Neil Young Pays Tribute to ‘The Soul of CSNY,’ David Crosby

This previous Thursday (Jan. 19), Loudwire reported that legendary singer/songwriter David Crosby has died on the age of 81. Naturally, quite a few music icons – equivalent to Mike Portnoy, Sebastian Bach, Jefferson Airplane and Chuck D – rapidly paid tribute to him, and now former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger bandmate Neil Younger has as effectively.

Yesterday (Jan. 20), Younger revealed a heartfelt submit about Crosby to his personal web site (Neil Younger Archives). In it, he wrote:

David is gone, however his music lives on. The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and vitality had been on the coronary heart of our band. His nice songs stood for what we believed in and it was all the time enjoyable and thrilling after we obtained to play collectively. ‘Nearly Reduce My Hair’ ‘Dejavu’, and so many different nice songs he wrote had been fantastic to jam on and [Stephen] Stills and I had a blast as he saved occurring and on. His singing with Graham [Nash] was memorable, their duo spot a spotlight of so a lot of our exhibits.

We had so many nice occasions, particularly within the early years. Crosby was a really supportive buddy in my formative years, as we bit off huge items of our expertise collectively. David was the catalyst of many issues. My coronary heart goes out to Jan and Django, his spouse and son. Plenty of like to you. Thanks David to your spirit and songs, Love you man. I bear in mind the most effective occasions!

In fact, people/nation rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash didn’t initially characteristic Younger; actually, it was solely when the trio wanted a fourth member to correctly tour their 1969 self-titled debut LP that Younger (who, like Stills, was beforehand in Buffalo Springfield) was added. As a quartet, they went on to create a number of excellent data – specifically, 1970’s seminal Déjà Vu – amidst coping with varied interpersonal conflicts and fluctuating line-ups.

Crosby and Younger performed on one another’s solo LPs, too. As an example, Crosby (in addition to Nash and Stills) appeared on Younger’s fourth studio album, 1972’s Harvest. Likewise, Younger (in addition to Nash) performed on Crosby’s first assortment, 1971’s If I May Solely Bear in mind My Identify.

You possibly can pay attention to some of their collaborations under:

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger, “Nearly Reduce My Hair”

Neil Younger, “Are You Prepared for the Nation?”

David Crosby, “Music is Love”