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Absent Friends: Last Thoughts on David Crosby

by Anne Laurie|  January 22, 20234:55 pm| 25 Comments

This post is in: Absent Friends, Music

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At #Sundance, the Indigo Girls remembered mentor David Crosby. "He always had a twinkle in his eye," Emily Saliers said. pic.twitter.com/pXIWmMEXiK

— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) January 20, 2023

From a much longer thread:

1. My 1st thought abt David Crosby is to exploit the moment & tell you to check out his last 5 solo albums, starting with "Croz" in 2014; then "Lighthouse" in '16, "Sky Trails" in '17, "Here If You Listen" in '18 and "For Free" in '21.

I think he'd want those hyped. pic.twitter.com/iwCbVRPB2f

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 20, 2023


2. Also, everybody needs to see @ajeaton's excellent documentary “Remember My Name” produced by @CameronCrowe.

It’s all of the beauty & chaos of David with blunt honesty & bravura filmmaking. It's be worth watching for the animated sequence where he’s fired from The Byrds. pic.twitter.com/jWZGdju72q

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 20, 2023

8. He didn’t sing, but he was so brilliant and hilarious the crowd was enthralled. I begged him to do a spoken word tour.

He was wonderful and went home w/my wife’s vape pen, which she considered a tremendous honor. pic.twitter.com/adIU9RySBA

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 20, 2023

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— mrs.LHS 🇺🇦🍀🌻☮️ (@ABPC84) January 21, 2023



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Joni Mitchell, Jefferson Airplane and David Crosby Discuss Woodstock Festival | The Dick Cavett Show

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  1. 1.

    raven

    January 22, 2023 at 5:01 pm

    That Cavett Show is awesome. The Airplane closed it and Dick had to jump in front of the camera and sign off!

  2. 2.

    Adam Lang

    January 22, 2023 at 5:12 pm

    Grew up with his music. The first really big concert I went to was the CSN comeback tour stop in Philadelphia. Their new stuff wasn’t… all that. But they mostly did their classic stuff, and it still was.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    January 22, 2023 at 5:19 pm

    @Adam Lang: Hey Adam!

  4. 4.

    chrome agnomen

    January 22, 2023 at 6:10 pm

    I’ve still got some of that Woodstock mud on me, too.

  5. 5.

    West of the Rockies

    January 22, 2023 at 6:17 pm

    I don’t share DC’s disdain for The Doors.

    But David Crosby had  decent measure of humility and empathy often lacking with the super successful.  He lived a big life with that gifted voice.

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    David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch

    January 22, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    @raven: Cavett has great segments and entire shows on his YouTube channel.  Like this rare one with Jimi taking about the 101st (link)

  7. 7.

    raven

    January 22, 2023 at 6:20 pm

    @David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch: I had the DVD but loaned it out and never got it back! The David Bowie was really good.

  8. 8.

    raven

    January 22, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    @David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch: I thought you meant the Screaming Eagles!

  9. 9.

    karen marie

    January 22, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    @West of the Rockies: You’re kidding, right?

  10. 10.

    raven

    January 22, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    @karen marie: Oh boy, please tell us what you think of Crosby because we really care.

  11. 11.

    karen marie

    January 22, 2023 at 6:41 pm

    @raven:  Well, aren’t you a ray of sunshine.

    I didn’t realize that comments are restricted to those of which you approve.

  12. 12.

    West of the Rockies

    January 22, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    @karen marie:

    I don’t know, should I be?  It’s a tribute thread and I hate when people gather to specifically share positive thoughts only to have someone show up to poop in the punch bowl.

    “I loved Hamilton!”

    “OMG, Hamilton was so boring!”

    DC would not appear on my list of the 100 greatest performers. I never met him and so cannot truly comment on his character.  Was he a wholly shitty person sans talent?

  13. 13.

    Nicole

    January 22, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    Apologies if it’s been shared already, but I loved Defector’s headline:

    https://defector.com/and-this-byrd-can-sing-david-crosby-1941-2023

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    January 22, 2023 at 7:00 pm

    Joni Mitchell looks so young.  Geez, did she start performing at 12 years old?  Or is everyone looking younger because I am getting older?

  15. 15.

    Honus

    January 22, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    @David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch: I remember watching that at the time.  I was in high school and Cavett came on in the afternoon about when school was out.  I  told people for years after about Hendrix being a paratrooper and a veteran and nobody would believe me.

  16. 16.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 22, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
      I will decline to answer that.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    January 22, 2023 at 7:06 pm

    @Nicole: Nice!

    @Omnes Omnibus: Your momma raised you right.

  18. 18.

    karen marie

    January 22, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    @West of the Rockies: You made a claim about him that’s just wildly untrue.

    I’ll know going forward — now that you’ve explained it — to check your and Raven’s comments so I don’t make the mistake of disagreeing with something either of you say.

    I’m starting to understand the conversation here the other day that people are deciding there are other places where their time is better spent.

  19. 19.

    eclare

    January 22, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    Anyone watching Dallas and SF?

  20. 20.

    JPL

    January 22, 2023 at 7:22 pm

    @eclare: I am and I hate Dallas so.

  21. 21.

    Nicole

    January 22, 2023 at 8:22 pm

    @WaterGirl: Did you know the story of how Joni Mitchell dumped him? It’s a hoot.

    https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/brutal-joni-mitchell-broke-up-david-crosby/

  22. 22.

    mvr

    January 22, 2023 at 8:29 pm

    @David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch:

    House next door to us is where Cavett grew up into his early teens. My now deceased friend & Neighbor Glenn bought it from his parents in the 1950s. Big tree in front yard (now falling apart) planted by Dick as a child.

    Like Adam Lang my first large concert was on that 70s tour in Chicago. My tastes changed to other things over the years. But I sort of like his old man persona. And about Jim Morrison I kind of see the axe Crosby was grinding, even if Patti Smith’s judgement warns me not to be so harsh.

  23. 23.

    cope

    January 22, 2023 at 9:24 pm

    Songs this man wrote and sang permeate memories from my late teens and early twenties. I am grateful for those words and notes and the rest is dross.

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    January 22, 2023 at 9:35 pm

    @Nicole: I did not know that story.  Wow!

  25. 25.

    Adam Lang

    January 22, 2023 at 10:28 pm

    @WaterGirl: Howdy! So far, knock wood, the new year is treating me better than the old one. Hope that’s true for you as well!

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