Happy Birthday to David Crosby, who turns 76 today (August 14th). Just shy of a year after the release of his critically acclaimed Lighthouse album, Crosby will release his latest set, titled Sky Trails on September 29th. Crosby and his band have announced a 25-date North American tour focusing on the Midwest and the Eastern seaboard. Crosby kicks off the club shows on October 30th in Chicago’s City Winery and wraps on December 9th at Clearwater, Florida’s Capitol Theater.
Crosby won high praise for his fall 2016 solo album titled Lighthouse and its subsequent tour. The album was produced by Michael League, the leader of the Grammy Award-winning instrumental ensemble, Snarky Puppy, and recorded at Jackson Browne‘s Santa Monica studio, Groove Masters.
Crosby’s recent creative resurgence has seen him working both on his own and with son James Raymond — along with two other side bands. In February 2014, Croz — which marked Crosby’s first new studio collection in over 20 years — peaked at an impressive Number 36 on the Billboard 200 albums charts.Croz also hit Number Two on the magazine’s Top Folk Albums chart, Number Six on the Top Independent Albums chart, and Number Seven on the Top Internet Sales chart.
Back in 2010, the list of the Best Albums published by The Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, Crosby’s 1971 solo set, If I Could Only Remember My Name, actually came in second to the Beatles’ 1966 masterpiece, Revolver. Crosby was baffled by the honor, telling Q magazine, “No one has yet worked out what the hell that was all about. And why should The Vatican have an opinion on music in the first place? And to choose me?! It baffles me as much as it baffles you, man. I got an email from David Gilmour saying, ‘Dammit! — Pink Floyd only came in third.'”
David Crosby tour dates (subject to change):
October 30 – Chicago, IL – City Winery
November 1 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
November 2 – Burnsville, MN – Ames Center
November 4 – Carmel, IN – The Palladium / Center for the Performing Arts
November 5 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
November 7 – Munhall, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
November 8 – Ithaca, NY – State Theatre
November 10 – Montreal, QC – Place des Arts
November 12 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
November 13 – Boston, MA – City Winery
November 15 – Derry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall
November 17 – Albany, NY – The Egg Center For the Performing Arts
November 18 – Rutland, VT – Paramount Theater
November 20 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
November 21 – Collingswood, NJ – Scottish Rite Auditorium
November 25 – New York, NY – The Concert Hall at NYSEC
November 26 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center
November 28, 29 – Vienna, VA – The Barns at Wolf Trap
December 1 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Head On Stage
December 2 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theater
December 4 – Nashville, TN – CMA Theatre – Country Music Hall of Fame
December 5 – Atlanta, GA – City Winery Atlanta
December 7 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse
December 9 – Clearwater, FL – Capitol Theater
