Finished Su 12/11/11
This is kind of the 'unfinished' story of David Crosby as the book ends in 1988 which is almost twenty-five years ago. I picked up the book because I was interested in his time in The Byrds, and this is covered fairly well.
Crosby was born into relative affluence in Southern California, and his father was a well-known, Academy Award winning cinematographer. He attended numerous schools in the Los Angeles area, but dropped out of community college to become an itinerate folk singer.
He went on to become one of the founding members of The Byrds, and then Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. I found it interesting that they did not choose a band name, but decided to list their names. This was because of the bad experience that he had with The Byrds. Original members of the band would leave, and the remaining musicians would take control of the name.
The super group, Crosby, Stils, Nash, and Young took off at nearly the same time that his drug habit nearly took him out. The book focuses on his harrowing descent into abject drug addiction, and then his incarceration in the Texas prison system for drug and weapons violations.
It's an interesting read, and I found him not to be a very likable person, but certainly one of the most talented writers and vocalists of the 60's.
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