There Was a Little Part of David Crosby in All of Us, Whether We Knew It or Not

Sometimes ornery, often inspiring, and forever speaking his mind, David Crosby cut a path in rock & roll that his peers and legion of fans are still trying to follow.

And then there are all the great little moments throughout his career. The self-mocking chuckle he inserts in CSN’s “Anything at All,” in which he busts his own pomposity. The silly spoken bit before “Marrakesh Express.” The choir-bad-boy harmonies he would add to Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes” or “For Everyman” or his Byrd bandmate Roger McGuinn’s version of “The Water Is Wide.” His rant about the Warren Commission at the Monterey Pop festival.

— and he’d flash that crinkly, mischievous smile, the drawbridge would open and the gabbing would begin. He also could bust on himself in ways that were utterly endearing. Another time we met, during rehearsals for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts in 2009, I’d done in which he referred to himself as “old and creepy.” He immediately quoted that line back — and then laughed at how funny it was.

I sensed that the first time I ever talked to him, many years ago, when he was in New York promoting his first memoir, the aptly titled e. In his hotel room, a little tired from having been up since dawn to do morning TV, he dutifully plugged the book.

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