David Crosby: Scared Straight
Dave Zimmer, BAM, 16 January 1987
THE FIRST thing you notice is the twinkle in his eyes. That is the clearest signal that David Crosby is, indeed, back among the living. After having spent much of the past year behind bars in a Texas prison – during which time he overcame a seemingly hopeless addiction to cocaine – he's now in the process of putting his life back together.
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