David Crosby was born on this day in 1941 in Los Angeles. The future Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash founding member who also went on to record 8 solo albums was outspoken, brash and had numerous run-ins with band mates and authorities on weapons and drugs charges. But he was also a very gifted singer, songwriter and musician that came to be widely considered musical genius. Crosby is among the relatively few musicians inducted by the Rock Hall of Fame twice - as a Byrds member in 1991 and with CSN in 1997.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock Events on August 14 include...
1945 Steve Martin is born.
1962 The Beatles fire Pete Best and Brian Epstein invites Ringo Starr to join.
1970 Stephen Stills arrested on cocaine charge in La Jolla, California motel.
1976 So It Goes by Nick Lowe becomes the first single released by Stiff Records.
1978 CSN, CSN&Y and Hollies veteran Graham Nash becomes an American citizen.
1988 Roy Buchanan hangs himself in a Fairfax, Virginia jail cell he was being held in followin an arrest on public drunkeness.
1989 Bon Jovi's New Jersey album becomes the first US rock album sold legally in Russia.
2000 Rioting fans dispersed by police firing rubber bullets at a Rage Against the Machine concert in Los Angeles.
2004 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts announces he is undergoing treatment for throat cancer.
2004 Little Steven stages his first Underground Garage Festival in New York with Iggy & the Stooges, the New York Dolls, Big Star, the Strokes and others.
2010 Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band play Fenway Park in Boston.
2013 Blue Oyster Cult keyboard and rhythm guitarist Alan Lanier dies of heart disease...
