David Crosby: Bending it to his will

Singer, song­writer, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy-​​honored ‘voice of a generation’ – Woodstock-era super­group Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Crosby has been mak­ing music and express­ing the mes­sage of peace­ful resis­tance for decades. Crosby is the author of the book, Stand and Be Counted: the Dramatic Story of the Artists and Causes that Changed America.

In October, 2007, on the eve before the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal, promi­nent musi­cians such as he and spir­i­tual lead­ers come together at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, to par­tic­i­pate in a Pray for Peace con­cert inspired by the Dalai Lama. On that very windy after­noon, pro­ducer Julie Adler sat down out­side the cathe­dral to talk to him about his con­nec­tion to Tibet. As part of our December 2008 Holiday spe­cial pro­gram, we re-​​air this seg­ment in the spirit of hope, change and peace.