Back in 2014, David Crosby thought it would be a great idea to publicly declare that the new girlfriend of one of his oldest pals, Neil Young, was a “purely poisonous predator†who wasn’t worthy of Young’s affection — which was also fueled by the fact that Young recently separated with his wife of four decades. Young would go on to marry this lethal broad, Daryl Hannah, a few years later, and despite repeated apologies from Crosby in the press, neither the duo nor their full band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, have appeared together in any capacity since. (You may recall that Jimmy Fallon’s humorous reunion with the group was noticeably Young-less.) In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Crosby admitted that he has privately contacted Young many times with apology pleas, one of which was an emailed opus, but he never got a response.
“No, I really don’t,†Crosby explained when asked about the potential of a CSNY reunion. “I got as out-front with it as I could. I sent an email to Neil, saying, ‘Listen, I know you’re pissed at me because I slagged your girlfriend. And I’m sorry.’ I’ve apologized a couple of times publicly … and I said, ‘I’m really sorry I shot my mouth off about your girlfriend. I really am. But we’ve all been horrible to each other over the years.’ Neil left Stephen in the middle of a tour, twice! Twice! It was a really good email, man. It was very sincere, very straightforward. I’m not buttering his toast, trying to suck his dick.â€
While Crosby insisted that his long email to Young was “totally sincere,†he says he “got a large, empty, echoing silence back,†even when the possibility of a reunion was thrown around to support the Democratic Party in this election year — an idea that fellow member Stephen Stills supports. “Everybody in the country would, man,†Crosby added about a reunion. “There’s only one person who doesn’t want it. No, there’s two people who don’t want it. That’s Neil and the lady in question.†No, not Judy. Daryl.