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David Crosby Biography
The singular odyssey of David Crosby remains one of the more
remarkable tales in the annals of music history. As a founding member
of the pioneering American groups the Byrds and Crosby, Stills &
Nash, he helped create and popularize the highly influential folk-rock
sound, forging the richly harmonic, radiantly acoustic approach which
defined the West Coast music scene for years to follow; he also sold
millions of records and enjoyed a cultural impact equaled by few of his
contemporaries. Yet despite his often overwhelming success, Crosby is
recognized far less for his artistic achievements than for his
larger-than-life off-stage exploits, specifically a long and
fantastically excessive battle with drug abuse which seemingly kept him
teetering on the brink of death for over a decade; that he not only
survived but remained as colorful and newsworthy a character as before
is a testament to his continued creativity and unpredictability.
Crosby was born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1941; the son of Academy
Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby, he dropped out of drama
school to pursue a career in music, touring the folk club circuit and
recording as a member of the Les Baxter Balladeers. Under the auspices
of producer Jim Dickson, Crosby cut his first solo session in late
1963; early the following year he formed the Jet Set with Jim McGuinn
and Gene Clark, and with the additions of bassist Chris Hillman and
drummer Michael Clarke, the group was rechristened the Byrds. Although
McGuinn chiefly pioneered the Byrds' trademark 12-string guitar sound,
Crosby was the architect of their shimmering harmonies; his interests
in jazz and Indian music also influenced their subsequent excursions
into psychedelic. However, creative differences plagued the group
throughout its career, and in 1967 Crosby -- reportedly rankled by his
bandmates' refusal to release his menage a trois opus Triad -- left the Byrds in the wake of their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
After producing Joni Mitchell's 1968 debut LP, Crosby cut a handful of
solo recordings and began jamming with ex-Buffalo Springfield
singer/guitarist Stephen Stills. In time the duo was joined by
ex-Hollies member Graham Nash; with its exquisitely beautiful
three-part harmonies, strong individual songwriting contributions, and
graceful folk-rock sound, Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 debut LP
proved a pop landmark, launching all three members to greater fame than
they'd experienced in any of their previous projects. The addition of
Stills' former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young expanded the
group to a four-piece, and in August of 1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young (CSNY) made just their second live appearance to date at the
Woodstock Festival; 1970's Déjà Vu arrived in stores with advance
orders numbering over two million, and through the thought-provoking
social and political messages of songs like Woodstock and Ohio,
they emerged as generational torchbearers of enormous musical and
cultural influence.
Following a sellout CSNY tour, the group went on hiatus, and Crosby
resumed work on his long-delayed solo debut, releasing If I Could Only
Remember My Name in 1971; the following year, he and Nash issued the
first of several duo efforts, and he also took part in a short-lived
Byrds reunion. Despite continued creative differences, CSNY reformed
for a 1974 tour; Crosby and Nash issued Wind on the Water a year later,
and in 1977 Stills returned to the fold for the multi-platinum CSN.
However, as Crosby's longstanding drug problem continued to worsen, he
eventually fell out with both Stills and Nash, and a planned second
solo album, Might as Well Have a Good Time,
was rejected by Capitol in 1980. A series of arrests for cocaine
possession and illegal weapons charges hampered him throughout the
years to follow, even as he reunited with Stills and Nash in 1982 for
the Top Ten hit Daylight Again. After completing the follow-up, 1983's
Allies, the trio did not record together for another seven years.
In late 1985 Crosby was sentenced to prison after fleeing the drug
rehabilitation clinic he'd entered in lieu of serving out a previous
jail term; upon his release the following August, he'd finally
conquered his demons, later chronicling the ugly details of his
addiction in the fine autobiography Long Time Gone. In 1988 -- a full
18 years after the release of Déjà Vu -- Crosby reunited with Stills,
Nash, and also Young for American Dream; his second solo effort, Oh Yes
I Can, finally appeared the following year as well. After the 1990
release of CSN's Live It Up, Crosby continued to suffer personal
misfortunes -- first he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident,
and then in 1994 he lost his L.A. home as a result of massive
earthquake damage. Months later, he returned to the headlines when it
was announced he was diagnosed with hepatitis C and dying of liver
failure, undergoing a successful organ transplant in 1995.
During the recovery period which followed, Crosby met James Raymond,
the son he'd given up for adoption over three decades earlier and a
professional musician as well; the two soon began writing songs
together, and with guitarist Jeff Pevar they formed CPR, releasing a
series of albums and touring regularly. In early 1997, Crosby, Stills
& Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Hame; six years
earlier, Crosby had first entered the Hall as a member of the Byrds.
Young returned to the fold for 1999's Looking Forward, with the
resulting millennial tour -- dubbed CSNY2K -- heralding the
foursome's first joint road venture in a quarter century. Crosby was
again the subject of tabloid headlines when in early 2000 it was
revealed that he fathered the children of singer Melissa Etheridge and
her life partner, Julie Cypher; that same year, he also published a
second book, Stand and Be Counted, which assembled interviews with
actors and musicians to explore the intersection of celebrity and
social activism. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Written by Jason Ankeny