DAVID CROSBY interview - Later with Bob Costas (1991) 

That David Crosby actually lived to the age of 81 was a Christmas miracle. The Grim Reaper came knocking for that man so many times that I imagine they were old mates by the time David finally decided to go with him.

Croz repeated his dislike for Morrison to me a few years before he passed. I suggested his true issue was he and Jim both had huge egos and needed to command the room. He laughed and said "You may be right".

I know there are a fair amount of negative comments about Mr. Crosby and his interview. One can't really argue (successfully) with somebody else's experience. Criticism, good or bad, is always more about the writer than the subject. For me, I just always come away from hearing him and feeling a realness to him. He says how he feels and what he thinks. And a lot of the time he comes across clear eyed about his own faults, foibles, and limitations. What a life. He was part of some GREAT music with multiple groupings. He may not have been the most talented of those groups but they sure seemed to want him in their band and (most of the time) their company. I am so glad he existed.

I am old enough to be around when the CSN and CSNY albums first came out and as far as im concerned both were instant classics.I still play them to this day(2024),and i hope to continue doing so for a few years yet.Fabulous music,wonderful musicians.

Say what you will about the hippie in Dave.. Anyone who can write Guinevere or Deja-vu is incredibly gifted. 41:13

Saw CSN&Y at an outdoor stadium show with The Beach Boys and Chicago as opening acts. I came home stoned, sunburned, and in music heaven.

I love David Crosby ❤

What a joy to see Crosby in an interview...I saw him in the old Euphoria Tavern in Portland, Oregon. He had a voice so pure, I've never heard anything like it... he could sing making the tubes in the amp work to his whim... during 'page 43' he got to a point where his emotions got the best of him and he stopped, and apologised quietly.. he was great, a great voice..thanks David, you gave us a lot..

I don't care what Rolling Stone said about CSN. I just adore them. Stills and Crosby are phenomenal musicians.

Cass Elliott didn't choke on a sandwich. She died of a Massive Heart Attack! ❤️ ✝️💔R.I.P.! Sweetheart!

I never got to see the Byrds, but I saw CSN many times for which I am grateful for the memories. The same goes for the Dead....

Ronnie Wood, Jerry Garcia and Grace Slick have always been visual artists, painters and musicians.

Rest in Peace David. Your demons are asleep too. You were a fine singer/song writer/guitarist but your Ego sucked the life out of you and you turned your good friend ,Graham Nash against you. Sad ,dude. Thanks for the folk rock songs and years, anyway.

Great interview. Thank you to whoever posted. I have many takeaways. David Crosby is extraordinarily articulate at capsulating his era and its music. Kudos to Bob Costas for asking thoughtful well researched questions that gently guided Coz to reveal his observations and remembrances of his life to that point. It is amazing that this reminiscence took place over 30 years ago and that Coz was discussing the previous 25+ years from 65 to 91. IMHO Crosby's work with his son James Raymond the last decade or so of his life was among the best of his career. My only regret for him on a personal level is that the rift between him and Nash in the latter part of their lives was never resolved. But Coz was a realist. He did the best he could, though flawed as a human being like all of us. In his case though we have an extraordinary body of work to reflect and appreciate and now this interview to give us even more conrext. RIP. Thank you. ❤️.

The irony is, of course, that critics/reviewers *don't* buy the record. They get sent free copies by the record companies.

growing up in LA at the same time makes these interviews kinda hit home ,,been up in laurel canyon at the same time as all of these guys ....wow a wonderful time in my life

I wish he had talked about his Boat the Maya..

Saw CSN in NY in about 81. Awesome show! Fat, balding, except for Nash, but man, did they nail it!!! Every note on the instruments, every harmony, just nailed it!!! Each did a bit solo. When Crosby's bit started, he spoke of the stupidity of hard drugs. My friend with me said: "See that, hard drugs!!" Thereby allowing him to pursue enjoying mucho "herb". 😂

I saw Bob Costas recently on Bill Maher, and a few days later on Michael Smerconish. He was so candid and correct. Remembered that he'd once hosted a show; started looking up old episodes. What a great interviewer. KNOWS HIS SUBJECT MATTER, asks smart questions and then sits back and shuts up, letting the interviewee answer in full. What a refreshing change from today's subject matter ignorant, attention challenged, constantly interrupting idiot "journalists."

Take it easy Neil Young, this band is legendary and you are all Icons of Psychedelic Folk Rock . ❤❤❤❤

I have no opinions on David Crosby, the man. I just think he had a beautiful voice that acted as the "glue" with whomever he was harmonizing with vocally.

Love Crosby his love with Stills technique made CSNY what it was

There’s a thing in this life called Synchronicity 🪷👌🏽🪷 He may have been a difficult person to work with But David had the gift of Healing Hearts 🪶The year I moved to California to become independent I had the opportunity to meet CSN in Atlantic City, NJ in late August 1992 and my Stepfather had Passed Away on September 1st of Leukemia. That Night of CSN Music and the love of my High School Teacher’s sister won a contest for a Group of us to Meet the Band. Joe Walsh had opened for them and was hanging around the contest winners but he was a little Buzzed, Yet it was Wonderful to see him Clean and Laying Down God’s Love for Us All 🤙🏽

My first show tower theater 1987 they played a very excellent show that night thank you CSN

David Crosby (1941-2023, age 81) ❤ Byrds, CSN

David Crosby wrote one of the nicest and most beautiful and hauntingly melodic songs with the Byrds "Everybody's been Burned"

Croz had something of greatness about him.

Rolling Stone’s brainless and assinine negative reviews of great artists like CSN&Y and Led Zep are laughable to this day 🙄🙄🙄

Obviously, David Crosby was a great talent and a smart guy. He was a troubadour who lived the life, and that finally got him. He brought the harmony and the rhythm guitar, and he made it all come together.

I loved those Bob Costas interviews! Then they just stopped. :(

Crosby Stills and Nash debut album is a masterpiece after David passed away I listened to it again and then qualified it by playing Hotel California by the Eagles and Rumours by Fleetwood Mac next to it to see how it stood up and compared 2 great albums but CSN for me was easily after all this time the best listen .

What an incredible interview. A "blossoming ego" is a perfect description of David's early years. Friendship is a complicated thing as CSN&Y clearly illustrates. People now can't comprehend how 'young and brash' David Crosby was. "We are still here" because we did some things that were solid and important. Where are those critics now? LOL 'Woodstock' as an event was never equaled. Peace, love, and music. And then what a great song by someone not even there!. Crosby confirms my understanding......Joni Mitchell is a genius.

I'm glad that Crosby mentioned "Live It Up." I love the title track!

Well spoken man. Strikingly so

Miss you David.

Great interview! Not as good as still having him with us, but provides some balm. We miss you.

I was 13 when first heard CSNY. It was then that my perception of music totally changed I miss you David.

I always liked Crosby, really fascinated by him and his honesty.... I read his first book... I'm not a big fan of his politics but he had the right to speak how he feels, it is America..... He comes off arrogant at times but it is really pride, he had a lot of talent... As far as Morrison is concerned, I like the Doors (one of my favorite bands of my era) and read all their books, including Jim's book, written by his buddy but the truth is Jim was a real pain, he caused a lot of problems for that band but when he was sober he was a pretty good guy .... This was a great interview..! Love Costas.

I had a Band and was the Leader and now nobody knows me so I understand how these knuckleheads were and now we and they all paid the price. Music is the Universal Language. Peace Out

David was admittedly difficult, but he was accomplished at many things.

The Beau Brummels were around at the same time...among the first British Invasion influenced.

Love him so so much! ❤❤

Just another reason to hate that Garbage magazine Rolling Stone magazine,such an overrated shit magazine.

These guys experienced the best and worst of times, but think of the people they knew and what they saw and experienced.

my father, a WWII vet, faced with so much change in the mid 1960s, and with a year in the deracinated Southern California milieu, faced with his midlife crisis, and his own adultery, by 1967, did his best, which included joining a fundamendalist cult. But though he chose us, he was left bereft by his family. He actually was possessed once in a while...that is acreal phenomenon in cults. Intellectual and emotional disposession, , it might be better described. Which destroyed our family. Can you imagine the arch that took him? Took my mother who had to leave her religion for love of him? Took my helpless handicapped brother, which for a while, Dad abandoned because he was overwhelmed and could not ask for his parent's or relatives help (ego? Dogma?).? I cannot describe the damage that the "Derrida" intellectual revuolution took our culture to....The intellectual chaos it introduced, the corruption of intellect...i guess I am a Bill Maher sort, just, deeply disconcerted by the decline of intellect since I was 16. Always havevbeen interested in civilizational collapse and change.

Crosby's recollection of the Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin confrontation is interesting at 18:45

I guess I'm glad I don't know anything about Bob Costas's politics. When you absolutely positively have to interview it overnight, Bob Costas always gets the job done. I had the original Deja Vu album in the early 70s--the one with the hard to find brown paper jacket. It was destroyed in a flood. CSNY, or whichever version you call them, remind me of The Beatles in a way: they could shine with their individual talents. But, could also combine them, to make a whole that was bigger than the sum of its parts. It pains me to see so many once-great bands whose members no longer even speak to each other. People change--some more than others. It's an unavoidable fact. But, hats off to the ones who held it together long enough to leave us something great in our record storage cabinets.

The Doors still hold up. 50 plus years is not a fluke. Unfortunately their best performances were not televised. You might not like his personality but morrison was the real deal. He didnt come from a music background but at times sounded like Sinatra.

The Doors & Jim Morrison statements erk'ed me! The Doors music stands up today. I don't think David Crosby was the easiest guy to get along with from what i can tell. CSNY were awesome but man he didn't have to put down the Doors! 🤟

very interesting interview

RE: Addiction, DON'T START! With all the examples and evidence, why even smoke your first cigarette? I have never understood this. I made a promise to myself to never indulge when I was eight years old having witnessed the folly of adults around me.

Guide's day out! Love it!

Great interview.... CS&N were the best, in my opinion.

“Nash and I get along famously”. That didn’t last…sadly.

Altamont was a disaster. Why? Stones hired the Hells Angel to run security - mistake number one, two, three, four .....

"The young people of toaday have no idea..." No. They do not.

Ah, David. I loved you dearly, and yet I barely knew yea. I wish we'd had the time...

BBC, Crosby and Nash, Lee Shore is his finest vocal

Crosby’s first album was “meddling and mediocre” according to Rolling Stone. LMAO. It’s one of the greatest albums ever.

Nostalgia; memories; a touch of Americana. A relative gave me a Byrds LP around 1967. Sadly -- this A-hole relative decades later stabbed me in my back. I sued his sorry ass and won in Marin County Small Claims Court, CA. So -- despite the criminal A-hole behavior of the dude that THANKFULLY DIED -- I managed to remain a fan of C.S.N. & Y. Those guys were terrific. A bittersweet scene indeed. * Cav *

He’s a MUSICAL Genius! He’s an intellectual very high IQ! Sad he got into drugs???

Good thing the Grateful Dead -- who stayed together for 30 years -- avoided moving to show-businessy L.A and remained in the Bay Area.

"These drugs aren't addicting, I take them everyday without problem."

My band use to do the best sets when we were all pissed at each other i don't know what it is but the best bands aeem to be always on the verge of imploding

Dave was always posing. Always the showman. I unquestionably though he looked cool in the Byrds when I was young and maybe that's important but it puts me off now. I wouldnt be surprised if he took a long toke just before introducing the band in that early clip, since he seems just barely able to focus his mind. Which again I'd've thought cool back them.

Chances are the reviews didn’t even buy the record.

The guy was one of the biggest jerks I ever met, egotistical, uncaring of others, narcissist to the nth degree. Drug addict, unhinged, sadistic but he was a gifted song writer and had a great voice. How Graham put up with him as long as he did just shows what a saint Graham really is.

I miss costa and crosby f a critic they just criticize csny did amazing work without a doubt

Cros finest hour the summer fall 1971 tour with graham nash.

I am my "own" critic

hey now.. alice cooper "snake/killer" is pretty good.

at 24:10, does Crosby admit to committing murder?

Threesomes. That’s what Crosby means nowadays.

I miss Croz.

Linda Ronstadt also didn't like Morrison because she said that he was a drunk.

Costas just can’t be cool…. He can’t even fake it. A lot of pomp and no circumstance in that room.

Turned out to be a …….right…..

They (Byrds) played a school assembly at my high school in ~1966 (Go Lions!), and they sucked BIG TIME. Out of tune and clunky...of course, they eventually got better...

I really enjoyed some oc his music over the years. Didnt think much of him otherwise. Seemed like a real bitter guy.

Gene Clark ?

The guy might have had one or two good points. But coming out the other side “whole?” Didn’t he end up buying a liver?

I saw CSNY in Phoenix in 1968-69. Santana opened for them. After Carlos did his thing we were all yawning in boredom. Now today O have great respect for the music and their genetics…but they were really trashy people.

I thought he died?

"We didn't know the guns were loaded" Tells the whole story. It took loaded guns to finally stop this madness. Warned you, you did not heed.

Alice Coopers’ snake is still here.

These interviews are so good - It's too bad Costas has become such a d-bag - He is now "woke" and those of us who happen to disagree with his political beliefs are the scourge of society - talk about being out of touch - I asked Bob how was it I , who picks up horse poop for a living , knew most baseball players were jacked on steroids but he didn't - He of course knew all about it - Now he is among the first to cancel them - He sure didn't mind cashing those checks - hilarious

Bubblegum for adults? WTF were they thinking? Cannot understand their POV..

2024 ...Alice Cooper still makes money with his snake.

Delusional David. Always thought he was all that. He was a good harmony singer who hooked his star to good musicians.

Cow

he's why i dont like hippies. good voice tho...just so self absorbed.

The lip sync days.

Bob Is a dork.

Crosby is an unnecessarily arrogant tool , would have been perfect on "the view"

BOB COSTAS IS A DISGRACE....

If David Crosby didn't make his peace with God then the demons truely did carry him away. There is still time for anyone reading this comment to find Jesus. There's nothing between God and Satan. It's one or the other.

Never a fan. Never will be.

Although David Crosby never made a big deal of it,he is descended from the Van Cortlandt family of New York fame ie.Van cortlandt park and Van Cortlandt manor in Croton on Hudson.Very wealthy land owners starting in the 1600's.You will find him under "D" in the family tree listed here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Van_Cortlandt_family In fact Davids middle name is Van Cortlandt

*I agree with Iggy Pop when he said that CSN being put together and foisted onto the 'flower-power' kids by a bunch of cynical, manipulative men in a committee*