birds, crosby, stills and nash, and crosby, still, nash & young. a legendary songwriter that managed all at once to be of his era and for the ages. helplessly hoping heart again hovers nearby, awaiting a word gasping at glimpses of gentle truth s spirit, he runs, wishing he could fly that is david crosby with steven stills and graham nash at woodstock. only their second concert as a trio, still famously telling the crowd there how scared they were. for most of his 81 years, his music career seemed fearless in a life that was at times as turbulent as his music was at times soothing and brilliant. our randi kaye has more. reporter: he helped shape the sound of 1960s folk recognize as a founding member of the birds. but david crosby will always be best known as a founding member of crosby, stills and nash. the wildly popular group was made up of crosby, steven stills and graham nash. their sound distinctive for its melody and harm days. i am yours, you are mine,
crosby stills nash and young. and for his the ages. david crosby, with stephen sales and graham nash, i would stop, only the second concert as a trio, still famously telling the crowd there a scare they were for most of his 81 years, though, his musical partner crosby seemed fearless tireless as a life that was as turbulent as his music was shooting and quietly brilliant. our randi kaye has more. he helped shape the sound of 1960s folk rock as a founding member of the birds. but david crosby will always be best known as a founding member of crosby, stills and nash. the wildly popular group was made up of crosby, stephen steals and graham nash. their sound was distinctive for its melody and harmonies. in the midst of the late 60s, well, canyon california, their debut album went multi platinum. snaps lovejoy. it s what i was going to do. i love it. more than anything i family. it s the most fun you can have. and yes, i m including sex. it s really, really
rock in l.a. which really kind of kicked off rock n roll in that time period. yeah. look, he was a founding father of folk rock in general and of the l.a. sound in particular. one of the original members of the birds, which were in many ways the fountainhead from which so much developed over the next decade, their recording of mr. tambourine man, bob dylan s mr. tam pour rinaman set the template for what came later. and then when you move forward a few years to crosby, stills, and nash and crosby, still, nash & young, they were very conscious of being a voice of their generation, and very determined to be relevant. in his memoir many years later, david crosby wrote about writing songs that reacted when the world slapped us in the face. and the most famous example, it s ohio their song about kent state. neil young and david crosby are together in northern california.
in that time period. yeah, he was a founding father of folk rock in general and the l.a. sound in particular. one of the original members of the birds which, in many lays, with a fountainhead from so much was developed over the next decade. the mr. recording of bob dylan s mister tambourine man really set the template for so much of what came later, with those jangling guitars, the ethereum harmonies. and then you move forward a few years, to crosby, stills a national and crosby stills nash and young, they were, anderson, very conscious of being a voice of a generation, and very determined to be relevant. in his memoir, many years later, crosby wrote about writing songs that reacted when the slap in the face. the most famous example is ohio, their song about penn state. young and crosby are together in neil young sees the famous photo of the girl kneeling in