Episode #234 | 9.15.26

David Crosby: The Folk Singer Who Became an FBI Fugitive

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In this episode

The man who made sweet, soft, harmonious music with Stephen Stills and Neil Young was actually a crazy rock ‘n’ roll animal. Listen to hear how David Crosby wound up addicted, escaped authorities, and went on the lam.

Sources

Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby, by David Crosby and Carl Gottlieb

Blood on Bleecker St.: Beatnik Generation’s Ronald Von Ehmsen murdered by elder evictee Simone Pepe (NY Daily News)

The Oral History of CSNY's Infamous 'Doom Tour' (Rolling Stone)

Credits

Hosted by Jake Brennan.

Written by Zeth Lundy.

Copy edited by James Sullivan.

Mixed by Colin Fleming

Produced in partnership with the Exactly Right Network and iHeartPodcasts.

DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.

*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak