The Byrds and CSNY founder has put his wild living behind him and his new album continues a recent hot streak only US politics can darken his moodAt three o’clock in the morning on the day we talk,David Crosby woke from a sound sleep and wrote a song. He’ll be the first one to advise you that wasn’t the case years ago when he was touring enormous venues with Crosby, Stills and Nash and CSNY in between bouts of his public struggles with drugs, or alcohol and prison (he was jailed for five months in 1986 for on weapons and drugs charges).But with Lighthouse,a new album due this month, Crosby continues the hot streak he started in 2014 with Croz, and his first solo album in 20 years. As a founding member of the Byrds and Crosby,Stills and Nash – and one of the finest voices of his generation – Crosby could well be sitting on his laurels. But the stunning fabric on Lighthouse, which is focused squarely on his vocals and guitar, and suggest he is more creatively engaged than he has been since his much younger days.
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Source: theguardian.com