David Crosby

Artist:   David Crosby
Birth Name:  David Van Cortland Crosby
Born:  August 14, 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Instruments:   Vocals, Guitar


David Crosby is an American Singer and Songwriter, he was a founding member of three bands, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash(including Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) and CPR, he    created highly influential of Folk-Rock Sound and richly Harmonic and Acoustic to the West Coast Music Scene and he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work in The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Title:  If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)
Label:   Atlantic
Genre:  Folk-Rock
Rating:   *****

Tracks:


1.  Music Is Love   (3:16)
2.  Cowboy Movie   (8:02)
3.  Tamalpais High(At About 3)   (3:29)
4.  Laughing   (5:20)
5.  What Are Their Names   (4:09)
6.  Traction In The Rain   (3:40)
7.  Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) (5:53)
8.  Orleans (1:56)
9.  I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here   (1:19)


Personnel:

David Crosby:  Vocals, Guitar
Jack Casady:   Bass
David Freiberg:  Vocals
Jerry Garcia:  Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal
Mickey Hart:  Drums
Paul Kantner:  Vocal
Phil Lesh:  Bass, Vocal
Joni Mitchell:  Vocals
Graham Nash:  Vocals, Guitar
Gregg Rolie:  Piano
Michael Shrieve:  Drums
Grace Slick:  Vocal
Neil Young:  Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Vibraphone, Congas
Laura Allan,  Autoharp, Vocal


If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo album by David Crosby, released in February 1971, contains some of his impressive tracks "Music Is Love", "Tamalpais", "Laughing", "Cowboy Movie", "Song With No Words(Tree With No Leaves) and "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here",  with guest famous friends such as:
Neil Young and Graham Nash (from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, (from The Grateful Dead)
Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jack Casady (from Jefferson Airplane)
David Freiberg (from The Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
Gregg Rolie and Michael Shrieve (from Santana)
Joni Mitchell.

Title:  Oh Yes I Can (1989)
Label:  A&M
Genre:  Folk-Rock
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Drive My Car   (3:34)
 2.  Melody   (4:07)
 3.  Monkey and the Underdog   (4:15)
 4.  In The Wide Ruin   (4:47)
 5.  Tracks In The Dust  (4:48)
 6.  Drop Down Mama   (3:07)
 7.  Lady Of The Harbor   (3:19)
 8.  Distances   (3:36)
 9.  Flying man   (3:25)
10. My Country 'Tis of Thee   (1:58)


Personnel:

David Crosby:  Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Graham Nash:  Vocals, Electric Piano
Jackson Browne:  Vocal
James Taylor:  Vocal
Ronnie Raitt:  Vocal
Larry Carlton:  Guitar
Michael Landau:  Guitar
Tim Drummond:  Bass
Dan Dugmore:  Slide Guitar
Jim Keltner:  Drums
Michael Hedges:  Guitar, Vocal
David Lindley:  Slide Guitar
Danny Kortchmar:  Guitar
Russell Kundel:  Drums
Steve Lukather:  Guitar
Joe Vitale:  Drums, Organ, Synthesizer
Leland Sklar:  bass
Craig Doerge:  Synthesizer, Piano Acoustic Piano
Joe Lala:  Percussion
Kim Bullard:  Synthesizer
George Perry:  Bass
Michael Finnigan:  Organ
Jerry Hey:  Horn
Lawrence L. Williams:  Horn
Kim S. Hutchcroft:  Horn
Gary Grant:  Horn


Oh Yes I Can is the second solo album. released in 1989, 18 tears from the first solo album, with wonderful songs "Drive My Car", "Melody", "Tracks In The Dust", "Flying Man", "Oh Yes I Can" and "My Country 'Tis of Thee", and with good voices of Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor.

Title:  Thousand Roads (1993)
Label:  Atlantic
Genre:  Folk-Rock
Rating:   ****

Tracks: 

 1.  Hero  (4:39)
 2.  Too Young To Die   (5:45)
 3.  Old Soldier   (4:58)
 4.  Through Your Hands  (4:33)
 5.  Yvette In English   (5:53)
 6.  Thousand Roads   (4:31)
 7.  Columbus   (4:26)
 8.  Helpless Heart  (4:18)
 9.  Coverage   (3:22)
10.  Natalie  (4:55)


Personnel:

David Crosby:  Vocals
Phil Collins:  Vocals, Drums, Keyboards
Jeff Pevar:  Guitar
Leland Sklar:  Bass
Jim Keltner:  Drums
Benmont Tench:  Keyboards
Pino Paladino:  Bass
Jimmy Webb:  Acoustic Piano
Michael Landau:  Electric Guitar
Bernie Leadon:  Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Graham Nash:  Harmony, Harmonica
Jackson Browne:  Harmony
Marc Cohn:  Acoustic Piano
John Leventhal:  Guitar
Jeff Porcaro:  Drums
Paulinho Da Costa:  Percussion
Graig Doedge:  Keyboards
C.J. Vanston:  Keyboards
Kipp Lennon:  Harmony
Luis Conte:  Percussion
Dean Parks:  Guitar
David Watkins Clarke:  Bass
Ethan Johns:  Drums, Percussion, Electric Guitar
Andy Faiweather Low:  Electric Guitar
Paul Wickens:  Keyboards, Accordion
Suzie Katayama:  Cello
Armen Garabedian:  Violin
Dimitrie Levici:  Violin
Beri Garbedian:  Violin
Ruth Johnson:  Violin
Evan Wilson:  Viola
Scott Haupert:  Viola
Maria Newman:   Viola
Larry Corbett:  Cello
Danie Smith:  Cello
David Young:  Acoustic Bass
Russell Kunkel:  Drums
Bonnie Hayes:  Keyboards
Stephen Bishop:  Harmony


Thousand Roads is the third solo album released in 1993, songs written by Pop Professionals Phil Collins, John Hiatt, Marc Cohn, Jimmy Webb, Paul Brady, Joni Mitchell and Stephen Bishop, with many good songs "Hero", "Too Young To Die", "Old Soldier", "Through Your Hands", 'Thousand Roads", "Helpless Heart" and "Natalie".

Title:  It's All Coming Back To Me Now (1995)
Label:  Atlantic
Genre:  Folk-Rock
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  In My Dreams   (6:32)
 2.  Rusty and Blue   (7:08)
 3.  Hero   (4:57)
 4.  Till It Shines On You   (5:39)
 5.  Thousand Roads   (5:02)
 6.  Cowboy Movie   (9:08)
 7.  Almost Cut My Hair   (6:10)
 8.  Deja Vu   (10:18)
 9.  Long Time Gone   (5:41)
10. Wooden Ships   (10:36)


Personnel:

David Crosby:  Vocals, Guitar
Jeff Pevar:  Guitar
James "Hutch" Hutchinson:  Bass
Michael Finnigan:  Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Jody Cortez:  Drums
Kipp Lennon:  Backing Vocals
Graham Nash:  Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Backing Vocals
Chris Robinson:  Vocals


It's All Coming Back To Me Now is a live album and his fourth solo album released in 1995, recorded December 7, 1993, at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood, CA and with his old partner Graham Nash appears on the last three songs, and Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, duets with Crosby on "Almost Cut My Hair".

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