It has inexplicably tanked on both sides of the Atlantic, its disappointment compounded by bandmates Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman’s blunt refusal to include it on their work-in-progress album. The Byrds: Lady Friend (single, 1967)Ĭrosby’s only A-side with The Byrds is great psych pop with a whopping chorus and brass. our fastest shooter, kinda mean and young from the south.” Rita Coolidge is the Indian girl who stands between them. Crosby is Fat Albert with the 12 gauge, Neil Young is Young Billy the sentry, Graham Nash is Duke the dynamite and Stephen Stills is Eli.
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Cowboy Movie (If I could only remember my name, 1971)Īn allegorical epic about CSNY’s first breakup served as a wild west tale about four comrades who go into hiding after a bank job. Recorded at a time when he was being ousted by The Byrds, triad 20 years without seeing daylight. “ I don’t really understand / Why can’t we continue as a threesome‘ he sings on this languid ode to a ménage à trois.
The Byrds: Triad (non-album track, 1967)Ī snapshot of the libertine ’60s of free-loving Crosby, for whom monogamy was a symbol of an outdated era. Garcia’s Grateful Dead bandmates Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann provide the razor-thin rhythm, with Joni Mitchell on backing vocals. Salvaged from Crosby’s final days with The Byrds, Laugh took on a sonic purity when reconfigured for his debut LP, with monastic harmonies, shrill guitar and an exquisite twist from Jerry Garcia on pedal steel. Laugh (If I could only remember my name, 1971) Aside from Crosby’s beautiful melody, the song features some Firesign Theater effects and a majestically lazy bass line by Chris Hillman. The Byrds: Draft Morning (The Notorious Byrd Brothers, 1968)Ī quiet evocation of domesticity in Laurel Canyon is juxtaposed with blaring horns and gunfire, the narrative follows a conscripted soldier from his last day at liberty to the chaos of a Vietnamese battlefield. The Byrds: Draft Morning (The Notorious Byrd Brothers, 1968)Ħ.
The song was covered by Miles Davis in 1970. Crosby later explained that the title theme is a composite of three women with whom he was romantically involved, one of whom was Joni Mitchell. Splashing with velvety harmonies, Crosby and Nash share vocals here, with the former also doubling on acoustic and electric guitar. Crosby, Stills & Nash: Guinnevere (Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Almost Cut My Hair (Déjà Vu, 1970)Ī quiet evocation of domesticity in Laurel Canyon is juxtaposed with blaring horns and gunfire, the narrative follows a conscripted soldier from his last day at liberty to the chaos of a Vietnamese battlefield. A nagging electric guitar sets the pace, polished with shifting jazz chords and Crosby’s silvery voice. This highlight of Crosby’s first album in 20 years (and the best since his unassailable 1971 debut) was both self-admonishing and redeeming, enumerating the addictions of his past while pointing his shoulder squarely at the future. Essentially the work of Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn, whose Shankar-meets-Coltrane riff ushered the psychedelic age into a new dimension of raga-rock, Crosby is responsible for some of the lyrics – “ Rainy city known for its sound– about the band’s first visit to London in 1965. The Byrds: Eight Miles High (Fifth Dimension, 1966)Ĭrosby has the least claim to the most revolutionary moment in The Byrds records.
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