David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)

Where do you start – He was in The Byrds – a founding member.  He was in Crosby, Stills and Nash – a founding member.  He was in the group when Neil Young joined them and they had even greater success.  He was in Graham Nash, David Crosby – and had a solo career.  He nearly died several times of drugs and drink, he was in prison for a time, he died for real a short time ago, and he had the sweetest voice.  His solo career started in 1971 although he had left/been kicked out of The Byrds in ’68.  A strange, quite spaced-out album, lyrically confusing and quite acoustic really.  It was weird, but also highly listenable.  Very much of its hippy era and a must-have at the time.  Best tracks ‘Almost Cut my Hair’, ‘Laughing’ and ‘Traction in The Rain’.