Talk:David Crosby

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David Crosby's voice is nothing like John Fogerty's. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.68.237.161 (talk • contribs) .

There are numerous inaccuracies in this article. Two notable inaccuracies include the assertation that David Crosby introduced George Harrison to the sitar and that the stacked vocal techniques used by the Beatles for tracks such as Paperback Writer. Both these assertions are wrong. George Harrison discusses first-hand in the Beatles Anthology Documentaries that it was in fact Roger McGuinn who introduced Harrison to the sitar and Ravi Shankar. Similarly, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr talk first-hand how the vocal techniques employed in Paperback Writer (and during the Revolver era) was in direct response to the Beach Boys and Pet Sounds.

NPOV tag

I slapped it on there after reading this sentence:

Crosby is one of the few musicians who found fame in the 1960s who genuinely deserves more credit for his music than he has ever got; unfortunately, all too often, occasional moments that have made the news – basically related to drug abuse and drug related paranoia – have made people forget his excellent songwriting.

I think we need to be a bit more NPOV than that or reveal where this came from as a quote. I think the rest of the article is the same mold - a bit too worshipful for an encyclopedia entry. Some of the language may also be other-worldly. --Habap 20:56, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

if you notice a little passage that seems pov, rather than just slapping an npov tag at the top, how about just deleting said passage. you can't always rely on others to fix things you want fixed. Joeyramoney 17:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did make some changes, but the article was riddled with POV statements, some of which have some been changed. --Habap 19:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I tried cleaning this up, hopefully didn't delete anything someone really wanted to keep. I think most of the "worship" is gone. Thoughts on deleting the NPOV tag? Simon12 02:19, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV tag is gone, the article seems pretty neutral know, although it's poorly structured. Registered user 92

Crosby's drug habits

David Crosby makes no secret of the extent of his addictions. Read "Long Time Gone," his autobiography up until just before he needed a new liver. In an incident when Crosby was freebasing behind the wheel on a straightaway of Southern California freeway while steering with his knees, his car hit the center guardrail and flipped over. The police searched his car, and when they asked him why he had a handgun in the glove compartment, his two-word response was recently-assassinated "John Lennon." At the beginning of the book are hospital and psychiatric reports on Crosby and the third quarter of the book has particular detail of drugs, particularly making and smoking freebase cocaine.

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Isn't this sentence superfluous?

[Crosby] donated sperm to fellow musician Melissa Etheridge so that she and her lesbian partner at the time, Julie Cypher, could have two babies.

It seems that it would be better off in a trivia section. Which reminds me, I think the article should be divided into contents.

Expansion

I added the expansion page because Crosby is a very well known musician and I'm sure are plenty of sources to find out more about him. Also, this page just seems like a bunch random facts organized in chronological order, try and make more coherent, if you don't know what I mean, look at Gram Parsons page for example, that's a good article on a musician, use it as a guideline. Registered User 92

Taken care of, don't bother reading this. Registered user 92 (talk · contribs)

Removed Wikify tag

I cleaned up a bit and did a little rearranging. Please feel free to edit, redit and add to the article. Eggman64 07:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]