DAVID CROSBY
'Baby Man' or 'Might as Well Have a Good Time' (1980)
Melody**
Drive My Car [CSN box set]
Delta [Daylight Again]
Kids and Dogs* [Voyage box set]
Distances* [Oh Yes I Can]
Flying Man * [Oh Yes I Can]
Might as Well Have a Good Time (demo) [Daylight Again CD reissue]
Samurai [Voyage box set]
King of the Mountain (demo)* [Voyage box set]
Little Blind Fish* [CPR]
In 1980, David Crosby recorded his 2nd solo LP amidst battling an increasingly debilitating addiction to freebasing cocaine. Capitol Records rejected the LP for 'not being commercial enough'. Crosby tinkered with the album some and other recordings were attempted ("Jigsaw", "Little Blind Fish", "Never Go Back", "Baltimore", and "Tomorrow") and Neil Young even offered him "Little Wing" (from his own solo LP that would be released that year). "Drive My Car" and "Delta" were added on to Still and Nash's rejected LP subsequently released as the CSN album Daylight Again., The version of "Melody" that Stills and Nash overdubbed onto has never leaked and I hate the production on the version from Croz's Oh Yes I Can LP he would put out after being released from prison. The missing versions of "Distances", "Flying Man", "Kids and Dogs", and "King of the Mountain" I supplemented with the existing versions that were released. "Little Blind Fish" I actually took from the self-titled debut of Crosby's band with son James Raymond (CPR). It's a testament to the man's voice that I could include tracks from different decades and still make it a cohesive listen. Of course the 1980s production ruined "Melody" for me and I left it off my mix. Overall, the proposed LP wasn't lacking in anything (despite Crosby's state at the time). Oh well :) I think it all worked out in the end. He's putting out more records than ever!
