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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Since Then How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About it by David Crosby Download Since Then: How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It fb2, epub. ISBN: 0425217337 Author: David Crosby Language: English Publisher: Berkley Trade (October 30, 2007) Pages: 336 Category: Arts & Literature Subcategory: Biography Rating: 4.7 Votes: 839 Size Fb2: 1435 kb Size ePub: 1457 kb Size Djvu: 1759 kb Other formats: doc docx txt rtf. Since then I’ve read books by Graham Nash and Neil Young as well. Since then I’ve read books by Graham Nash and Neil Young as well. I think I now have a better since of where they came from, and what they went through. David’s latest book details his continued health problems, which other than his liver transplant were far more serious that publicly known. Crosby has relapsed, cleaned up again, learned that he had two adult children that he never knew Since Then: How I Survived Everything and Lived To Tell About It by David Crosby and Carl Gottleib (Putnam 2006)(78. 2). David Crosby was a sweet-voiced member of the legendary rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. David Crosby, the outspoken founding member of CSNY and The Byrds, turns his wry and unstinting eye to a fascinating, prickly subject: himself. Known to millions as the trickster poster boy for folkrock utopia and the inspiration for Dennis Hopper's wild-eyed antihero in the film Easy Rider, David Crosby is every bit the quintessential American icon of the counterculture today that he was in the sixties and seventies. Legendary, controversial, beloved. Crosby is also the author of three books including Stand and Be Counted: Making Music . Crosby’s two autobiographical volumes are Long Time Gone and Since Then: How I Survived Everything And Lived To Tell About It. Crosby is also the author of three books including Stand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making History/The Dramatic Story of the Artists and Causes That Changed America, which underscores his commitment to social activism, and belief that artists and musicians are potent agents for change. The latter, per Entertainment Weekly, chronicles, A fascinating life worthy of a sequel. Since Then: How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It. by David Crosby and Carl Gottlieb. A true rock-and-roll survivor, David Crosby has not slowed down since his New York Times bestselling memoir Long Time Gone. Since Then: How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It. A true rock-and-roll survivor, David Crosby has not slowed down since his New York Times bestselling memoir Long Time Gone. Life continues to be full of amazing ups and downs for the founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. A fascinating life worthy of a sequel. Entertainment Weekly. Read on the Scribd mobile app. Download the free Scribd mobile app to read anytime, anywhere. Publisher: Penguin GroupReleased: Oct 30, 2007ISBN: 9781440620324Format: book. An honest and revealing memoir from musician David Crosby, founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills . An honest and revealing memoir from musician David Crosby, founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It. Reunited with his adult son while awaiting a liver transplant, becoming a famous sperm donor (to Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher), coming back from a crippling motorcycle accident, losing his house in an earthquake, and through it all making beautiful music, David Crosby once again reveals all with self-skewering humor and honesty-as only he can. Since Then is both a self-skewering look at the twists and turns of an impossibly rich life, and Crosby's confident declaration that it's far too soon for him to don the robe and slippers of Generational Elder. As a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he has an unparalleled legacy as a singer, songwriter, and musician - and few would object if he were to rest on his laurels. A true rock-and-roll survivor, David Crosby has not slowed down since his New York Times bestselling memoir . A true rock-and-roll survivor, David Crosby has not slowed down since his New York Times bestselling memoir Long Time Gone. He was a cowriter of the screenplay for Jaws, wrote two bestselling books with iconic musician David Crosby, and wrote Which Way Is Up with Richard Pryor, which the New York Times described as one of the controversial comedians’ best screen work. David Crosby – Net Worth, Wife (Jan Dance), Biography. David Crosby is an American singer-songwriter who was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Biography. He was born on August 14, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, USA. His parents were Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award-winning cinematographer and descendant of the Van Rensselaer family, and Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead (a descendant of the prominent Van Cortlandt family). Crosby developed an interest in acting, however, he began a lifelong pursuit of music creation at age 16 when his older brother gave him a guitar. David briefly studied drama at Santa Barbara City College before dropping out to pursue a career in music. In 1960, his parents divorced, and his father remarried Betty Andrews Crosby. In the early ’60s, David formed a band with Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn, however, they didn’t have success until they became The Byrds when Michael Clarke and Chris Hillman came along. In 1967, Crosby joined Buffalo Springfield on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival, which contributed to his dismissal from the Byrds. In December 1969, he appeared with CSNY at the Altamont Free Concert, increasing his visibility after performing at Woodstock and Monterey Pop. Debut Solo Album. In 1971, David released his first solo album, ”If I Could Only Remember My Name,” featuring contributions by Young, Joni Mitchell, Nash, and members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana. During an interview, he said: ”My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own. I can’t legislate a song into being, it just will not happen for me.” In 1982, after being convicted of a few drugs and weapons offenses (the drug charges were related to possession of cocaine and heroin), David spent 9 months in a Texas state prison. In 1985, he was arrested for drunken driving, a hit-and-run driving accident, and possession of drug paraphernalia and a concealed pistol. Image source – © Guliver / Getty Images. In 1990, David took part, once again, in a short-lived Byrds reunion. This time only with Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn, recording 4 new songs for the boxed set The Byrds. In 1991, he was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Byrds). In 1994, Crosby lost his L.A. home as a result of massive earthquake damage. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Crosby Stills & Nash). On March 7, 2004, he was charged with illegal possession of about one ounce of marijuana, a weapon in the 3rd degree, illegal possession of ammunition, and illegal possession of a hunting knife. In 2006, David, along with Nash, accompanied Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on sessions for his solo album, ”On an Island.” At a concert in October 2008, David, looking quite thinner than in recent years, announced to the public that he had recently shed 55 pounds as a result of his struggles with type 2 diabetes. In January 2014, he released his first solo album in two decades, ”Croz,” recorded in close collaboration with his son James Raymond at the latter’s home studio. In February 2014, at the urging of his healthcare provider, David postponed the final dates of his solo tour in order to undergo an angiogram and a cardiac catheterization, based on the results of a routine cardiac stress test. Image source – © Guliver / Getty Images. On August 26, 2016, he announced a U.S. tour behind his upcoming 5th solo LP, an 18-date trek to launch on November 18, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia. In September 2017, David announced a solo album entitled ”Sky Trails,” again with Raymond, to be released on September 29, 2017, on BMG. In April 2018, he appeared on NPR’s Live From Here, playing duets with host Chris Thile (an American mandolinist, songwriter, composer, singer, and radio personality, who is best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek). On October 26, 2018, David released Here If You Listen on BMG, his 4th solo album in 5 years. On March 30, 2020, Crosby released a solo album, titled – ”Silent Harmony.” Wife. David Crosby has been married to Jan Dance since May 16, 1987. Image source – © Guliver / Getty Images. Children. In January 2000, Melissa Etheridge (an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and activist) announced that David was the biological father of 2 children with her then-partner Julie Cypher by means of artificial insemination. David has 3 other children: a son, Django Crosby, who was conceived with wife Jan Dance after extensive fertility treatments while David’s liver was failing; a daughter, Donovan Crosby, with former girlfriend, Debbie Donovan; a daughter, Erika, with Jackie Guthrie. Moreover, he had a biological son, James Raymond, in 1962, who was placed for adoption and reunited with David as an adult. David co-wrote many songs with Raymond. Crosby declared: “He’s probably the person I write best with.