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Behind The Scenes of Lighthouse
Things We Do for Love
The City
1 Things We Do For Love
2 The Us Below
3 Drive Out To The Desert
4 Look In Their Eyes
5 Somebody Other Than You
6 The City
7 Paint You A Picture
8 What Makes It So
9 By The Light Of Common Day
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When Crosby released Croz in 2014, it had been two decades since his last solo album. But now, only two years after that robust, full-band effort, the 74-year old returns with Lighthouse, an intimate, stripped-down set that highlights Crosby's instantly recognizable voice, incisive songwriting, and incomparable guitar work.

The palpable joy in the 9-song collection captures the iconic artist in an unexpected burst of inspiration. "To create brand new music that I'm excited about is a pearl beyond price,"says the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Just don't ask the legendary musician to explain what brought on the renewed verve. "I'm baffled because most people my age have given up, petered out or they're just trying to get another hit,"he says, "but the muse has been stopping by my house pretty often. I don't understand it, but I'm extremely grateful."

For Lighthouse, the muse and Crosby received an able assist from Michael League, the bandleader/bassist for Snarky Puppy who executive produced and co-wrote much of the album with Crosby. After a friend tipped Crosby off to the Grammy-winning jazz/funk collective, Crosby "fell in love"with their music. He and League's burgeoning friendship led to Crosby appearing on Snarky Puppy's Family Dinner -Volume 2album. From there, the pair decided to write together.

In their first four days at Crosby's Santa Ynez, California  home, they wrote three songs, all of which appear on Lighthouse.Writing with League was "one of the best experiences in my life,"Crosby says. "It's not like he does words and I do music or he does music and I do words. We do both interwoven, almost word by word, note by note. It's an amazing process and very fast."

The admiration is mutual. "Among folk rock songwriters, David is a real outlier,"League says. "He brought an element of color and exploration and risk to the writing process in his lyrics, in the guitar parts, in the vocal harmonies. He isn't afraid to put notes in the chords you normally wouldn't hear."

  • Feat. the Lighthouse Band, longtime David Crosby fans will be absolutely delighted with first ever LIVE recording / antiMusic
    Posted At: January 12, 2023
    Continuing to forge new paths in his eighth decade, David Crosby again joins forces with Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael League, the three musicians known as The Lighthouse Band, who he’s been working with since 2016’s Lighthouse album. Far from just a solo live album/DVD, working with his first new band since CPR (Crosby, Pevar and Raymond), Crosby and The Lighthouse Band quickly discovered thei...

  • David Crosby wants you to feel the overtones of musical freedom / Analog Planet Q&A
    Posted At: January 5, 2023
    David Crosby remembers his name, and his mantle. Analog Planet's Mike Mettler writes….David Crosby has the voice of an angel. Not only can you hear his distinctive vocal tone coming across pure and true all throughout his most recent studio album, For Free — one of AnalogPlanet’s Top New LP Releases of 2022, in fact — but you can hear his long-entrenched instinct for beautifully layered harmonies on Da...

  • David Crosby releases his first solo live album: 'Live At The Capitol Theatre' with The Lighthouse Band / JamBase
    Posted At: December 9, 2022
    Legendary singer-songwriter and social justice activist David Crosby is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, inducted as a member of both the iconic folk-rock band The Byrds - with whom he first rose to stardom - and the iconic Woodstock era-defining group Crosby, Stills & Nash.A native Californian-and son of an Academy Award-winning cinematographer-Crosby originally intended to be an actor when he m...

  • David Crosby Lighthouse Band set for Capitol Theatre - relix channel webcast / JamBase
    Posted At: December 10, 2018

    David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band will offer a free webcast of their concert Saturday night at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The livestream is presented by The Relix Channel. The Lighthouse Band features Michael League of Snarky Puppy, Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis. Crosby collaborated with League, Stevens and Willis on his 2016 solo album Lighthouse and again on this year'...

  • David Crosby and the Lighthouse Band set for GroundUp Music Festival / ShowTheShow
    Posted At: October 29, 2018

    Ahead of their full line-up announcement, GroundUp Music Festival 2019 has announced that David Crosby And The Lighthouse Band will be performing at the festival which is set to take place in Miami, Florida February 8-10, 2019. David Crosby And The Lighthouse Band was assembled in 2016 by Crosby with Becca Stevens, Michael League, and Michelle Willis. Their newest release Here If You Listen, the follow u...

  • David Crosby announces fall tour with 'Lighthouse' band / Brooklyn Vegan
    Posted At: August 22, 2018

    The legendary David Crosby has been more prolific in the past few years than he had been in decades, and that continues. He's following 2017's Sky Trails with a new album this fall via BMG. He made it with the same band he made 2016's great, psychedelic folk-leaning Lighthouse with: Becca Stevens, Michael League (Snarky Puppy), and Michelle Willis. He's also touring with that band this fall. The...

  • Why David Crosby doesn't stream / Ultimate Classic Rock
    Posted At: August 6, 2018

    Having summarily dismissed ABBA as "dog poop," David Crosby has moved on to a different target: streaming services. Over the past few days on Twitter, he's been railing against the major platforms, saying they underpay artists and arguing with fans on the matter, while some of his fellow musicians have joined in the debate. "I've been asked why I don't stream," he tweeted on Tuesday. "Simply, I want ...

  • David Crosby and son James Raymond, set for Plaza Live / Orlando Sentinel
    Posted At: May 22, 2018

    David Crosby has a very succinct reason for why he's still making music. "I love singing," said the acoustic folk legend. "I love singing so much that I can't even start to tell you." Crosby is touring behind his album "Sky Trails." He hits Orlando's Plaza Live on May 26 with his band, including his son, James Raymond.  On the phone from the road, Crosby, 76, discussed why he loves collabor...

  • David Crosby set for North American tour, this spring / RollingStone
    Posted At: February 28, 2018

    David Crosby announced a new run of U.S. concerts for summer and spring 2018. In April, the legendary singer-songwriter will begin recording his next solo LP. Last year, he released Sky Trails, his third album in four years. The 21-date trek launches May 19th in Tulsa, Oklahoma and concludes June 29th with a show at Morrison, Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre alongside the Avett Brothers. The ...

  • Crosby, Coltrane & Miles / JazzTimes
    Posted At: February 9, 2018

    No one would ever call David Crosby a jazz singer. Yet the singer-songwriter's music-his guitar tunings, chording and vocal phrasing, his insatiable desire to step out of bounds-has been informed by jazz since he first appeared on the scene in the mid-'60s as an original member of the Byrds. While neither that group nor Crosby, Stills & Nash ever steered toward jazz in an overt manner, Crosby's lifel...

  • Fall 2017 dates are set for David Crosby & Friends tour / POLLSTAR
    Posted At: August 5, 2017

    The co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash has apparently been making up for lost time. After releasing Croz in 2014 – his first solo album in nearly 21 years – Davis Crosby returned shortly thereafter with 2016's Lighthouse. And now he has another new collection of tunes - Sky Trails due out Sept. 29. Crosby co-wrote four of the songs with his son, multi-instrumentalist Ja...

  • 5 essential David Crosby songs to check out before his Northampton show / MassLive
    Posted At: May 16, 2017

    Renowned singer, songwriter and guitarist David Crosby will appear at the Academy of Music in Northampton on Friday night as part of his "An Evening with David Crosby & Friends" tour. Joining him will be five musical friends, James Raymond on keys, Mai Agan on bass, Steve DiStanislao on drums, Jeff Pevar on guitar and Michelle Willis on keys and vocals. Crosby is in the midst of an incredibly creativ...

  • musicradar interview with David Crosby
    Posted At: March 7, 2017

    It's pretty much impossible to imagine what the last 50 years of guitar music would have sounded like without the untouchable and indelible influence of David Crosby. Through his inspired and forward-thinking contributions to The Byrds between 1964 and 1967, his string of beautiful solo albums and his legendary work with Crosby, Stills and Nash (CSN) and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY), there's lit...

  • David Crosby talks GroundUp Music Festival with Miami New Times
    Posted At: February 9, 2017

    RE: his upcoming performance at GroundUp Music Festival, David Crosby said - "I don't think you'll get a better shot at hearing real music than at this festival," he says. "It will knock your socks off. It's me on the stage with Michael League, Michelle Willis, and Becca Stevens. It's acoustic, four-part harmonies that are really delicious based on my last album, Lighthouse, but we do som...

  • David Crosby finishes new album and announces 2017 tour / Live for Live Music
    Posted At: February 1, 2017

    It seems David Crosby is in a new productive phase of his career, as the famed singer/songwriter has just revealed some major plans for 2017. Not only has Crosby announced a major tour, but the artist has just confirmed the completion of a new album, titled Sky Trails. Though there is no release date yet for the new album, Crosby is sure to put it out in the near future. To support releases new and old, ...

  • David Crosby's - Capitol makes 'best new songs on soundcloud' for week of jan16 / MERRY JANE
    Posted At: January 17, 2017

    We're only two weeks into 2017, and thus far the new year has been filled with a plethora of exceptional tracks across the musical spectrum. If you thought last week was filled with bangers, wait until you get a load of the new songs that popped up on SoundCloud this week. On this week's playlist, we've got the return of DMX, new Migos, a political track from classic rock legend David Crosby, and much mo...

  • David Crosby on NPR: World Cafe
    Posted At: January 13, 2017

    David Crosby's been inducted into in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, with The Byrds and with Crosby, Stills and Nash. He has one of the most revered voices of our time - and at 75, even with his legendary lifestyle, it sounds as good as it ever has. In this session, Crosby returns to World Cafe to play new songs from his recently released fifth solo album, Lighthouse - plus some classics from h...

  • David Crosby - Lighthouse / relix review
    Posted At: January 4, 2017

    So CSN is dead. Mourn if you like, but David Crosby won't be joining you. He's over it, he's moved on, and he's in a good place. So good that he's just released what might be his most fulfilling solo album since his first, 1971's If I Could Only Remember My Name. That one, of course, was made by a much younger man living in a different time. Crosby-now sober, clear-headed and, from what he's been sa...

  • David Crosby plays NYC's Town Hall on final stop of Lighthouse tour / Brooklyn Vegan review
    Posted At: December 16, 2016

    Legendary singer/songwriter David Crosby returned this year with Lighthouse, his second solo album of the 2010s (following 2014's Croz, which was his first album in 21 years), and his first album to tap into the style of Crosby's legendary 1971 debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name, since that album. He recorded it with the assistance of Snarky Puppy's Michael League, and Crosby says it was Michael who...

  • David Crosby - Lighthouse. Thoughtfully crafted songs, captured intimately / Premier Guitar review
    Posted At: December 7, 2016

    Five decades into his storied career, David Crosby should need no introduction to anyone seriously interested in guitar playing or songwriting. There are, of course, latecomers to every party, so we'll start here with a few highlights from his musical life, for those of you who may not know Croz's story. If you were to track Crosby's musical progression as a solo artist and try to predict the type of...

  • David Crosby plays Clearwater's Capitol Theatre / Creative Loafing Tampa
    Posted At: December 4, 2016

    David Crosby loves a lot of things, and he said so during an intimate set at Clearwater's Capitol Theatre on November 27, 2016. First off, he adores his wife Jan Dance and shouted out to her several times during the show. He also loves the Capitol Theatre and even threatened to start camping out at the historic Clearwater venue. "This place sounds amazing," he said at one point of the show, "we might hav...

  • David Crosby set for Schermerhorn Symphony Center / Nashville Scene
    Posted At: December 2, 2016

    Folk-rock icon David Crosby is right in the middle of a late-career renaissance. But for the life of him, he can't figure out why. Basking in a sunny autumn day near his central California home, Crosby is surrounded by "vineyards and horse ranches and stuff, nice rolling hills and oak trees" as he talks to the Scene via phone. He's just released Lighthouse, his second full album of new tun...

  • David Crosby's 'Lighthouse' gets 5star review from Roots Music Report
    Posted At: November 17, 2016

    Joined by Snarky Puppy multi-instrumentalist Michael League, David Crosby creates a lyrically intimate and melodically compelling space; a weave of exotic guitar tunings and of vocal multi-tracks more than a little reminiscent of C, S & N. The congenial nature of this affair makes it all the more impacting when the lyrics sometimes shift from sweet- "Things We Do For Love", "Paint You A Picture"- to ...

  • David Crosby seen through his guitars / Acoustic Guitar
    Posted At: November 15, 2016

    "It's hopeless," David Crosby says. "If you ask me about dates and stuff, it's not going to work." Crosby's annoyed. Specificity is not his thing. "I'm one hundred and ninety two years old," he goes on. "I can't remember which year what happened." Crosby, who's actually 75, is sitting in an upright chair next to an earthy stone fireplace in the sunroom of his sprawling home in...

  • David Crosby on working with Snarky Puppy / relix
    Posted At: November 8, 2016

    Somebody turned me on to a Snarky Puppy YouTube video, and I started tweeting about them. They're a terrific band. [Snarky Puppy bassist and leader Michael League] got ahold of me and asked if I would do their benefit record series, Family Dinner, and I said, "Hell, yes!" I spent a week with them in New Orleans and had such a blast. They're totally my kind of musicians-they're way off the deep end i...

  • David Crosby's 'Lighthouse' is profoundly moving / Buffalo News
    Posted At: November 7, 2016

    David Crosby is 75 years old. He's already been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice – as a member of the Byrds in 1991 and as one third of Crosby Stills & Nash in 1997. He's battled serious problems with even more serious narcotics, had successful liver transplant surgery, and done hard jail time on drug charges. The basic laws of biology suggest he should've been dead ...

  • David Crosby - Lighthouse / Kudos.AZ review
    Posted At: November 1, 2016

    Lighthouse is an intimate, stripped-down set that highlights David Crosby's instantly recognizable voice, incisive songwriting, and incomparable guitar work. The palpable joy in the nine-song collection captures the iconic artist in an unexpected burst of inspiration. For Lighthouse, Crosby received an able assist from Michael League, the bandleader/bassist for Snarky Puppy who executive produced and...

  • David Crosby's 'Lighthouse' album uses Lauten Audio - Eden microphone for vocals / SonicScoop
    Posted At: October 25, 2016

    Lauten Audio has a knack for producing quality microphones. Their ‘Eden' tube microphone is no exception, as it became the microphone of choice for capturing David Crosby's vocals in his latest album, "Lighthouse". Recorded by producer Fab Dupoint at Groove Masters, Jacskon Browne's private studio in Santa Monica, CA, Fab Dupoint recommended a vocal A/B against the Neumann U47 (Crosby's favorite mi...

  • STEREOGUM Q&A with David Crosby
    Posted At: October 12, 2016

    David Crosby is a legend, but you already knew that. Between the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, & Nash (& sometimes Young), he's been in some of the most foundational classic rock groups out there. These are the kinds of bands where entire genres and sounds owe a debt to the specifics of their work, from the jangling guitar of the Byrds birthing whole swathes of indie-rock to the layered folk-rock...

  • David Crosby schedules Fall US tour / 92.7 The Van
    Posted At: October 7, 2016

    David Crosby has lined up a late-fall U.S. tour to promote his forthcoming solo album, Lighthouse, which will be released on October 21. The trek, which will visit a variety East Coast cities, kicks off November 18 in Atlanta and is mapped out through a December 15 show in New York City. The folk-rock legend will be accompanied at his upcoming shows by what he describes as "a dream team of musicians"...

  • The 13 best songs by David Crosby / Paste
    Posted At: September 18, 2016

    To paraphrase a lyric by David Crosby's on-again/off-again band mate Neil Young, it's (never) better to burn out, because once you do, it's likely you will fade away. Crosby has experienced both scenarios, and one threatened to cause the other to occur. For the better part of the 1970s and ‘80s, he stumbled about, plagued by severe substance abuse, becoming-by his own admission-wasted on the way. H...

  • David Crosby announces 'Lighthouse' tour / JamBase
    Posted At: September 14, 2016

    On October 21 singer-songwriter David Crosby will release Lighthouse, a new solo album produced by Snarky Puppy's Michael League. The 75-year-old veteran musician has announced the Lighthouse Tour in support of the new LP. Throughout the newly confirmed run Crosby will be backed by League, along with Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis providing "acoustic guitars, piano and beautiful vocal harmonies." The ...

  • Music history, acoustic songs and grandpa humour from David Crosby at the Winspear Centre / Edmonton Journal
    Posted At: September 13, 2016

    Repeated references to age to help his audience feel relevant? Yup. "Elderly people like me have the words down here," Crosby joked of his teleprompter. "I am a little older than dirt now." With hair like a melting white chocolate Mayan pyramid, it was an evening of music history, acoustic songs and grandpa humour to make you groan from Crosby, who about 95-per-cent for sure has lived a more interesting ...

  • David Crosby talks solo rebirth, 'Lighthouse,' and the end of CSN / RollingStone
    Posted At: September 12, 2016

    Two years ago, David Crosby took to Twitter to gush about his new favorite band. "Snarky Puppy is quite possibly the most advanced band in the world," he wrote. "Certainly the best I've heard/seen." His bassist Kevin McCormick discovered the Brooklyn jazz fusion collective via the online magazine No Treble, and over the next few weeks Crosby tweeted about them so incessantly that Snarky Puppy bassist...

  • David Crosby touring across Canada in support of 'Lighthouse' / Regina Leader-Post Q&A & review
    Posted At: September 9, 2016

    David Crosby, a two-time inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is currently touring across Canada in support of his upcoming album Lighthouse, an intimate, stripped-down set that highlights Crosby's instantly recognizable voice, incisive songwriting, and incomparable guitar work. The palpable joy in the 9-song collection captures the iconic artist in an unexpected burst of inspiration. "To...

  • David Crosby set for legendary Thunder Bay visit / CBC
    Posted At: September 6, 2016

    When David Crosby plays in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Tuesday night, at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, he will be performing in the city for the very first time. However, Crosby's visit to Thunder Bay comes nearly 50 years after a legendary moment in rock 'n' roll history was made by two artists closely associated with the singer. Crosby's new GroundUP / Universal release ...
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