby paraded her around as if she were his discovery.)

They dated for a while, too...

David Cassidy died?

The Vulture piece at r204 is interesting and well-written, if a bit snarky and dismissive of his 1st solo record.

R200 So nice that he put Jan in the video...

I hope all those women he drugged and raped finally get some closure. He must be eating pudding in hell!

I saw CSN in concert in the mid-80s. It was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Their harmonizing live was incredible.

RIP.