David Crosby

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-crosby-dead-dies-byrds-crosby-stills-nash-1235495467/

 

Quick summary from the front page of today’s Washington Post: “The Woodstock-era star fueled the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and he overcame drug abuse.”

 

I was somewhat amused to learn (from the Post’s full obituary) that Crosby eventually “became an unlikely advice columnist for Rolling Stone, dispensing guidance about relationships, addiction and music, like a counterculture Santa Claus.”

 

While he was more known musically for his singing than his songwriting, he did come up with a handful of great songs for CS&N/Y:

 

Wooden Ships (co-written with Stills and Paul Kantner)

Guinnevere

The Lee Shore

Long Time Gone

Almost Cut My Hair