He was a founding member of two cult bands, the Byrds (country, folk-rock) and Crosby, Stills & Nash, later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, legends of the Woodstock generation.
David Crosby, one of the most influential rock musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with two different bands, has died at the age of 81.
He was a founding member of two cult bands, the Byrds (country, folk-rock) and Crosby, Stills & Nash, later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, legends of the Woodstock generation.
“It is with deep sadness that I have learned of the passing of my friend David Crosby,” Graham Nash, his long-time partner, said in a statement, although the two often had fierce battles. “I know people tend to focus on the fact that we clashed at times, but what always mattered most to David and me was the pure joy of the music we made and the deep friendship we shared,” added Mr. Nash.
Crosby’s wife announced his death in a statement published by Variety magazine. He did not specify when he died, nor the cause. He was known to have had health problems for years.
Rigby https://t.co/WSS4ZPMuJk
— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) January 18, 2023
A personality with passions—women, drugs—, he embodied the saying “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” of his generation. In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine would call him “rock’s most unlikely survivor”. In addition to his long-term drug addiction, due to which he would need a liver transplant, his turbulent life was marked by a serious motorcycle accident, the death of one of his partners in another traffic accident, his battles with hepatitis, with diabetes…
Crosby was the father of six children. He was a sperm donor for two of them, fathered by rock singer partner Melissa Etheridge. Another of his children was adopted and he didn’t meet his real father until he was in his thirties. This kid, James Raymond, would eventually become his partner.
I don’t know what to say other than I’m heartbroken to hear about David Crosby. David was an unbelievable talent – such a great singer and songwriter. And a wonderful person. I just am at a loss for words. Love & Mercy to David’s family and friends. Love, Brian pic.twitter.com/Hjht7LeGiv
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) January 19, 2023
“I’ll miss you my friend,” said Melissa Etheridge via Twitter, saying goodbye to David Crosby.
Referring to the 1960s and his tumultuous life, Crosby told Time magazine in 2006 that “we were right about civil and civil rights, we were right about human rights, we were right about war and we were right about peace (… ). But we didn’t know our blindness to drugs, and that cost us very dearly.”
Born on August 14, 1941 in Los Angeles, David Crosby was the son of a New York filmmaker who won a Golden Globe in 1952. It was his mother who introduced him to folk and classical music.
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