David Crosby

David Crosby is one of those figures who shaped American music twice over, first pioneering folk rock and psychedelia with the Byrds, then defining the California sound with Crosby, Stills & Nash. What I admire is the contradiction at his core: those soaring, almost angelic harmonies coexisting with a famously stubborn, rebellious streak. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and MusiCares honor only confirm what your ears already tell you. For me his real legacy lives in the blend of voices, where his part makes the whole thing levitate. His 2023 death closed a chapter, but those harmonies remain timeless.

Name (English)

David Crosby

Name (Japanese)

デイヴィッド・クロスビー

Reading

でいゔぃっど・くろすびー

Born

August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer-songwriter / singer / actor / musician

University

Santa Barbara City College

Awards & achievements

• 1991 MusiCares Person of the Year
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://davidcrosby.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thedavidcrosby/
• Xhttps://x.com/thedavidcrosby
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Crosby
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370560

Tags

• California
• guitarist
• singer-songwriter
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.