My brother turned me on to to Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, that kind of thing. Then my brother turned me onto ’50s jazz. And soon thereafter, Pete Seeger on his own. But the very first 10-inch 33 LPs, we had several of those, and they were the Weavers, Josh White and a South African couple called Marais & Miranda. All he could say was, “I just don’t know, but believe me, I’m grateful.”įretboard Journal: What kind of background, musically, did you grow up with?ĭavid Crosby: My parents played a lot of classical music in the house I probably heard the Brandenburg concertos, you know, 289 times, by the time I was 6. I asked him how it’s held up all these years. Despite the roller coaster ride his body has been on, his voice is, quite simply, spine tingling. On the day I interviewed Crosby, we talked for hours about the early folk scene he was a part of, shot some photos, filmed a video for (a quick take on Joni Mitchell’s “For Free”) and then talked some more about guitars, music and life. His home is quiet, warm and filled with mementos of a fascinating life, guitars he’s picked up along the way and-of course-his loving family. His residence has to be in one of the country’s most peaceful places – Santa Barbara wine country. Upon seeing him relaxing at his beautiful Southern California home, it’s hard to imagine the wild life that David Crosby once lived, not so long ago. And, obviously, he lived a hard life filled with drama, drugs and even a prison term. He released the pivotal If I Could Only Remember My Name in 1971, the star-studded release that still sounds fresh to modern ears.
Over his long career, he went from being an acoustic folkie to honing his electric chops with the Byrds to steering back to acoustics (with the electric sometimes thrown in) in various Crosby, Stills & Nash incarnations. He proudly explains how the Beatles changed his life and his love for music of all sorts, from folk to Steely Dan to the Fleet Foxes.īut of course, Crosby is no ordinary musician. He sports a Cheshire cat grin the minute he talks about guitars. David Crosby is no different from a lot of us.
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