David Crosby R.I.P.

Played Cowboy Movie from If I could only Remember my Name as loud as I could last night.  So good!  Besides his music, he was a very intelligent and witty speaker. 

I definitely preferred the songs of 'C' to that of 'S' or especially 'N'. 

I loved Crosby's voice, and both his voice and his presence added immeasurably to the bands he was in but, yeah, the way I see it he could never quite match the intensity and charisma of his fellow band members. I also saw him live, a couple times, and he never seemed to cut through the way I wanted him to. Maybe he was just too polite in a group setting?

richardmathes

I concur with your assessment of DC and post. He did indeed wore out his welcome in group settings.

Happy Listening!

Upon learning about David Crosby's death, I started listening to Crosby's 1971 record, "If I Could Only Remember My Name".  I owned an 8 Track tape of that and listened to it in my 1970 Mustang.  Once I got rid of that car, I had nothing to play 8 tracks on, so until this morning, had not not listened to the album in years.  What an excellent album.  I can make out the voices and guitar playing of Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Jerry Garcia, and Jorma Kaukonen. 

The music that Crosby played was a big part in establishing my musical interests.  He was playing Americana music in the early 70's.   I think that it was fantastic that Crosby kept putting out new music later in life.  I was thrilled to see him perform on Chris Thile's "Live From Here" a few years ago playing duet performances with Chris Thile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8n_0jDFlo