Neil Younger has shared a tribute to David Crosby within the wake of his dying on Thursday (January 19) on the age of 81. Younger posted the assertion on his web site Neil Younger Archives, calling his good friend and former bandmate in Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Younger “the soul of CSNY.”
“David is gone, however his music lives on,” Younger wrote. “The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and power had been on the coronary heart of our band. His nice songs stood for what we believed in and it was all the time enjoyable and thrilling once we acquired to play collectively. ‘Nearly Reduce My Hair’ and ‘Deja Vu,’ and so many different nice songs he wrote had been fantastic to jam on and [Stephen] Stills and I had a blast as he stored happening and on. His singing with Graham [Nash] was memorable, their duo spot a spotlight of so lots of our exhibits.”
“We had so many nice occasions, particularly within the early years,” Younger continued. “Crosby was a really supportive good friend in my youth, as we bit off huge items of our expertise collectively. David was the catalyst of many issues. My coronary heart goes out to Jan and Django, his spouse and son. Plenty of like to you. Thanks David in your spirit and songs, Love you man. I keep in mind the very best occasions!