rock legend david crosbyfounder of mythical bands of the sixties such as “The Byrds” and “Crosby, Stills & Nash”, has died this Thursday at the age of 81.
“With great sadness, after a long diseaseOur beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was surrounded by love for his wife and soul mate, Jan, and his son Django,” the musician’s wife announced in a statement published by the media.
In the note, the family has stressed that Crosby’s musical legacy “will live on through his legendary music.” The singer-songwriter, born in California (USA), was the son of filmmaker Floyd Crosby.
He began his musical career in childhood with his brother, to later develop his professional career with singer Roger McGuinn. In 1964 Crosby and McGuinn formed The Byrds with musicians Gene Clark and Chris Hillman.
The group gained great recognition a year later when they presented their version of the Bob Dylan classic. “Mr. Tambourine Man”which gave its name to his debut album, with songs like “Turn Turn Turn”.
Crosby was romantically involved with Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchellwho put him in touch with Neil Young and Stephen Stills.
His adventure with “The Byrds” culminated in his expulsion from the group in 1967. Later, Crosby founded with Stills and Graham Nash the folk-rock band “Crosby, Stills & Nash”, which was later joined by Canadian singer Neil Young. The group gave their first concert as a trio at the festival of Woodstock in 1969.
Although Young’s accession meant the commercial success of the band, with albums like “Deja Vu”, with great hits like “Woodstock” and “Teach Your Children”, the group dissolved due to differences of egos.
Both bands were a key part of the development of folk-rock and country-rock that originated in California and became popular in the 1970s.
Crosby continued as a soloist and the last album he presented was in 2021 under the name of “For Free“.
On a personal level, the musician had problems of alcohol and drug addiction during years. In fact, in 1982 he was arrested in Dallas (Texas) for possession of drugs and weapons, something for which he received a five-year prison sentence, although he only served five months behind bars.
In 1994 he had a liver transplant that was paid for by the musician Phil collinsafter being diagnosed with hepatitis C.
Source: Lasexta
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