David Crosby Dies At 81
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Thanks @deadfoot13. Wow that must have been an incredible show. I love the Dead too and would have loved seeing them together.
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I was fortunate to have seen most of David’s appearances in Pittsburgh from the mid-1970’s on. I was at this 1985 show, but never knew this behind-the-scenes story until I read it today.
They even made their way here in 1985 and 1987, years that bookended Crosby’s stint in a Texas prison on drug and weapons charges. During those years, it wasn’t uncommon for Crosby to mysteriously disappear from the stage for short stretches. At the 1985 arena show, Crosby was missing for 45 minutes while Stills and Nash carried the show, taking turns backstage trying to get him to finish the show, which he eventually did.
In an interview prior to the concert, Nash said of his 45-year-old partner, “We are trying to sway him from the dark side of life.”
Rich Engler, founder of promoter DiCesare-Engler Productions, vividly remembers the backstage scene.
Stills and Nash did their separate solo songs and when it was time to bring Crosby back, they found the singer half-asleep in his dressing room.
While Stills extended his portion, “Graham grabbed a glass of ice water and poured it on David’s head,” Engler says. “You wanna talk about a rude awakening. David wakes up, ‘Wha? Wha? What?’ Graham goes, ‘Get up, get a towel and get the hell out there. And he did.”
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They even made their way here in 1985 and 1987, years that bookended Crosby’s stint in a Texas prison on drug and weapons charges. During those years, it wasn’t uncommon for Crosby to mysteriously disappear from the stage for short stretches. At the 1985 arena show, Crosby was missing for 45 minutes while Stills and Nash carried the show, taking turns backstage trying to get him to finish the show, which he eventually did.
In an interview prior to the concert, Nash said of his 45-year-old partner, “We are trying to sway him from the dark side of life.”
Rich Engler, founder of promoter DiCesare-Engler Productions, vividly remembers the backstage scene.
Stills and Nash did their separate solo songs and when it was time to bring Crosby back, they found the singer half-asleep in his dressing room.
While Stills extended his portion, “Graham grabbed a glass of ice water and poured it on David’s head,” Engler says. “You wanna talk about a rude awakening. David wakes up, ‘Wha? Wha? What?’ Graham goes, ‘Get up, get a towel and get the hell out there. And he did.”
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“David is gone, but his music lives on,” Young wrote. “The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and energy were at the heart of our band. His great songs stood for what we believed in and it was always fun and exciting when we got to play together.” Find the full statement below.
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Neil Young Shares Eulogy for David Crosby, “The Soul of CSNY”
“His great songs stood for what we believed in and it was always fun and exciting when we got to play together”
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Thanks for this throwback pic, @Cindizzi
I’d almost forgotten how handsome a young David was. Reminds me a bit of Ryan Gosling.
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Very sad news, both him and Jeff Beck gone (and Top Topham the original Yardbirds guitarist before Beck recently passed too) 
Lovely to see the photos and tributes on here. Thank you.
Lovely to see the photos and tributes on here. Thank you.
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COVID was cause of death, he caught it a second time:
He told the Kyle Meredith With… podcast: 'He was rehearsing for a show to do in Los Angeles with a full band. After three days of rehearsals, he felt a little sick.
'And he'd already had COVID and he had COVID again. And so he went home and decided that he would take a nap, and he never woke up. But he died in his bed and that is fantastic.
The iconic musician died aged 81 on January 19 2023 with his wife Jan Dance saying he passed after a 'long illness' - with Nash, 81, detailing that Crosby's shock death had come just hours after he rehearsed for a show in Los Angeles.
David Crosby's cause of death revealed: Musician, 81, died from COVID
David Crosby died in his sleep after contracting COVID-19 for the second time, bandmate Graham Nash has revealed.www.dailymail.co.uk
He told the Kyle Meredith With… podcast: 'He was rehearsing for a show to do in Los Angeles with a full band. After three days of rehearsals, he felt a little sick.
'And he'd already had COVID and he had COVID again. And so he went home and decided that he would take a nap, and he never woke up. But he died in his bed and that is fantastic.