He also recorded a clutch of well received studio releases, five from 2014-2021, and 2022’s concert CD/DVD Live at the Capitol Theatre, taken from a 2019 performance. His jazz proclivities created unusual chords, bringing a unique spin to fold, most evident in the rambling near suite-like quality of ‘ Déjà Vu’.Ĭrosby's death follows 2019’s documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name, which chronicled his life and addressed his alienation from his former Stills, Nash and Young associates. He once said on stage when touring with Stills and Nash, that he wrote “the weird songs”. Successful collaborations with Graham Nash followed Crosby’s solo stab If I Could Only Remember My Name, an album belatedly admired, and recently reissued, after initially being dismissed. It was then on to Crosby, Stills and Nash (Neil Young joined later), which is where his legacy remains most visible. The former made songs like ‘Guinnevere’, ‘Triad’ and ‘Déjà Vu’ so haunting the latter, used to more aggressive effect on ‘Almost Cut My Hair’ and ‘Long Time Gone’, brought a gritty, terse intensity to his music.Ĭrosby was a founding member of The Jet Set, which transformed into The Byrds in 1964, but left them in ’68 due to creative differences. The man with the distinctive walrus-shaped mustache (ex-lover Joni Mitchell, whose debut Crosby produced, called him Yosemite Sam) possessed an alternately lovely, at times angelic tenor voice and a gruffer, rawer style. Multiple Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash) David Crosby has died aged 81.
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