David Crosby - KFOG-F.M San Francisco Broadcast New Year_s Eve 1986 from the Henry J. Convention Center, Oakland, California (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. The Lee Shore (Live) (03:42)
2. Triad (Live) (06:21)
3. Almost Cut My Hair (Live) (06:37)
4. Drive My Car (Live) (03:38)
5. Compass (Live) (06:16)
6. Guinnevere (Live) (06:14)
7. Wooden Ships (Live) (06:43)
8. Long Time Gone (Live) (05:15)


 moreCrosby 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 interest in
jazz and Indian music also influenced their subsequent excursions into
psychedelia. However, creative differences plagued the group throughout its
career, and in 1967 Crosby -- reportedly rankled by his bandmates' refusal to
release his ménage à 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 torch bearers of enormous
musical and cultural influence.

Following a sold-out 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 re-formed 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 come, 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 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 that 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 Fame;
six years earlier, Crosby had first entered the Hall of Fame 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 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.

Starting in 2001, a Crosby, Stills & Nash tour became a regular and annual
event, with Crosby finding safe haven and camaraderie on-stage alongside his
musical compatriots of over four decades. In both 2002 and 2006, Young completed
the CSNY lineup for their live dates, and although the politically motivated
2006 Freedom of Speech tour was very much driven by Young's muse, Crosby's
"Déjà Vu" was a cornerstone of the set and served as the title for the
both the 2008 live album and film that documented the tour. Also in 2006,
Crosby, along with Nash, accompanied Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on
sessions for his solo album, On an Island, and the pair went on to help him
promote the record on tour.

The expansive, lavishly packaged three-disc retrospective Voyage was issued in
2007. Produced by Nash and archivist Joel Bernstein, the collection combined two
discs of classic material with a disc of unreleased recordings and set the
template for both Nash's 2009 Reflections and Stills' 2013 Carry On. In summer
2013, Crosby began to talk about the sessions for his fourth solo album, his
first in over 20 years. Produced in conjunction with his son Raymond and
featuring contributions from Wynton Marsalis and Mark Knopfler, Croz appeared in
late January 2014.

The singer/songwriter next collaborated with Snarky Puppy's Michael League. The
pair wrote some songs together, and then debated how long it would take to
record an album. League wanted two weeks; Crosby wanted a month. Working at
Jackson Browne's Groove Master studios, it was completed in 12 days. The first
single, "Things We Do for Love," was released in July of 2016; the full-length
Lighthouse followed in October. Continuing this prolific late-career run, Crosby
released another full-length record the following year. Released in September
2017, Sky Trails was again produced by Raymond, and included a cover of Joni
Mitchell's "Amelia," from her 1976 album Hejira. He announced a coinciding fall
tour of the U.S. to support the album. Crosby quickly followed Sky Trails in
October 2018 with Here If You Listen, which once again featured the Michael
League-anchored band that supported the singer/songwriter on Lighthouse.

Cameron Crowe produced the A.J. Eaton-directed documentary David Crosby:
Remember My Name, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Named
after a Joni Mitchell song, Crosby's eighth solo album, For Free, appeared in
July 2021; the record featured a cameo by Michael McDonald and a song by Donald
Fagen. The next year, he released an album recorded in 2018 with his Lighthouse
band titled Live at the Capitol Theater. It proved to be the last record issued
during his lifetime as he passed on January 18, 2023, at the age of 81. ©
Jason Ankeny



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