Post by KotO on Jan 19, 2023 23:01:52 GMT
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David Crosby, a founding member of ’60s rock icons the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation, has died at the age of 81.
“It is with great sadness after a long illness that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away,” Crosby’s family said in a statement. “He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers.”
In an interview earlier this month with LouderSound promoting his new release Live at the Capitol Theatre, he emphasized his “desire to make all the possible music that I can in this little space where I still can make music. I’m a human being; we peter out somewhere after 80 years old, and I’m 81. It’s the one contribution I can make. The one place I can make anything better is to make all the music that I possibly can.”
Born Aug. 14, 1941, in Los Angeles, Crosby helped define and further the sound of rock’n’roll in the 1960s and beyond. Aside from his work with the Byrds, he produced Joni Mitchell’s 1968 debut album, Song to a Seagull, recorded era-defining protest songs such as “Ohio” while rising to greater fame with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and played at iconic countercultural festivals such as Woodstock, Monterey Pop, and Altamont. In the 1970s and ’80s, he faced spiraling addictions and two arrests on drug and weapons charges, which resulted in a near-year-long jail sentence in Texas.
In 2014, he returned with a collection of stripped-down, jazz-inflected rock songs called Croz, recorded in collaboration with his son, producer, and co-songwriter James Raymond. The two began playing together in the fusion-tinged side project Crosby, Pevar & Raymond in the late ’90s, as well as in a reformed Crosby, Stills & Nash.
David Crosby, a founding member of ’60s rock icons the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation, has died at the age of 81.
“It is with great sadness after a long illness that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away,” Crosby’s family said in a statement. “He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers.”
In an interview earlier this month with LouderSound promoting his new release Live at the Capitol Theatre, he emphasized his “desire to make all the possible music that I can in this little space where I still can make music. I’m a human being; we peter out somewhere after 80 years old, and I’m 81. It’s the one contribution I can make. The one place I can make anything better is to make all the music that I possibly can.”
Born Aug. 14, 1941, in Los Angeles, Crosby helped define and further the sound of rock’n’roll in the 1960s and beyond. Aside from his work with the Byrds, he produced Joni Mitchell’s 1968 debut album, Song to a Seagull, recorded era-defining protest songs such as “Ohio” while rising to greater fame with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and played at iconic countercultural festivals such as Woodstock, Monterey Pop, and Altamont. In the 1970s and ’80s, he faced spiraling addictions and two arrests on drug and weapons charges, which resulted in a near-year-long jail sentence in Texas.
In 2014, he returned with a collection of stripped-down, jazz-inflected rock songs called Croz, recorded in collaboration with his son, producer, and co-songwriter James Raymond. The two began playing together in the fusion-tinged side project Crosby, Pevar & Raymond in the late ’90s, as well as in a reformed Crosby, Stills & Nash.