David Crosby, Iconoclastic Rocker, Dead at 81

[ladypanther]

DAVID CROSBY, THE singer, songwriter and guitarist who helped shape the sound of Sixties rock and beyond, died on Thursday at the age of 81. A source close to Crosby confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not disclose a cause.

Crosby was a founding member of the Byrds, playing guitar and contributing harmony vocals to many of their most enduring songs, including “Eight Miles High,” “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” and “Turn! Turn! Turn!” Shortly after being forced out of the group due to personality conflicts with frontman Roger McGuinn, he formed the supergroup Crosby, Stills, and Nash with Buffalo Springfield’s Stephen Stills and Graham Nash of the Hollies. The trio – which became a quartet in 1969 when Neil Young joined their ranks – played a major role in the development of folk-rock, country-rock and the emergent “California sound” that dominated rock radio throughout the mid-Seventies. Croz wrote many of their most beloved tunes, including “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Long Time Gone” and “Deja Vu.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-dead-obituary-1234664235/

[Cullenator]

When I was a teenager trying to figure out who I was and what I believed in CSN(&Y)'s music was HUGE in my world.

 

David Crosby was a complicated soul with struggles that many of us have dealt with.

 

RIP brother.

[djp14]

He put out five excellent solo albums in the last seven years. If you haven't heard them, I'd urge you to check them out.

[Anybodyhome]

After joining up with Stephen Stills and forming CSN, their first live performance together was Woodstock. How's that for breaking onto the music scene.

You guys all know how old I am- growing up and spending the first 38 years of my life there, this music was everything to me. Losing him and Jeff Beck in the last couple weeks only serves to remind us of our mortality.

I'll be spinning a bunch of my vinyl today.