David Crosby has died

[dawp]

David Crosby, Legendary Musician With The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Dies at 81

David Crosby, a founding member of iconic 1960s rock bands the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and one of the most celebrated musicians of his genera

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surprised he lived so long, 81
RIP.

 

[Bitek]

Damn. Lots of people dying lately it seems

 

[nickqt]

Damn. Lots of people dying lately it seems

All day every day.

 

[skyking]

I never saw him live but listened to a ton of CSNY growing up.

 

[sdifox]

RIP

 

[soundforbjt]

I never saw him live but listened to a ton of CSNY growing up.

Same here.

 

[trenchfoot]

Same here.

+1

I decided that fingerstyle guitar on acoustic was going to be my way of expressing myself musically after delving into the stylings of CSNY, although on occasions I'd use a flat pick on a 'Strat to get the same effect as the recordings ie- Hendrix, Santana, Ron Wood, Jimmy Page, Nokie Edwards, etc.

 

[Gardener]

that guy was a walkup call to this midwestern kid

 

[esquared]

Unfortunately that CSN or CSNY reunion isn't going to happen. Too bad.
RIP.


A good article of his beginnings to the end.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/david-crosby-whose-voice-soared-232304540.html

 

[soundforbjt]

+1

I decided that fingerstyle guitar on acoustic was going to be my way of expressing myself musically after delving into the stylings of CSNY, although on occasions I'd use a flat pick on a 'Strat to get the same effect as the recordings ie- Hendrix, Santana, Ron Wood, Jimmy Page, Nokie Edwards, etc.

I remember spending hours on my D-28 trying to figure out the tuning used on Suite Judy Blue Eyes.

 

[trenchfoot]

I remember spending hours on my D-28 trying to figure out the tuning used on Suite Judy Blue Eyes.

Same here. I'd end up with drop D tuning. Same with 4+20 by Stills. I even tried buying sheet music but that would rarely line up with what what the studio recordings sounded like. LOL I recall how you'd be "The Guy" if you could figure out chords for tunes that hardly anybody else could. I remember when I finally mastered Here Comes the Sun by Harris after a couple of months of going note for note on the bass line and melody I thought I was some kind of freak'in genius. And now with the University of Youtube, the world of learning tunes blew wide open. Fun!

edit -D28? You lucky guy. I hope you still have it. I had a couple of guitars I sold to pursue other hobbies and I regret every minute of it.

 

[hal2kilo]

I remember spending hours on my D-28 trying to figure out the tuning used on Suite Judy Blue Eyes.

Steve Stills is a very underrated guitarist. Listen to the second side of Al Cooper's Super Sessions album sometime. He's on the second side because Mike Bloomfield was having issues with the H. So they had to replace him with Steve.

 

[soundforbjt]

Same here. I'd end up with drop D tuning. Same with 4+20 by Stills. I even tried buying sheet music but that would rarely line up with what what the studio recordings sounded like. LOL I recall how you'd be "The Guy" if you could figure out chords for tunes that hardly anybody else could. I remember when I finally mastered Here Comes the Sun by Harris after a couple of months of going note for note on the bass line and melody I thought I was some kind of freak'in genius. And now with the University of Youtube, the world of learning tunes blew wide open. Fun!

edit -D28? You lucky guy. I hope you still have it. I had a couple of guitars I sold to pursue other hobbies and I regret every minute of it.

Nope, I sold a fortune worth of guitars for more than I paid for them but nothing like they’d be worth today. I had a 68 D-28, a 67 Les Paul Standard, a 72 Stat, and my favorite a 58 LP junior with original case. Sold that to a friend who still has it and still plays out with it.

 

[sdifox]

Nope, I sold a fortune worth of guitars for more than I paid for them but nothing like they’d be worth today. I had a 68 D-28, a 67 Les Paul Standard, a 72 Stat, and my favorite a 58 LP junior with original case. Sold that to a friend who still has it and still plays out with it.

You can buy Twitter with that kind of money.

 

[soundforbjt]

You can buy Twitter with that kind of money.

The most expensive guitar I ever played was a 1960 Left-handed Strat, Olympic white with a tortoise shell pickguard, one of only 7 made in 1960.