In the rain

I was lucky enough to get a copy of If I Could Only Remember My Name early in my life. The long awaited (by the world, I was a kid then) David Crosby solo album came out in 1971, I got mine in ’74. It was stunning music, by one of the finest singers and guitar players of the time (of all times, I’d say), and took the Crosby sound, well explored in the collaboration with Stills, Nash & Young, to a whole new level. The album is full of fabulous music, played and sung with incomparable skill and grace. You might not like the genre, but this is among the finest pop music ever made.

I’m working on one of my remixes of forgotten music, a song from this album called Traction in the Rain (it’ll be shortly audible in the music section of this website), so I looked for versions around, and I found this gem on Youtube.

It’s a sept. 1970 gig done at BBC, featuring Crosby and his longtime associate Graham Nash (who in most of Crosby’s songs doesn’t actually play the very complex guitar parts). Music doesn’t get much more delicate than this. If you like it, you should hear Song with no words and Guinnevere also from the same sessions: gems of Crosby’s repertoire in sublime, uncluttered versions.