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band consisting of the late singer-songwriter

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(a founding member of

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and

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), session guitarist

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, and Crosby's son, keyboardist James Raymond. The first song that Crosby and Raymond co-wrote, "Morrison", was performed live for the first time in January 1997. The song recalled Crosby's ambivalent feelings about the portrayal of

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's ''

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'' (1991). The success of the band's initial 1997 tour spawned a studio album, ''

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'', which was released in March 1998. Following another studio album, '' Just Like Gravity,'' in 2001, and several successful tours, the group disbanded in 2004. In addition to continuing to perform with his father as part of the touring bands for

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and

Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member, ...

, Raymond has served as musical director and session player for most of Crosby's ensuing solo output and related tours, including ''

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'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2017). From 2005 to 2006, Pevar was a member of the Crosby, Stills & Nash touring band alongside Raymond. Pevar's only solo album to date (2012's ''From the Core'') was recorded in the

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. In 2017, following session work on ''Sky Trails'', Pevar and Raymond toured together once again with drummer Stevie DiStanislao, keyboardist/vocalist Michelle Willis, and bassist Mai Agan as Crosby's backing group, the tour credited to David Crosby & Friends. That same lineup toured again in 2019 as David Crosby & the Sky Trails Band. In 2020 both studio albums, ''CPR'' and ''Just Like Gravity'', were reissued by the BMG label. In 2021, both live albums will be reissued as well.

Discography

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'', Samson Music 1998 * ''

'', Samson Music 1998 * '' Live at the Wiltern'', Samson Music 1999 * '' Just Like Gravity'', Gold Circle 2001

External links

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