While on a flight last year I had the pleasure last year of watching his documentary "David Crosby: Remember My Name."
Great insights to the man and his life. He was an original. We all just lost something special....
I watched this documentary last night -- great. Crosby is disarmingly honest about his failures and the many low points in his life, most of them self-induced. He is unsparingly critical of hs behavior and the effect it had on family, friends and fellow musicians.
(BTW, from that documentaty, the clip of CSN performing the most horrifyingly out-of-tune "Silent Night" ever, for the Obama's xmas celebration, is jaw-dropping and hilarious. The looks on audience members' faces are priceless -- especially Barack's and Michelle's.)
I love the Byrds, was never a fan of CSN (or CSNY) in spite of some good songs. The *If I Could Only Remeber My Name* album is the one I like, an album which was savaged in the press when it came out, only acheiving its "stoner classic" status in later years,
Being an open tunings person, respect for some of Crosby's six-string inventions in that area.