David Crosby, the influential singer-songwriter who cofounded The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, has died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. He was 81. News of Crosby's death was first reported byVariety. Crosby's iconic career spanned seven decades. He wrote or cowrote sev...
If Crosby was looking for a smoother ride or more indulgence of his songwriting, he could barely have chosen a more problematic vehicle than CSN or CSNY. Although the internal rivalry fueled some of Crosby’s greatest songs: Guinnevere (later covered by Miles Davis, no less), Long Time Gon...
J. David Crosby. Composer: Cold Blood Canyon. David has written music and songs on spec for producers and directors in Los Angeles and New York including Pam Koslow, Dreamworks, and John Daly. He provided music for the off off Broadway productions of Abo
Crosby co-wrote four of the album’s 10 songs with Raymond.“He’s probably the person I write best with,”Crosby says.“We often write over the internet. I’ll send him a scrap of words and then we’ll expand on it or I’ll send him a complete set of words and he’ll say,‘...
Crosby, equally energetic, equally opinionated, equally brilliant, kept tampering with the wheel. Crosby worked out and executed the intricate harmonies for the group’s three-part vocal lines, but he went beyond “folk-rock” early in the game. He wrote “Mind Gardens,”“Eight Miles High,”...
Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of hugely influential '60s rock units the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, has died at 81.
"I started sailing when I was 11," Crosby said, "and so I've been sailing 54 years." This wooden ship is one constant in a life that's seen its share of ups and downs. Crosby actually wrote some songs on his boat. "I wrote many songs on this boat," he said. "Down in that...
songs are evenly divided between songs Crosby wrote in the late '80s after his recovery from substance abuse ("Tracks in the Dust," "Compass," "Delta," "Lady of the Harbor," "Oh Yes I Can") and songs he wrote in the late '60s for Crosby, Stills & Nash or Crosby, Stills, Nash ...
The record closes with two songs that Crosby recorded by himself. Both are mostly a cappella, his voice layered to sound angelic and vast. “I was sitting there, kind of goofing around,” he said of the experiments, “And then all of a sudden I wasn’t goofing around.” Titled “I’...
Crosby and Raymond, of course, released four albums as CPR with Jeff Pevar, but the father-son musical bond “just kept getting better and better the whole time since I met him,” according to Crosby. Raymond wrote two of “Croz’s” 11 songs himself and co-wrote five with his father...