Beautiful!
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Beautiful!
Though a light air race, and not finishing under the time limit. An interesting tight race by a handful of similar sized in our class. That made for a fun race overall, where as many light air to zephyr races can be quite tense, doing everything to eak out a 1/4 or 1/2 a knot or more VMG.
People who have never sailed on the Great Lakes scoff and say "They're just lakes, they're not like blue water."
There are days when Lake Erie is as smooth as a mill pond. But when the prevailing winds coming of of the northwest pick up and the short period, steep 4-6'ers are breaking, it can get a little sporty out there. And thanks to the zebra mussels, Lake Erie is quite blue now.
There are days when Lake Erie is as smooth as a mill pond. But when the prevailing winds coming of of the northwest pick up and the short period, steep 4-6'ers are breaking, it can get a little sporty out there. And thanks to the zebra mussels, Lake Erie is quite blue now.
What infected the music of CSN (and they were far from alone in this) after around 1974 is complacency due to the singer/songwriters drug use. The authors of these songs are no longer asking any questions, even of themselves. They seem unaware that there might be a need to.
The Lee Shore had been written as early as 1970, before this rot sets in. As he relates taking his ‘floating home - from here to Venezuela’, Crosby – a keen real-life sailor – is once again caught on the horns of that old dilemma: to engage with the world and its inequalities and inequities on one hand, or just drop out and create an alternate society, away from everyone else’s rules, on the other. As a successful rock star, the option to do the latter was available to him. But it was a question he seems never to have resolved within himself. In the end, caught up in the inertial forces of his own addictions and his grief over his girlfriend Christine Hinton’s death in a car accident, he chose instead to bury the issue under cocaine and heroin and it cost him a considerable amount of time and eventually health - of his life.
Amazing he lived so long. Figured after the liver transplant, maybe 10 or 15 years - but he was diligent in controlling his excesses after that - plus he wanted to see his son born and grow up - as well as set an example as best was possible under the circumstances.
Lee Shore lyrics;
Wheel gull spin and glide, you've got no place to hide
'Cause you don't need one
All along the lee shore shells lie scattered in my sin
Winking up like shining eyes at me, from the sea
Here is one like sunrise older than you know
It's still lying there where some careless wave
Forgot it long ago
When I awoke this morning
Dove beneath my floating home
Down below her graceful side
In the turning tide
To watch the sea fish roam
And there I heard a story
From the sailors of the Sandra Marie
There's another isle a days' run away from here
It's empty and free
From here to Venezuela nothing more to see
Than a hundred thousand islands
Flung like jewels upon the sea
For you and me
Sunset smells of dinner
Women are calling at me to end my tales
But perhaps I'll see you the next quiet place
I furl my sails
Lee Shore could mean many things - for Crosby later in life his Lee Shore was his addictions - and he made a point of conquering, his most unhealthy addictions. Personally I can relate. Publicly what is also known about the song is the following.
- David Crosby loved to sail on his schooner, The Mayan. He wrote "The Lee Shore," where he recounts some of the moments of poetry and adventure he found at sea. There are simple pleasures like spotting spotting shells that look like winking eyes in the sun, and exhilarating journeys to far-off islands. Crosby had a lot of self-destructive tendencies and developed a nasty drug habit, but sailing was a healthy and fulfilling pursuit that kept him alive. It was also a way to bond with his bandmates, who would sometimes join him.
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young recorded "The Lee Shore" at Stephen Stills' home studio at the end of 1969. They played it live, but didn't release it.
The song first appeared on the 1971 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live album 4 Way Street. In 1991, they added vocal overdubs and released the song on two compilations: Carry On and CSN. - Crosby explained: "Sailing is a mystical experience for me. The Mayan represents everything healthy and positive for me, and has quite literally saved my life on a number of occasions. It gets me out of the whole scene. The ocean doesn't give a damn, it's never heard of you."
- That's Neil Young on harmonica. He also played guitar on the track along with Crosby and Stills, and Nash played organ.
- David Crosby has a tranche of hits from his work with The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, but he still often made room for "The Lee Shore" during his live shows, as it's one of his favorites.
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Inspired by an event that for some of us of a certain age was one of the most terrible events in a year filled with terrible events. Crosby wrote "Long Time Gone" on the night Bobby Kennedy was shot to death in 1968. The emotion in this song and the way Crosby sings it come from a profound and dark place. David's son James Raymond born out of wedlock in 1962, and given up for adoption plays with David on the keyboard in the first video, and accompanied by Jeff Pevar guitar, Steve Distanislio Drums & Andrew Ford on bass, in the last video. Beginning in 1997, Raymond performed with Crosby on stage and in the studio, as a member of CPR, and as part of the touring bands Crosby & Nash and Crosby, plus Stills & Nash
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I was a superintendent at The Presidential Apartments, 3420 Wooster Rd.
No doubt that David was opinionated, he'll also be the first to admit he screwed up on most anything.
Croz loved performing, and loved performing for people, because Croz more then liked people, he liked people a lot. Even his bandmates, who he had a falling out with on numerous occasions because of something he said or did , he'll be the first to admit he loved them all. He'll also be the first to admit, he should have never called Neil's wife Daryl Hannah a purely poisonous predator.
"I screwed up," the 73-year-old rocker told Howard Stern on Monday. "I shot my mouth off when I shouldn't have."
Croz says he made the comments to the Idaho Statesman because he thought the interview was over. Despite being caught with the microphone on, the musician says he was never in a position to criticize Hannah, who started dating Young around the time he split from his wife in 2014.
"I'm screwed up way worse than that girl," said Crosby who served time in a Texas state prison on drug charges.
"Where do I get off slagging her? She's making Neil happy. I love Neil and I want him happy."
Crosby went so far as to interrupt radio host Howard Stern to address Hannah directly.
"Daryl, if you're out there, I apologize."
Crosby also said that he called Young to apologize but that Neil wasn't accepting of the call. Neil later said, if Crosby had apoligized right away, he would have probably accepted the apology. In Neils words, "You have to think about things before you do them. If you make a mistake, you have to fix it right away." Since then Crosby has countless times publicly admited he should have kept silent on anything about Daryl.
Croz loved performing, and loved performing for people, because Croz more then liked people, he liked people a lot. Even his bandmates, who he had a falling out with on numerous occasions because of something he said or did , he'll be the first to admit he loved them all. He'll also be the first to admit, he should have never called Neil's wife Daryl Hannah a purely poisonous predator.
"I screwed up," the 73-year-old rocker told Howard Stern on Monday. "I shot my mouth off when I shouldn't have."
Croz says he made the comments to the Idaho Statesman because he thought the interview was over. Despite being caught with the microphone on, the musician says he was never in a position to criticize Hannah, who started dating Young around the time he split from his wife in 2014.
"I'm screwed up way worse than that girl," said Crosby who served time in a Texas state prison on drug charges.
"Where do I get off slagging her? She's making Neil happy. I love Neil and I want him happy."
Crosby went so far as to interrupt radio host Howard Stern to address Hannah directly.
"Daryl, if you're out there, I apologize."
Crosby also said that he called Young to apologize but that Neil wasn't accepting of the call. Neil later said, if Crosby had apoligized right away, he would have probably accepted the apology. In Neils words, "You have to think about things before you do them. If you make a mistake, you have to fix it right away." Since then Crosby has countless times publicly admited he should have kept silent on anything about Daryl.
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Two of my closest friends, Tom and Skip Willson, brothers who sailed, windsurfed and smoked pot with back in the day, were big on CSN and CSN&Y playing guitars and singing their songs. Both at different times in my life were my closest friends and sailing buds.
Through them I met their brother Sam. I was responsible for getting all three in the trades either as Carpenters or Pilebuck/Bridge builders. Tom and Sam fraturnal twins, both had injuries, which caused them to change careers.
Tom became the AGC primary Safety Training Coordinator for the AGC in Washington State, later opening a Construction Safety Training program, with multiple training centers. Sam became a Community Development Building Construction Inspector. Skip stayed in the trade, and was an exacting expediter in setting up an organized job with a excellent supply network or vendors.
Always a blast to have along sailing, road trips or just partying or playing a game of Backgammon while sailing or tooling down the road, rolling and smoking joints sprinkled with hash. It was always a good time.
Tom, said three years ago, the times we had partying and sailing in the late 70s and early 80s were among the best times in their lives. Sam talking with him last summer, after losing his wife from the big C, said the same. Sadly Skip who would have said the same, died from the big C 2002. Jeff Stillwell my other old bud I worked and sailed with, both of us having several Rangers, passed in 2014 was also big on CSN and CSN&Y.
Tom and Skip on the Washington Coast near the Westport jetty. Sam and his wife Rose about a year before her passing. Sailing my T-Bird in the Northern Puget Sound back in 1978. Me rolling a fatty on my T-Bird with childhood friend Mike Balise driving. Jeff Stillwell, helping me with the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding photo shoot for Launch DIgital Media, about a month before his passing. Jeff cleaning up after finishing a final coat of bottom paint on his Ranger 26 DAYSTAR.
Through them I met their brother Sam. I was responsible for getting all three in the trades either as Carpenters or Pilebuck/Bridge builders. Tom and Sam fraturnal twins, both had injuries, which caused them to change careers.
Tom became the AGC primary Safety Training Coordinator for the AGC in Washington State, later opening a Construction Safety Training program, with multiple training centers. Sam became a Community Development Building Construction Inspector. Skip stayed in the trade, and was an exacting expediter in setting up an organized job with a excellent supply network or vendors.
Always a blast to have along sailing, road trips or just partying or playing a game of Backgammon while sailing or tooling down the road, rolling and smoking joints sprinkled with hash. It was always a good time.
Tom, said three years ago, the times we had partying and sailing in the late 70s and early 80s were among the best times in their lives. Sam talking with him last summer, after losing his wife from the big C, said the same. Sadly Skip who would have said the same, died from the big C 2002. Jeff Stillwell my other old bud I worked and sailed with, both of us having several Rangers, passed in 2014 was also big on CSN and CSN&Y.
Tom and Skip on the Washington Coast near the Westport jetty. Sam and his wife Rose about a year before her passing. Sailing my T-Bird in the Northern Puget Sound back in 1978. Me rolling a fatty on my T-Bird with childhood friend Mike Balise driving. Jeff Stillwell, helping me with the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding photo shoot for Launch DIgital Media, about a month before his passing. Jeff cleaning up after finishing a final coat of bottom paint on his Ranger 26 DAYSTAR.
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After the members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young went their separate ways in 1970, Young recruited a group of country session musicians (which he christened The Stray Gators) and recorded a country rock record, Harvest. The record was a massive hit, producing a US number one single in "Heart of Gold". Other songs returned to some usual Young themes: "The Needle and the Damage Done" was a lament for great artists who had been addicted to heroin, including Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten; "Alabama" was "an unblushing rehash of 'Southern Man'"; to which American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote their 1973 hit "Sweet Home Alabama" in reply, stating "I hope Neil Young will remember, a Southern Man don't need him around, anyhow". Young later wrote of "Alabama" in his autobiography Waging Heavy Peace, saying it "richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue."
The album's success caught Young off guard and his first instinct was to back away from stardom. He would later write that the record "put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."
Off that album were several minor and major hits including, "Old Man", which peaked at No. 31 in the US, and "Heart of Gold", which reached No. 1. It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States. The album has since remained Neil Young's signature album as well as his best selling. More then once, even after splits, Neil Young always had praise for David Crosby's voice.
Note Joni Mitchel joins in on the chorus of "Old Man"
Death is part of living. Death is part of a circle. Death is part of being alive. - David Crosby
Still creating. Still writing. Still sing.
The album's success caught Young off guard and his first instinct was to back away from stardom. He would later write that the record "put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."
Off that album were several minor and major hits including, "Old Man", which peaked at No. 31 in the US, and "Heart of Gold", which reached No. 1. It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States. The album has since remained Neil Young's signature album as well as his best selling. More then once, even after splits, Neil Young always had praise for David Crosby's voice.
Note Joni Mitchel joins in on the chorus of "Old Man"
Death is part of living. Death is part of a circle. Death is part of being alive. - David Crosby
Still creating. Still writing. Still sing.
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Crosby wasn't suffering from a prolonged illness, as stated to the media directly after his passing. Those collaborating with Crosby say he was working right up till the end.
"If there’s one word that sums up David Crosby’s state at the very end of his life, it might be: working. That’s according to friends who’d been collaborating with him up until the week — and even the day — that he died. Crosby was not only working on a new album but had assembled and rehearsed a new band for his first gig since prior to the pandemic, which was within days of going on sale when he suddenly died Jan. 18. Plans for a tour were being made, too, with the intention of being out on the road this summer.
The portrait his collaborators paint, of a man who couldn’t have been making more plans, stands in contrast to the wrong impression some might have been left with, that Crosby was laid up suffering from a fatal illness in his last days."
David Crosby Was Working on a Planned Tour and New Album Up to the Day He Died
"If there’s one word that sums up David Crosby’s state at the very end of his life, it might be: working. That’s according to friends who’d been collaborating with him up until the week — and even the day — that he died. Crosby was not only working on a new album but had assembled and rehearsed a new band for his first gig since prior to the pandemic, which was within days of going on sale when he suddenly died Jan. 18. Plans for a tour were being made, too, with the intention of being out on the road this summer.
The portrait his collaborators paint, of a man who couldn’t have been making more plans, stands in contrast to the wrong impression some might have been left with, that Crosby was laid up suffering from a fatal illness in his last days."
David Crosby Was Working on a Planned Tour and New Album Up to the Day He Died
