1 single as a highly successful Dylan cover. albums chart off the strength of its title track, which became a No. “He and Roger were singing these songs at The Troubadour in the bar and I just sat down next to them and started singing harmony. “Gene had heard The Beatles and he was trying to write like that. He didn’t know any rules, so he was succeeding,” Crosby said. This brought Crosby back to his native Los Angeles, where he formed The Byrds with founding members Roger McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Michael Clarke (drums), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals) and Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals). I loved being a folky, but then I ran into Roger McGuinn and wound up doing The Byrds.”

“When I first heard Bob I said, ‘What’s all this about? I can sing better than that!’ But then I started to listen to the words and I realized that’s what’s going on here. “I went on the road as a folky and I wound up in Greenwich Village, ’cause that’s where that happens,” Crosby said. It was just so natural to me and was so much exactly what I loved doing.”Īfter briefly studying drama at Santa Barbara City College, Crosby dropped out to pursue his music career, eventually moving to New York City to hone his craft in the Greenwich Village folk scene. “But the truth was, as soon as I started singing, that was what I wanted to do. There was even a time Young David wanted to follow in his father’s filmmaking footsteps. You can ask me anything, and I might even answer it in front of the audience.” … And there’s cards you can fill out with questions at my shows. I have so much material, man, I can’t even believe it. “You’ll get to hear stuff from both of them, and a ton of other stuff from The Byrds on up through CSN, CSNY, you know, all of that. “I have two new records worth of stuff that you haven’t heard,” Crosby said. What can we expect to hear Tuesday night? Every time I’ve gone there, there was a really good audience.” I normally don’t play clubs because they’re serving and people tend to be more rowdy.

“They have a great audience,” Crosby told WTOP.

If you’ve never seen the legend perform live - or can’t wait to see him again - this week brings the perfect chance as Crosby returns to The Birchmere at 7:30 p.m. But David Crosby has had the honor twice: once for his work with The Byrds and again for his work with Crosby, Stills and Nash. WASHINGTON - Most musicians would kill to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just once.

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