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June 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

David Crosby: Here If You Listen

David Crosby Here If You Listen BMG In one of the great – and knowing – Simpsons cameos, David Crosby appears as himself (“Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”) awarding the Be Sharps with a Grammy. Barney, Springfield’s town drunk declares Crosby his hero. “Thanks, you like my music?” asks a sincere Crosby. And just ahead of one of his trademark belches Barney screeches incredulously, “You’re a […]

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October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Heroes Live: #2 – Neil Young

Earlier this year I reviewed the brand new Neil Young album another live record from him, another weird one from Uncle Neil. Only Neil Young could give up smoking marijuana and then release a live album where he replaced the audience applause with animal noises. When I was writing that review I thought that Neil […]

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February 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

David Crosby: Croz

David Crosby Croz Blue Castle Records Cocaine is a helluva drug. And speaking of punchlines that’s really all David Crosby’s been for the last 20-30 years; that and a punching bag, his own personal punching bag mostly. A headline getter for fathering children for famous lesbians, for going back to jail, for anything other than […]

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April 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1392

David Crosby, If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) David Crosby is often a punchline these days; something about getting fat and bald and losing looks perhaps. More often (or also) involving a story about prodigious cocaine use/abuse and general drinking and drugging and that flavour of debauchery…but what about the music maaan? David […]