David Crosby and The Damage Done (or Not...)

Classic Rocker Mouths Off At Fan, Gets Dragged For His Trouble | Daily Wire(Click photo to enlarge)

 

David Crosby -- yet again -- finds himself in serious blowback over some ill considered remarks. (Thanks Richie C.!)

The short story is that a Croz fan (DJBSackett @DjbSackett· Jul 16 | Twitter) sent David Crosby a portrait and The Croz response was "Don't quit your day job."

 

DJBSackett @DjbSackett· Jul 16 | Twitter

Hi @thedavidcrosby hope you are keeping well. Did a picture of you…. Thanks for the music

 

The fallout has not been kind to David Crosby.

So, the following is an attempt not to re-hash ad infinitum the never ending controversies of CSN & Neil Young , but to simply share something that we were unaware of completely.

Check this clip from 1967 Monterey Pop Festival of The Byrds.

 

 

The Byrds - "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Live at 1967 Monterey Pop Festival)

In the above clip, David Crosby makes a very brief statement about the John F. Kennedy assassination and then plays the Byrds song "He Was a Friend of Mine".

David Crosby: “They’re shooting this for television. 

I’m sure they’re going to edit this out. I want to say it anyway, even though they will edit it out. When President Kennedy was killed, he was not killed by one man. He was shot from a number of different directions, by different guns. 

The story has been suppressed, witnesses have been killed, and this is your country, ladies and gentlemen.”

"He Was A Friend Of Mine"

He was a friend of mine, he was a friend of mine
His killing had no purpose, no reason or rhyme
He was a friend of mine

He was in Dallas town, he was in Dallas town
From a sixth floor window a gunner shot him down
He was in Dallas town

He never knew my name, he never knew my name
Though I never met him I knew him just the same
Oh he was a friend of mine

Leader of a nation for such a precious time
He was a friend of mine

David Crosby: “Thank you. As I say, they will censor it I’m sure. They can’t afford to have things like that on the air. It’d blow their image.”

Due to Crosby’s controversial statement about the JFK assassination,  the Byrds'  Monterey performance was cut from television and film coverage of the festival.  It was this incident and similar circumstances which led to Crosby leaving the Byrds and eventually forming CSN.

But... history has proven that Crosby was right back in 1967 about the JFK assassination, as we know now.

It was -- as Bob Dylan put it recently -- a "Murder Most Foul".

Jackie Reaching for JFK's Brains
"If Lee Harvey Oswald's shots came from the behind (above left), why are JFK's brains on the rear trunk? (front, right)"

 

ANALYSIS: Bob Dylan's "Murder Most Foul" | Why Bob Dylan's "Murder Most Foul" Is 17 Minutes of The TRUTH

 

Even Though The Music Died 50+ Years Ago, It Still Matters More Than Ever

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Neil Young Timeline Concert of the Week: United Palace - New York City, New York, Dec 16, 2007 | NYA

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Neil Young's 2007 Chrome Dreams Continental Tour

(image via Sugar Mountain + Setlist)

We interrupt  our  "unplanned/forced sabbatical" here at Thrasher's Wheat, with  an update on a new concert stream of Neil Young.

Another full concert has been uploaded to the Concert Performance Timeline on Neil Young Archives @ United Palace - New York City, New York, Dec 16, 2007. 

 "Timeline Concert of the Week" | NYA

(See Neil Young Archives: Complete Listing of "Timeline Concerts of the Week" + UPDATE: NYA Subscriber News)

 

Note only the 1st set from the 2007 Chrome Dreams Continental Tour has been made available this far.  Per John O via NYA | T-C: "Stay tuned for the electric set coming soon to a moment near you!"

Neil Young - December 13, 2007(See  New York City Concert Reviews: 12/12, 13, 15, 16, 18, & 19/07)

From Media Matters by Eric Alterman:

In many ways, I gotta say, except for the drunks, it was a near-perfect concert.

Just a handful of musicians have a catalogue as strong as Neil's and fewer still play with power and intensity he does once the band gets going. The newer stuff lends itself to long, measured riffing, and the older stuff -- the highlight being a bulldozer version of "Like a Hurricane" as the final encore -- can reach a kind of transcendence that can make you forget who and where you are without any drugs or sex involved.

In case it's been a while since you've reminded yourself why so many people think of Neil as a national treasure, well, the answer, my friend, is playing at the United Palace Church in Washington Heights.

12/13/07

The Concert Review of the Moment is from New York City Concert Reviews: 12/12, 13, 15, 16, 18, & 19/07 by Anonymous:

After last night's (Tues) concert my first reaction is how fortunate we are to have Neil Young. He is truly in a class by himself. Like all the shows I've seen going back to the 80s he was exceptional and I walked out completely blown away. For starters, the acoustics were superb and the hall magnificently ornate and it seemed like there was scarcely a bad seat in the house. Credit goes to Neil for handpicking this hall and his enthusiasm for it was apparent when he commented on its beauty on a few occasions. The intimacy of the show enhanced the experience ten fold. I'd pay $200 any day to see him in a small setting and hopefully he'll consider doing another tour in small theatres in the near future.

I was struck by how authentic his old songs sounded in every aspect from the sounds made by the instrument(s), to his guitar riffs to his voice - it all seemed so reminiscent of its time. If you closed your eyes during Ambulance Blues it could have been 1974 as easily as it was 2007 ... there are many musicians for example Dylan (and this is not a knock on Dylan because I love Dylan) who have classic studio versions of songs but the live version falls short and is not similar at all to the classic.

 continued @ Concert Review of the Moment: New York City 12/18/07.

For more, see New York City Concert Reviews: 12/12, 13, 15, 16, 18, & 19/07.

BTW, here is episode #7 of Thrasher's Wheat Radio 2.0 Vodcast/Podcast, hosted by our good friends  WBKM.org  in Burlington, Vermont. This episode features our very first special guest Rustie extraordinaire Lone Red Rider who discusses the new Concert Performance of the Week series.

  

Thrasher's Wheat Radio 2.0 Vodcast/Podcast - Episode #7 | Hosted by WBKM.org

 

 w/ Special Guest Rustie Lone Red Rider

(See Thrasher's Wheat Radio 2.0 Vodcast - Episode #7 | Neil Young Concert Performance of the Week | Hosted by WBKM.org )

Also, see Neil Young Archives: Complete Listing of "Timeline Concerts of the Week" + UPDATE: NYA Subscriber News. 

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