August 14, 2000
David Crosby
Rock Legends" week continues on A&E; with BIOGRAPHY: DAVID CROSBY, a story of a generation, and of a man who survived against all odds. Born in 1941, David Crosby grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He started singing and playing guitar in beatnik coffeehouses. He went on to become rich a famous with the Byrds, with hits like Eight Miles High and Tambourine Man. After the Byrds came Crosby, Stills and Nash the half a million people at Woodstock in 1969. Over the next thirty years, Crosby collected multiple gold and platinum records and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Yet Crosby's enormous success was marred by a devastating drug habit. In 1985, he landed in jail where he underwent detoxification and began his recovery from drugs.
BIOGRAPHY: DAVID CROSBY recounts how Crosby faced other disasters, including a serious motorcycle accident, his home destroyed by earthquake and financial woes. The worst crisis came in 1995, when he learned his liver was deteriorating from Hepatitis "C." A liver donor was found, and as Crosby was recovering, he met his son, James Raymond, who he had not know about. Raymond discovered Crosby was his father through a search of birth records. The two had more in common than DNA. Raymond is an accomplished musician, and now plays with his father in Crosby's new band, CPR. Crosby's wife Jan gave birth to a son, Django. Crosby is fully recovered and thriving and continues to be active in social causes such as human rights, free speech and the environment.
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