David Crosby Talks About His Impressive Acoustic Guitar Collection…and the One That Got Away

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[Ed. note: David Crosby passed away January 19, 2023, at age 81. This interview took place at his home in 2016.]
Watch above as the founding member of the Byrds, CSN, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young offers his opinion on which company makes the best acoustic guitars; the first (good) guitar he ever purchased; the “Crosby” tuning (EBDGAD); and his wistful remembrance of the guitar that got away-a 1939 Herringbone he traded for “substances” during his years in the grips of a $1,000-a-day cocaine and heroin addiction.
“It’s not a pleasant memory,” Crosby says, in a near whisper. “It’s just one of those things I gotta live with. I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. But there it is-I did it. That’s how it was.”
Crosby’s passion for acoustic guitars is deeply felt in this short video, in which he also talks about his first job as a busboy at a coffeehouse in his hometown of Santa Barbara, where he worked for free just for the opportunity to sing harmonies with the paid folksinger.
“The only reason I got through high school was the choir,” he says. “Every once in a while we’d get all in tune, and the whole rest of the room would lift up and get magical for a minute. I love that shit! It feels real good.
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  • @AcousticGuitarMag
    @AcousticGuitarMag Жыл бұрын

    We are sorry to say that David Crosby has passed away at the age of 81. Rest In Peace.

  • @tuckerlivingston

    @tuckerlivingston

    Жыл бұрын

    The first CSN songs I ever heard was Deja Vu, followed by Guinnevere. Those songs guided my way for the rest of my life in my songwriting and playing the guitar. What will this world be after the greats are gone? My heart aches

  • @SouthernArtist77

    @SouthernArtist77

    Жыл бұрын

    😢

  • @warrenjones9665

    @warrenjones9665

    Жыл бұрын

    Rip 🪦 Gone but not forgotten ♥️ Love from Sweden 🇸🇪

  • @lazurm

    @lazurm

    Жыл бұрын

    He really didn't pass. There's many out there inside of which he still lives, in music, in memory, in conversations past, in words, ideas, harmonies and more. Some may say he's more alive, still, than most of us.

  • @dallasberggren1785

    @dallasberggren1785

    Жыл бұрын

    You know I've been trying to think of a comment all day.... Truth is if anybody listens real close there isn't one to make..m he was that good... Just listen to that little piece have to harmonize and you tell me when acoustic guitar player on the planet that could touch him... That guy was something special😢 and to say the least that's not saying much❤

  • @oldcougar65
    @oldcougar656 жыл бұрын

    I went into a guitar shop to repair my old 12 string. The owner told me a guy was going to Viet Nam and needed to get rid of his Martin D12-28. The owner asked if I wanted to buy it. I laughed and said I couldn't come close to affording it. He told me to strum it once or twice and I was beyond hooked. It cost me two weeks wages and my old guitar. The year was 1969 and I still play it almost every day.

  • @JPVanderbuilt

    @JPVanderbuilt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great story, thanks.

  • @frankcarrio

    @frankcarrio

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if the guy going to Vietnam made it out alive. I know that 1969 was a really bad year in Vietnam. How do I know? I was there!

  • @jbatlanta

    @jbatlanta

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, he did........and he wants his guitar back!

  • @lemanwilson1281

    @lemanwilson1281

    4 жыл бұрын

    I HAVE HEARD STORIES LIKE YOURS AND LOVE THEM ALL, AND AFTER 60 YEARS OF WISHING AND WANTING MY FAMILY GOT TOGETHER AND GAVE ME AN ANTIQUE HD-28 MARTIN FOR MY 81st BIRTHDAY AND WHAT A BLESSING THAT WAS NOW I WILL DIE HAPPY.

  • @piotrtrypus

    @piotrtrypus

    4 жыл бұрын

    wow, that's a cool story, thank you!

  • @alanmerrill7673
    @alanmerrill76735 жыл бұрын

    In 1966 at age 15 I went to every show the Byrds played at the Village Gate for the entire run of their shows, more than a week. I watched Crosby drop his low E to D for the song "Why" and that started my adventures in alternate tuning. I also watched his (new to me) chord inversions in traditional tuning which were different than anybody else I had seen play in the rock music world, especially on "8 Miles High" when Jim McGuinn was soloing Crosby was playing a flurry of sympathetic chords that kept moving. It was stunning. Because I'm a jazz brat (my mom is jazz singer Helen Merrill) the club's owner Art D'Lugoff let me see every show for free, I snuck in the side door and he'd wink at me and nod "go on in kid" and I'd find a seat with a good view of the stage and the chord shapes for my "Byrds guitar lessons." I ran into Crosby in Washington Square park after I played an afternoon set at the Cafe Wha? with my young band in 1966 the same time they were playing the Village gate and walked him all the way to the Tin Angel coffee shop asking him questions and talking a mile a minute. I was a devoted pilot fish. With good reason, history shows. Crosby is a national treasure.

  • @Carnidoc

    @Carnidoc

    Жыл бұрын

    What a cool story. Thanks for sharing. That must have been a fascinating time for you to experience.

  • @texasflood3165

    @texasflood3165

    Жыл бұрын

    Magic life you’ve led…👍

  • @vicmorrison8128

    @vicmorrison8128

    Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes, things fall right into line just for a second. Hopefully you run with it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @garysimon2966

    @garysimon2966

    10 ай бұрын

    Update: Alan Merrill passed away in 2020 from complications due to COVID-19.

  • @jbelahslotchannel4224
    @jbelahslotchannel42244 жыл бұрын

    I love the Martin Guitars. I still have My D-28 I bought new in 1955..

  • @radioactivification

    @radioactivification

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just bought my first one. I cannot seem to put it down. What a cannon

  • @jantzen.

    @jantzen.

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you ever think about selling i am interested! Jantzen1995@gmail.com

  • @jimbigboystoys4077

    @jimbigboystoys4077

    4 жыл бұрын

    JB Elah Slot Channel I would absolutely LOVE to buy one! But unless I’m making a good living as a full-time working musician…I just can’t justify spending THAT kind of money on an acoustic! (((6-$7,000)))....THAT’S CRAZY!!

  • @sylvandelacruz

    @sylvandelacruz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, man, what artists were you into at that time, and what style were you playing, folk maybe, rock n roll? I just bought my first Martin acoustic this week. The tradition continues.

  • @kamspork8408

    @kamspork8408

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just bought my first Martin 3 weeks ago 2001, D-35, a dream come true

  • @milesfielding6584
    @milesfielding65843 жыл бұрын

    I have always loved David Crosby . Deja Vu must be one of the greatest albums ever produced and I have been lucky enough to see CSN in Edinburgh and Glasgow when they were in Scotland. The thing I like most about him is that he is still an Old Hippie and has not become a materialistic fashion icon like so many other rockers have.........

  • @jackpeters9349

    @jackpeters9349

    2 жыл бұрын

    CSN put a good feeling on those magic days

  • @bige6247

    @bige6247

    Жыл бұрын

    Who inherits the Rolex?

  • @RogerMelodicMusic

    @RogerMelodicMusic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bige6247 You do because you have been randomly chosen from many people around the world, so consider yourself extremely lucky to be having this in your possession very soon 👍😀👍

  • @perrysar5954
    @perrysar59544 жыл бұрын

    He almost broke down,I felt his pain regarding that one special guitar that he traded for a bag of blow....been their done that

  • @stevescontriano860

    @stevescontriano860

    3 жыл бұрын

    I really hope you’re stil in AA dude. Don’t quit. Miracle Happens. Do you know what I’m sayin. Your reading, writing, thinking !!!! You could be drinking, snorting, smoking Wow !!!! ILMFAO

  • @coopermotley2263

    @coopermotley2263

    3 жыл бұрын

    it was heroine

  • @perrysar5954

    @perrysar5954

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@coopermotley2263 You mean Heroin the drug,Heroine is a woman with courage and is idolized

  • @coopermotley2263

    @coopermotley2263

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perry Sar you know what I meant

  • @mrtambourineman6107

    @mrtambourineman6107

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many of us have been under the spell of 'lady H' - few are here to tell the tail. Remember that.

  • @MrGuitar1458
    @MrGuitar14585 жыл бұрын

    This is a wonderful video. A tremendous musician who is still writing and performing fabulous music. Thank you David.

  • @anthonyreo5075
    @anthonyreo50754 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Crosby, I have long felt I could relate to you in many ways. I sold my favorite custom classic motorcycle for about 12 hours worth of "substance". That was 1985 and it still haunts me! Thirteen years free and sober!

  • @lastnamefirst4035

    @lastnamefirst4035

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im sorry it still haunts you and it is hard to recall those things we sold and will never recover. I was just laying awake thinking of all I lost. Sobriety isnt always easy but it beats the alternative. Im glad I found your comment bc for past few days Ive been kicking myself for what I sold. I find it embarrassing and hard to talk about. I hate getting hung up on remembering what I cant change. I forget that Im not the only one who did bad things when I was using. Ive not been to a meeting in awhile and Im suffering bc of that-not thinking of getting high but just thinking too much. Thanks again for your post. Bc of it Iam meeting bound and I wish you good luck

  • @lastnamefirst4035

    @lastnamefirst4035

    4 жыл бұрын

    13 years! Congratulations

  • @P3t_s0unds

    @P3t_s0unds

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sammy Scotch i lost an sg to a weeks worth of pot. :(

  • @RasMajnouni

    @RasMajnouni

    4 жыл бұрын

    May PLEASE G-d Bless you for only goodness! (From a fellow human in Israel).At age 67 had done my share of "substance" but it was mostly looking for a spiritual path, Thank G-d,He saved me so many times and yet so many great people suffered and suffer with alcohol,drugs.

  • @eddyevequoz990

    @eddyevequoz990

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lastnamefirst4035 9iiiinmm Mk8u

  • @catmom1322
    @catmom13222 жыл бұрын

    Through all the years, I've noticed David has had that twinkle in his eyes & he still has it at his age now. There's a sweetness about him I cannot explain, despite his history. God love him.

  • @amychampagne4161

    @amychampagne4161

    Жыл бұрын

    He really is very sweet and that twinkle is really there. He’s from another world - so grateful he has spent his time in this world with us.

  • @julio.eduardocenteno1471

    @julio.eduardocenteno1471

    Жыл бұрын

    Be sure that God loves him. Stay well.

  • @MrJab-hv1wt
    @MrJab-hv1wt3 жыл бұрын

    Mister Crosby, you were my very first inspiration for beginning acoustic guitar so many years ago!!! You’re still beside me today, each time I catch my guitar!!! Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @smoovegittar
    @smoovegittar7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome interview! Thanks, Dave - and thanks AGM for sharing.

  • @julieashton1173
    @julieashton11735 жыл бұрын

    David has the most beautiful voice. His songs are so touching.

  • @alexstewart839
    @alexstewart8396 жыл бұрын

    This ghost of an 18th century sailor has some gorgeous sounding guitars. Props to the sound crew and the guitars.

  • @scottmatheson2390
    @scottmatheson23907 жыл бұрын

    We've all heard the lurid stories about David,his liver transplants and gun incidents and drug abuse and on and on but at the end of the day I couldn't give a rats ass about all that.The man blessed the world with some truely wonderous music and left a mark that will reverberate through out the music world for decades to come. His solo album "If I Could Only Remember My Name" is one of my favorite recordings of all time. I salute you David. I can't begin to imagine CSN&Y without your hauntingly beautiful and subtle harmonies filling out the mix with such unassailable perfection.

  • @allanm2064

    @allanm2064

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jesus ya pallor almost gave me a turkey sandwich

  • @stevescontriano860

    @stevescontriano860

    4 жыл бұрын

    I used to be a hopeless doper. Now I’m a DOPELESS HOPER !!

  • @peternewman1609

    @peternewman1609

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scott Matheson I couldn't agree more about If Only I Could Remember My Names. It is SO under appreciated. There is true, indescribable magic in that album.

  • @HungryH1951
    @HungryH19517 жыл бұрын

    Nice Mr. Crosby. I really appreciate demonstrating and talking about your Martin guitars. I have a Martin D-1. It only cost me $800 in 1997 but I remember how good it sounded compared to other guitars at the store. I put the Takamine away and walked out with that Martin. I never regretted my choice. That guitar has brought me so much joy and it sounds better now than when I bought it.

  • @bernsteinjade
    @bernsteinjade6 жыл бұрын

    I've known David Crosby for more than 20 years. I consider both he and his gentle wife to be my friends. My experience is that he is a passionate person with strong opinions which he expresses freely.David's contribution to music and to the lives of millions of people around the world is his legacy. He is not a perfect person; no one is. But I am a better person for having met him. As for Martin guitars, I bought my first acoustic in 1971 when I went off to college. I had to really stretch to be able to afford it. The music store salesman tried to talk me out of buying it, but after playing it, nothing even came close to the rich sound. It was love! Today, the Martin line has a wider price range of models. Some are great, others are o.k. As with everything in life, you get what you are willing to pay for.

  • @artbrookey3341

    @artbrookey3341

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, I guess that is one opinion

  • @da324

    @da324

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artbrookey3341 Yep, and it's just as valid as any others.

  • @zeeknollie
    @zeeknollie7 жыл бұрын

    I'm 58 years old now, been playing on and off since I was 12. Just a couple years ago I've been able to afford a Martin ( got an HD 28) and now I play everyday and its a joy and inspiration to play. Can't put it down. He's right its magical.

  • @mimilepsge6785
    @mimilepsge6785 Жыл бұрын

    Still can't believe it that he is not here with us. He was pure magic.. an icon..a gift to the world.. So much light around him.. such a loss

  • @gitanoespana7694
    @gitanoespana76945 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for the video and the wonderful music.

  • @robertbohnaker9898
    @robertbohnaker98984 жыл бұрын

    David I still think Lady Friend is the most complete musical ideation I’ve ever heard. Thank for so many beautiful songs and your incomparable voice. 🙏😃✌️👌

  • @patrickbryant5224
    @patrickbryant52243 жыл бұрын

    Acoustic guitars have an amazing ability to send a chill through the player, one that makes the hairs on the back of the neck stand up.

  • @markdrouin8094
    @markdrouin80945 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the beautiful music David , hope you keep singing and writing for another 30 yrs

  • @flpirate45
    @flpirate455 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for showing this wonderful video.

  • @damon6852
    @damon68525 жыл бұрын

    Love David Crosby..wishing him continued good health and happiness!

  • @AcousticGuitarMag
    @AcousticGuitarMag2 жыл бұрын

    If you like this video, we've got plenty more on acousticguitar.com and if you'd like to support us, check out our Patreon page, www.patreon.com/acousticguitarplus.

  • @tomgreeves9248
    @tomgreeves92486 жыл бұрын

    This is so terrific. I love the way that great musicians never lose that childlike wonder for music and their nerdy enthusiasm for guitar gear. Hot damn those Martins sound good....

  • @archiet2205
    @archiet2205 Жыл бұрын

    RIP Croz. A truly gifted, beautiful, musical and artistic soul who brought a lot of good into the world. 🙏

  • @timorean320

    @timorean320

    Жыл бұрын

    At the end, none of that matters, the only thing that does is, what's next?, if anything.

  • @waynebibey9727

    @waynebibey9727

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@timorean320 ALL of it matters.

  • @vicmorrison8128

    @vicmorrison8128

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@timorean320go make it happen

  • @FriendM2010
    @FriendM20105 жыл бұрын

    Love the reflective and honesty in this piece... Graduated HS in 1976 and Four Way Street was on my turntable often! Also, bought a new vacuum sealed in the case Martin HD 28 and it goes when I go 👍👍👍

  • @marlonbrando9522
    @marlonbrando95225 жыл бұрын

    Legendary artist that I grew up with. I’m 63 now, and still like listening to that great sound CSN and sometimes Young gave us.

  • @seekah1
    @seekah15 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to him talk and play all day, thankyou for this.

  • @wozzawarren
    @wozzawarren7 жыл бұрын

    really enjoyed this. Love to hear the stories of the great artists guitars

  • @elizabethclementson3323
    @elizabethclementson3323 Жыл бұрын

    I have loved this man for his music since I was 17 years old…. And still love him today! I fell in love with CSNY, and then CSN as soon as I heard their music… and towards the end of Cros’s life his new stuff! I was and in awe of his talent and love for music. People, forget the past! Live for now! Life is so short. Love and miss you Cros!! ❤️

  • @RonWylie-gk5lc
    @RonWylie-gk5lc6 жыл бұрын

    Im, not a guitar player but this was just incredible, it make you feel like he is talking TO you and it is filled with real love of the instrument. just wondeful

  • @braddietzmusic2429
    @braddietzmusic24297 жыл бұрын

    A great feature of someone of increasing years that still takes the art, progress and love of guitar, songwriting, singing, playing, seriously. Much respect.

  • @sharonsmith345

    @sharonsmith345

    6 жыл бұрын

    I loved his music then and now.Great musician

  • @radams871
    @radams8717 жыл бұрын

    thanks for posting, great stuff

  • @MichaelPNaughton
    @MichaelPNaughton5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent interview.

  • @balerjohnson3099
    @balerjohnson30996 жыл бұрын

    Got my first Martin 2 years ago in Nov. Its not the most expensive one..no electronics but I wanted it the way it was . Its a Martin man ...great day in my life.

  • @robertclymer6948

    @robertclymer6948

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is so crazy how the price of Martin's have gone up. D-28 15 yrs ago was under $2,000. I have owned cheaper Martins but wanted a D-18 D35 and D45. Hope I hit the lotto. lol

  • @ytb917
    @ytb9172 жыл бұрын

    the three voices of crosby, stills and nash together produce a magical sound.

  • @michael_caz_nyc

    @michael_caz_nyc

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree 100% (arguably) The greatest vocal harmonies ever recorded?

  • @leighcochran7303

    @leighcochran7303

    3 ай бұрын

    Like no others!

  • @tm502010
    @tm502010 Жыл бұрын

    This is a delight to watch. The love and talent!

  • @mikes9759
    @mikes9759 Жыл бұрын

    OMG! What a loss! RIP David, you gave me a lot of good memories and sounds I will carry for ever!! So lucky to have seen you play! No one will ever replace that!

  • @GoodxJ
    @GoodxJ2 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with the best songs coming from being happy. That inspiring feeling of being in pure bliss is when songs just write themselves! You channel through the magic so easily in those moments! 🧘🏻‍♂

  • @AleStolt
    @AleStolt7 жыл бұрын

    That Guinnevere thing is really something and leads to a new world of harmony....

  • @DasVolksbad
    @DasVolksbad Жыл бұрын

    Danke, Christian Friedrich Martin! Thank you for the music, Croz!

  • @Ferda1964
    @Ferda19643 жыл бұрын

    I never spent that much time listening to CSN and now I have so much appreciation for the very melodic harmonies and wonderful poetry .That's the wonderful part about modern technology where we can travel in time and it is possible to look out the window, see the trees and listen to anything one desires just like if it was the good old days again .

  • @deebatis3335
    @deebatis33355 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to David all day long. In fact, l have, many times! CSN, my favirite group of all time, with David being my favorite. Since the beginning, when they & l, were just kids. 🎼🎸🎙🎶

  • @leonevigil4621

    @leonevigil4621

    5 жыл бұрын

    What a great talent, so creative, and gifted. CSNY are my favorite musicians who have made my life and love of music eternal. I can take their music with me wherever I am. They are magical.

  • @sirpancho
    @sirpancho6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that amazing guitar lesson David! Finally I could improve my Guinevere version. So generous! good man!

  • @alexramsey4618
    @alexramsey46186 жыл бұрын

    Hey man god bless...grown up with yours and your friends SNY music. Thank you!

  • @bobkaufman9263
    @bobkaufman92636 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful picking. Beautiful guitars. Great musician and an amazing voice. CSNY and Crosby & Nash - maybe one day you’ll find peace.

  • @souloftheage
    @souloftheage4 жыл бұрын

    Crosby is correct about time passing by playing an instrument one loves. Sometimes when my legs hurt at night I'll wake up and play one of my guitars "for a few minutes". I then look up and usually see 3 or 4 hours have gone by!. The sound of a good guitar is just so beautiful to behold. I don't understand how people cannot be moved by the sound of a guitar. And now I play a 12 string too. The 12 is like having an orchestra in one's lap. My jumbo Tak 12 SINGS!.

  • @kennikuhlmann-clark9860

    @kennikuhlmann-clark9860

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, and this is one reason why, when I instruct any person learning, I pose a 'deal' to make with themselves: Just pick up, or sit at the instrument, for a 'few minutes'; don't think that you have to only play if you have a large block of time. It's a way of 'fooling yourself' into -- not only playing for more than a few minutes -- but also to play more frequently (which is at least just as important). Too many people get turned-off, psychologically, thinking about having to rigidly set pracice sessions (which, although of course, are also extremely useful if/when a person can and wants to do so -- you DO get 'on a roll' after 'warming up', and enter a 'sweet spot', until a point of diminishing returns arises (practicing 'too long').

  • @absolving

    @absolving

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've been wanting to get a 12 but always thought they were kind of restrictive - especially since I mainly fingerpick and it would be harder to learn that on a 12.

  • @dangunn6961
    @dangunn69614 жыл бұрын

    Ya gotta love music. I sing all day long. My guitars call me. I feel lucky to be part of a generation with such great music.

  • @bigchestflex
    @bigchestflex5 жыл бұрын

    man, that intro made me feel really good! I'm broke now, you know. So thank you :)

  • @tomblaze2
    @tomblaze24 жыл бұрын

    Great Interview

  • @Freedom89984
    @Freedom899845 жыл бұрын

    Looks like this man has come clean with himself. Whatever he did in life, if he plays and sings the magic happens. The ebdgad tuning is the creative and beautiful mysterious sound that I love so much. The GPR cd never leaves my carplayer.

  • @glennjustice2760
    @glennjustice27603 жыл бұрын

    Mr Crosby. Thanks. I too traded a fine Martin for similar but different reasons. I have regretted it all my life. I think only a musician could really understand that. Thanks for the music.

  • @MarcGoudreau
    @MarcGoudreau7 жыл бұрын

    What a treat it was to find this clip of David reminiscing about his collection of Martins. Owning a D-45 became a high order item on my bucket list as my teacher career wound down, my sense of appreciation for life deepened and the reality of sharing my twilight years along the Restigouche River with my two Siberian Huskies in an old, weather worn school house became a reality. Although my dogs are the only animals patient enough to tolerate my atrocious level of play for any amount of time, my D-45 (I also own a Takemine EF360, Taylor GA4-12, a mandolin and an alto sax) is the only instrumen I can play that even makes my limited level of play sound forgivable. Without a doubt, Martin is a maker of legendary instruments and owning one has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life, just a little south of my love of Huskies.

  • @bobclapper2672
    @bobclapper26725 жыл бұрын

    That was Great , thanks !

  • @timhanson8556
    @timhanson85564 жыл бұрын

    Just an absolutely wonderful artist, you can’t do much better than follow in Croz’s tracks till you’re ready to go it alone.. 🎶

  • @william5159
    @william51593 жыл бұрын

    I have lived as an artist for all of my life, by that I mean the arts have always been my driving inspiration and, as well, profession and the idea that suffering is key to creating great art is bullshit. Thanks, David, for making that point. Respect and support the arts and the people who follow that path!!!!

  • @clementdistanos1526
    @clementdistanos15264 жыл бұрын

    I love David Crosby and If I could Only Remember my name is still in my top five LP's. The first time I heard a Martin Guitar (D28, I guess), it was in 1970 in Holland, I was 19 years old, and I used to play guitar, a Yamaha FG (??). I bought the guitar I Dreamed of, 45 years later, A Martin HD28 !!! I'm 69 and I play every day, the pleasure is renewed every day. All the best from France.

  • @mountainjamorchestra6424
    @mountainjamorchestra64244 жыл бұрын

    Great interview and I too love my Martin.

  • @thomaspick4123
    @thomaspick41236 жыл бұрын

    David repented for his past. This was a nice interview, speaking affectionately about one of his passions. He did write some interesting stuff. Thanks about the tuning in this video. I wish he spoke more about the intervals he uses in harmony singing. Over the years, that is what stands out for me. David’s great harmony and unusual sound. It is not an easy thing to do. Best wishes to David and his family.

  • @MrMattsac232
    @MrMattsac232 Жыл бұрын

    RIP. He’s right about Martin. For a product made at scale it’s stunning. Just great guitars.

  • @janefriel6895
    @janefriel68952 жыл бұрын

    So happy to know Crosby is a happy man.For the joy he brings, its only fair.☘

  • @stephenstills2110

    @stephenstills2110

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Jane How're you doing Thanks for being a fan It's nice meeting you here

  • @drewdemien481
    @drewdemien4812 жыл бұрын

    That was pretty cool. Thanks

  • @tacolove892
    @tacolove8924 жыл бұрын

    Someone decided to leave early and handed me their front seat tickets at Saratoga Springs ....perhaps 1987 summer time. We ran down to front stage and you lit a big smile at me and my girl ....love you Dave. You've seen millions but that meant a million to me. Thank you and the band for the music you gave to us. Oh...and the weirdo who gave us the tickets.

  • @RobTackettCovers
    @RobTackettCovers7 жыл бұрын

    3:30 : I remember those high school choir days, and it didn't happen all the time, but when it did, when Mr. Day or (at that time) Ms Ship could get all of us focused and engaged with each other, it would be dead silent in the room after the song ended, usually an a cappella number. It was where we all came together and had a common place; football players, cheer leaders, instrumental band people, people who excelled in academics, as well as those barely making it, even those that I heard went to prison later on in life, as well as those who became lawyers, race disappeared, we were all in there lifting our voices with each other, and sometimes scaring each other with the awesomeness of the outcome.

  • @alexpeattie2042
    @alexpeattie2042 Жыл бұрын

    First thing I watched when I heard he passed... Then all his music. What a wonderful musician

  • @jltrem
    @jltrem Жыл бұрын

    Loved listening to Croz play and sing, but also loved to listen to him talk.

  • @enchilada5006
    @enchilada50065 жыл бұрын

    I saw a disheveled David Crosby at a taco shop in Santa Cruz. It was very busy, lunch crowd rush. Crosby walked up to front of a very long line and ordered his food. A few people made comments, but he paid no attention. Crosby grabbed his food and began his exit. A father with his five year old daughter were directly behind me just as Crosby was passing, when I heard the little girl in a loud voice said, " Daddy that man is homeless that is why he was at the front of the line!" Crosby stopped for a second started to turn to the little girl, but a chorus of chuckles and smirks turned him back. Out of the mouths of babes

  • @funktionwebweb6735

    @funktionwebweb6735

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had the same experience, only it was Tom Waits at a KFC in New Orleans.

  • @arlenmargolin1650

    @arlenmargolin1650

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@funktionwebweb6735 The name Tom waits is really not very fitting then is it?

  • @funktionwebweb6735

    @funktionwebweb6735

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arlenmargolin1650 Tom Waits for no man.

  • @salmonesque

    @salmonesque

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arlenmargolin1650 His middle name's Never.

  • @Bungaroosh
    @Bungaroosh3 жыл бұрын

    I loved that old band, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Gifted, and Black.

  • @rogerblankenship3235

    @rogerblankenship3235

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @roderickshelton9176

    @roderickshelton9176

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @astrafalustre8259
    @astrafalustre82596 жыл бұрын

    Amazing magical guitar sounds ! Love you David.

  • @igorvkuznetsov3518
    @igorvkuznetsov35183 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH - very nice interview !!! Fairfield Connecticut O6825 USA 🇺🇸 😎✌️🍾🥂🎹🎸🎵🌹🔥🌋💨🇺🇸 I HAVÉ ARTISANO VALENCIA 1989 Requinto SPAIN 🇪🇸 - BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT 🎷 !!!

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik97 жыл бұрын

    Guinnevere is one of the most beautiful songs of all time.

  • @TheDeastman13

    @TheDeastman13

    5 жыл бұрын

    assuming you know the story(and i'd bet money you DO!), i've always felt the best art comes out of the deepest pain/s...art usually begins as therapy...no matter the medium/style...commercial art, while still being art(potentially), is an exception...there, the PAYoff is the therapy... ; - )

  • @rtbarnes4893

    @rtbarnes4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, yes...

  • @Scotlanz
    @Scotlanz5 жыл бұрын

    hahaha I can't believe that this video ended with an ad for Kontakt's Strummed Acoustic VST. I own the VST but I also own a Taylor 614ce, a Martin 12 string, an Ovation, various Yamahas and I recently picked up a K Yairi GF-1 in a Pawnshop, and it glued itself to my hands. I've a large collection, all lefties, but I always tell myself, I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I don't stuff money up my nose. So I figure I'm worth it!

  • @MeAndTheBoys_
    @MeAndTheBoys_5 жыл бұрын

    David Crosby just oozes out knowledge about all things related to music,guitars....and life. I could sit with this guy for weeks. Truly developed character.

  • @skidder652003
    @skidder6520036 жыл бұрын

    Thank You David, now having lots of fun with that CROZ tuning

  • @renewmasonry8176
    @renewmasonry81767 жыл бұрын

    I have a made in Japan Takamine that is 35 years old...awesome sound...nothing I have picked up sounds this nice, full, crisp, with a lot of volume

  • @sylvandelacruz
    @sylvandelacruz4 жыл бұрын

    What he said in the opening, you get good by playing for hours and hours, and guitars making magic, so true! And like wow, I just bought a Martin acoustic, and he's right, Martin is literally one of the very best companies of any kind in the USA in history.

  • @edhurt8133

    @edhurt8133

    3 жыл бұрын

    The best two usa company's that make instruments martin guitars and deering banjos

  • @pedenmk
    @pedenmk Жыл бұрын

    I love my j160e Gibson acoustic. Someday I'll get a Martin if and when I can afford it. Great video of a fantastic musician.

  • @edlester7416
    @edlester74164 жыл бұрын

    Great advice! I went out and bought a brand new D41 and it’s fantastic!

  • @kofiofosu9051
    @kofiofosu90513 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable sounds he created with that instrument

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston73616 жыл бұрын

    While many of our folk and rock heroes are not as we imagine them to be, you have to give guys like David props for his body of work. Based on how often I found the reality so much different from the presentation, I imagine that it must be very difficult to have that level of success and not be, on occasion, full of yourself.

  • @markbrown7103
    @markbrown7103 Жыл бұрын

    David Crosby may you rest in peace🥲🥲 we will all miss you, but your music will always live on🥲🥲🎸☮️

  • @gillesgenete9598
    @gillesgenete95986 жыл бұрын

    "Guinevere, .... Had green eyes, ... Like yours, Milady, like yours ... " magical acoustic play. Still in my mind, after 40years hearing. 😀

  • @mauricepowers8079

    @mauricepowers8079

    5 жыл бұрын

    That truly is one song that sticks in your brain...your heart...your soul. Traction in the rain and Lee Shore also.

  • @greglarry11
    @greglarry117 жыл бұрын

    Would have like to see more shots of the guitars. Particularly the 12-string.

  • @mariemarie2997
    @mariemarie29977 жыл бұрын

    this is a beautiful video ...

  • @Iris-np2zp
    @Iris-np2zp Жыл бұрын

    💔💔💔 RIP. Heartbroken, but forever inspired.

  • @diegomontoya8889
    @diegomontoya88894 жыл бұрын

    I bought my second guitar on my 28th birthday (a Martin MMV), because I was in a CS&N Phase... Haven't left that phase yet, as I approach my 38th birthday. :)

  • @adrianseifi3285
    @adrianseifi32857 жыл бұрын

    Great interview but how about filming the guitars he is showing?

  • @vincentm3890
    @vincentm38905 жыл бұрын

    David Crosby has traveled a most intresting road. From those wonderful records with The Byrds to hanging out behind the curtins at a 1966 Beatles press confrence and saying crazy things things about the Kennedy assassination at Montery to playing with Still, Nash and Young. Its nice to see his love for his guitars. Im a bassist and love my fretless jazz bass too. Its nice to know he is still on his musical journey and still actively composes. He is an American hero.

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole797 жыл бұрын

    The 2012 Martin D-18's are built more lightly braced and have incredible medullary rays like David is referring to. I think that good spruce got scattered across Martins whole line in 2012.

  • @bp7152

    @bp7152

    4 жыл бұрын

    rubbersole got a om28v and d28 marquis both from 2012. Couldn’t agree more.

  • @desertdude4731
    @desertdude47317 жыл бұрын

    The Martin I have is my "go to" guitar when I want to play for hours, that's when I can make the time, that is. I agree with David on one thing, I too have parted with gems because of either substance, or necessities like say, groceries, electricity, etc. You have to do what's right for the time. Thanks David, great talk, I can definitely relate...a fan since the 60's.

  • @hapafish
    @hapafish9 ай бұрын

    So sweet got my 45 Martin stolen in 1978 in Toronto….love the story 😊

  • @striderz69
    @striderz697 жыл бұрын

    Videos like this make ecstatic that the internet is a thing and that I work proactively and gainfully to protect and prolong it's existence. This is an amazing glimpse of history that otherwise may have been forgotten. David is an absolute icon of where we came from musically. Thank you.

  • @raysmusic49
    @raysmusic494 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely true! Martin guitars are a work of art....even their cheap ones...

  • @asdi234
    @asdi2344 жыл бұрын

    I grew up on the byrds, learned several of his and gene Clark’s tunes so always had that built into my playing. Ultimately got to play several of these guitars at David’s home years ago and ate lasagna. He was recording a song I wrote at the time, which was never completed unfortunately, but was a great experience nonetheless.

  • @jeffreybabino8161
    @jeffreybabino81612 жыл бұрын

    Wow beautiful sounding

  • @hallson2917
    @hallson2917 Жыл бұрын

    Rest in Peace 🎸🎤🙏🏻😔😪💔

  • @songman1955
    @songman19554 жыл бұрын

    Crosby’s chords are rich beautiful and unique . Now that I have his tuning I can’t wait to get into Guinevere !

  • @51MontyPython

    @51MontyPython

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a beautiful song. The live BBC version in particular. That was an astounding performance -- the timing, control, inflection, the harmony, etc. Probably the best live performance of a song I've ever heard.

  • @TroubadourJuggernaut
    @TroubadourJuggernaut7 жыл бұрын

    Wow that D-45 rings !! masterpiece

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