David Crosby: ‘Impeach the sonofabitch’

[kpete]

David Crosby: ‘Impeach the sonofabitch’
Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2006-04-28 14:27. Impeachment
By Joe Piasecki, Pasadena Weekly

“Yes, I want to impeach the sonofabitch,” Crosby, perhaps one of the most visible and vocal artists against the war in Vietnam, wrote in an email to the Weekly. “Do you know about Neil’s new record yet?”

Crosby was referring to a soon-to-be-released 10-song collection by his former band mate, “Living With War,” on which Young calls for impeachment in the song titled simply, “Let’s Impeach the President.”

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[skooooo]

1. The old hippies are getting uppity again!!!

lol

[Totally Committed]

5. Again?

Some of us have stayed uppity the whole time.

TC

[callous taoboy]

14. Not my once-hippy brothers-

The two of them sold out. One in the 80's and the other one at the end of the 90's. They both own lots of stock in Haliburton. They are officially pod people.

[otohara]

22. The 80's & 90's

all that cocaine and money fucked up a lot of minds. Not David Crosby though...

[ptolle]

17. yup

[kpete]

18. I am and will always be -

a child of the '60s

Peace!

[hwmnbn]

19. You too?!? ..............

Far out!! :hippie:

My consciousness was expanded and my values were humanized in the late 60's.

I will always be grateful for that experience.

[Sequoia]

32. I was on the tail end of that, being

12 or so at the time. I was so upset when the older kids got to do stuff and adults telling me I'd get to do it when I got older. I said, it'll be gone by then and it was. All I got was freaking disco when I turned 21.

[Geek_Girl]

33. I'm a child of the 60's

even though I grew up in the 80's :hippie:

[edwin]

2. Again?

I think he's been there pretty much all the time, at least when he's not smokin' :D

[madokie]

3. us old hippies stopped a war once and ran a nazi president off

and with the help of our young kids today, we gonna do it again.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I'm ready okie!!

I know you are too.

[madokie]

10. And we had a lot of fun doing it too, as we are now. The movement has

already started and the official moment for that start would be Camp Crawford.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Wow I LOVE that sig line!!

[Hekate]

38. I hope to God we can do it again, & restore our faith in democracy

We are here to tell you it feels FABULOUS when you accomplish a task that big. :hi:

And yes, we absolutely need everyone's help to get this done.

Hekate

[BurtWorm]

6. Now we just need Steven Stills and Graham Nash on board!

:headbang:

[burythehatchet]

13. I recall hearing that CSNY was going to tour together

I'll keep my fingers crossed and my joint rolled.

[shanti]

28. have you read the neil young bio, "shakey"?

it's terrific!

[burythehatchet]

29. I have not.

Love your name! Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti.

[shanti]

30. :)

:hi:

[Horseradish]

7. Crosby & Neil

Crosby was the fella who informed Neil of the Ohio shootings -- they went straight into the studio and recorded "Ohio".

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I believe I heard, back in the day, that it only took Young about

an hour to compose the song.

[Joe Fields]

9. Try 20 minutes.

He went out into the woods, immediately upon hearing the news about Kent State and penned the song in 20 min., according to David Crosby.

[madokie]

11. gives me chills knowing I am living in the midst of such great persons.

A challenge always brings out the best in people.

[HeeBGBz]

39. Living With War was recorded in 3 days

I guess when Neil gets riled it sparks some awesome inspiration. I would like to see CSN&Y. I've seen CSN in the 70's.

[saltpoint]

15. I honor CSN for showing up at the Berlin Wall to sing while

Berliners on both sides of it chipped it away and knocked it down and cleared the avenues and streets of that divided city.

No corporate sponsors, just some talented guys with a big heart and a clear head wanting to be part of a great moment.

And David Crosby's production of Joni Mitchell's first album is one of the masterworks of all music.

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Every piece of music that David Crosby has anything to do with

is beautiful, IMHO. I LOVE him, despite his former "issues."

[saltpoint]

21. Yep. Just imagine the "issues" for Mozart. And he did ok.

Crosby is a wildly talented guy.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Did you happen to hear the two CDs

he made with his long-lost adopted son, under the name CPR? Really beautiful stuff, a bit more "jazzy" than CSN(Y), but definitely with the Crosby touch.

[saltpoint]

24. No, I've never heard that recording, but it sounds pretty darn good.

Is it on an available CD?

[Blue_In_AK]

25. Here are a couple of links

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000007OT7/002-8722660-4258442?v=glance&n=5174

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005KJR4/ref=dp_return_1/002-8722660-4258442?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=5174&s=music

These are both really well worth listening to again and again.

[saltpoint]

26. Hey Blue_In_AK, you seem to roll into these boards with an AWFUL lot

of good things to offer.

Your posts are darned good and they're consistently darned good, too.

I have never known about these recordings at all, and I will explore the links.

Thank you very much. It is much appreciated.

(I am a slobbering zealot for Crosby's vocal on the song, "The Lee Shore." That piece knocks me out.)

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Why, thank you very much, OC...

I often fear that I'm just putting up a lot of "yeah, what HE said," posts, but music is one of my special interests, and like you, I think David Crosby is one of the best. I think you will enjoy these albums.

[Horseradish]

31. The Cros!!!!

Crosby was an joyful enigma back in the day ... sat in during the Sgt. Pepper recordings in London, went sailing with Joe Walsh (uh, there's a story behind that one), went through the untimely death of the love of his life in 1970, served time in a Texas jail, lost everything, came back with the help of his talent and friends, and has been contributing to his area of music diligently since then. His solo album "If I Could Only Remember My Name" from 1971 was one of the most esoteric, emotional, melodic, and finely recorded albums of its time. AND he wrote Long Time Gone ..... if you're out there listening, Dave, I salute you ... and I want this sonofabitch impeached as well!

[Blue_In_AK]

35. Yes, he's certainly had an interesting life...

...and I agree totally about "If I Could Only Remember..." I still have my vinyl of that one.

I think it's just incredible, too, that he reunited on the eve of his liver transplant with the son who had been given up for adoption so many years before, and that they have gone on to make such great music together. It's a story you couldn't make up.

[Horseradish]

36. Yep

I haven't been as up on Crosby in the past decade, but I do know that I wore out one vinyl copy, a copied cassette, and two CDs of "If I could Only Remember My Name". He got way hung up in the free-base cocaine black-hole, but only because he was constantly pursuing LIFE and adventure (some wrong turns can leave you lost for too long ... that's why he named his autobiography "Long Time Gone"). I've lived and worked in the music industry since I was 16, and Crosby was my biggest inspiration in those early years.

"If I Could Only Remember My Name" comes highly recommended, but for those have have not heard it, take into consideration that it's not a series of radio-friendly catchy pop hits strung together; it's an album conceived at a most vulnerable time -- it's deep. Players that came to help him out after his girlfriend was killed in a freak auto accident were Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Neil Young, Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, Michael Shrieve, Phil Lesh, Bill Kruetzmann, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassidy, Mickey Hart, and others that I'm forgetting ....

The Summer tour (CSNY) will be good. I hope I see it.

[Gregorian]

16. Getting lounder...

Yes. Bring...it...

[Geek_Girl]

34. Does anyone know

when the album will be available on itunes

[Hissyspit]

37. No... It's "Impeach the Motherfucker Already!" Can we not stay on message?

:P