David Crosby Not Shy About Which Side He's On

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David Crosby Not Shy About Which Side He's On

by Ricardo Baca

It's hard to believe, but David Crosby, an artist celebrated for his liberal activism as much as for inspired songwriting, will attend his first-ever Democratic National Convention, in Denver next week.

Musician David Crosby performs during a benefit concert for the City Parks Foundation at Central Park Summer Stage, Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

"Usually the people who try to get celebrities to come around to conventions and stuff want bigger ones than me," Crosby said via telephone from his Santa Barbara, Calif., home earlier this week. "They want Jennifer Lopez or something."

And mind you, Crosby won't attend the convention itself. He's going to the Buell Theatre to play an etown show Tuesday with buddies Graham Nash, James Taylor and Ani DiFranco.

"I don't like most politicians, so I don't see what the attraction is to go and be in the middle of a bunch of them," Crosby said. "I'm definitely not going to the convention. I'm going to etown. I have a very high opinion of etown. They're good people, and they do really good work. And I don't think you can say that about most politicians."

What about the dude getting ready to accept the Democratic nomination?

"I think he's a very encouraging guy, a very intelligent man - which is, of course, a complete 180 degree shift from where we've been the last eight years," Crosby said. "The idea of having a guy who can speak in complete sentences is extremely attractive. Barack has dignity and moral values, and I believe he loves his country."

Crosby is just one of many musicians making their way to the Mile High City in the next 10 days. Conventions have grown into media circuses where entertainers and politicos share the same ground for a few days. It's going to be an incredibly busy music week in Denver with performers as varied as Willie Nelson and the Black Eyed Peas, Fall Out Boy and Rage Against the Machine, Daughtry and Melissa Etheridge, the Blue Scholars and Silversun Pickups, Moby and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - and maybe Dave Matthews, Kanye West and Bruce Springsteen.

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/22-3

[spanone]

1. almost cut my hair.....

[Alexander]

3. If he did that now, he'd look like Wilford Brimley.

[JerseygirlCT]

4. LOL, sad, but true. But he's still a great one. nt

[GreenTea]

9. 1969 tune!

[FiveGoodMen]

5. ...but I didn't and I wonder why

I feel like letting my freak flag fly

I fell like I owe it to someone.

What a great song.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. McCone - "If I could only remember - - - the number of houses I own!"

Crosby could alter his first solo album title in "honor" of McCone!

[TahitiNut]

6. Ahhh... for the days of CSN&Y.

:headbang: :smoke: :hippie:

[babylonsister]

7. I hear ya - 'that' was some good music!

:hippie: :smoke:

[ailsagirl]

8. What about that voice?? Beautiful