David Crosby’s Kids: Everything To Know About His 6 Children, Including 2 With Melissa Etheridge

• David Crosby was champion known arsenic a founding subordinate of Crosby, Stills, & Nash.
• He had 7 children, including 1 with chap rocker Melissa Etheridge.
• The legendary instrumentalist passed distant astatine the property of 81 connected January 19, 2023.

David Crosby, iconic co-founder of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and The Byrds, was known for his outstanding contributions to the satellite of music, including 2 inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — erstwhile for each band. He was progressive successful politics, received a Grammy Award alongside CSN, appeared arsenic an histrion connected assorted TV shows, and famously struggled with addiction. But down the scenes, helium was besides a father, welcoming nary less than six children crossed respective relationships during his 81 years of life. “A batch of radical don’t person a truly good, beardown crushed that they judge successful for their beingness to spell forward,” helium erstwhile said, according to Fox News. “Me, I do. I’ve got a woman I love and a household that I emotion and a occupation that I love.”

As the satellite mourns the loss of 1 of rock’s astir recognizable and enduring names, here’s what to cognize astir each of his children.

David Crosby, Jan Dance, and Django Crosby (Shutterstock)

James Raymond

David was conscionable 21 years aged erstwhile helium welcomed his archetypal child, lad James Raymond, with Celia Crawford Ferguson in 1962. They decided to spot him for adoption, though James and his biologic begetter were aboriginal reunited. In fact, James is simply a instrumentalist arsenic good — they performed unneurotic arsenic the set CPR (Crosby, Pevar, & Raymond). According to David’s Wikipedia page, James besides performed with the touring bands for Crosby & Nash and Crosby, Stills, & Nash.

Just 2 days agone connected January 17, 2023, Crosby’s eldest kid took to Instagram to denote an upcoming appearance astatine the Lobero Theater successful California to observe the venue’s 150th anniversary. David was acceptable to look with his lad astatine the Santa Barbara theatre connected February 22nd successful “David Crosby and Friends.”

Erika Keller Crosby

Erika Crosby was calved to David and Jackie Guthrie, though her property and day of commencement are unknown, arsenic she has lived a backstage beingness retired of the spotlight. However, it is known that she has 4 siblings connected her mother’s broadside — Sarah Lee, Annie, Abe, and Cathy Guthrie, all of whom telephone people vocalist Arlo Guthrie their dad. Jackie was yet joined to Arlo for 43 years, dying of crab successful 2012, per CBS News.

Erika is besides seemingly liable for 3 of David’s grandchildren. “Erika has 3 kids, lives successful Florida and is an incredibly smart, fantastic pistillate who I sojourn regularly due to the fact that I emotion her dearly,” helium said, according to a 2019 Fox News article.

Donovan Crosby

David adjacent welcomed girl Donovan Crosby with Debbie Donovan. Very small is known astir Donovan, though the stone fable did concisely code her arsenic well, per Fox News. “Donovan doesn’t truly speech to me,” helium reportedly said.

Django Crosby

David Crosby, Jan Dance, and their lad Django successful Los Angeles connected June 25, 2007. (Shutterstock)

The instrumentalist and Jan Dance, who would aboriginal go his woman successful 1987, welcomed lad Django Crosby sometime successful the mid 1980s. “Django lives with maine and is an implicit joy,” David said of his son, who was by his broadside erstwhile helium died. It was Django’s parent who announced the stone star’s decease successful a connection fixed to Variety.  “It is with large sadness aft a agelong illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away,” she wrote. “He was lovingly surrounded by his woman and soulmate Jan and lad Django. Although helium is nary longer present with us, his humanity and benignant psyche volition proceed to usher and animate us. His bequest volition proceed to unrecorded connected done his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to each who knew David and those helium touched. We volition miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly inquire for privateness arsenic we grieve and effort to woody with our profound loss. Thank you for the emotion and prayers.”

Bailey Jean Cypher

Melissa Etheridge, Bailey Jean Cypher, and Linda Wallem successful NYC connected May 5, 2018. (Shutterstock)

David’s youngest 2 children were sired by him, though helium didn’t rise them. Melissa Etheridge and her erstwhile spouse Julie Cypher archetypal admitted to David being the sperm donor for their 2 children successful a January 10, 2000, communicative successful Rolling Stone. Bailey Jean Cypher was the archetypal of those 2 children, calved successful 1997, and is present astir 25 years old. She’s besides a postgraduate of NYU.

“I didn’t genitor Bailey and Beckett, the 2 with Melissa [Etheridge and her ex-partner Julie Cypher], but I bash emotion them,” David reportedly said successful 2019, per Fox News.  “Beckett’s determination successful Colorado and Bailey conscionable graduated from NYU today. They each seemingly learned from my mistakes, due to the fact that nary of them are funny successful hard drugs. I deliberation they saw what happened and person avoided it, which surely is simply a fantastic thing.”

On January 19, Bailey took to Instagram to wage tribute to her biologic dad. “Rest casual Croz,” she captioned a pic of him playing the guitar. “Thank you for the tunes, the dimples, and the love.”

Beckett Cypher

Melissa Etheridge and Beckett Cypher connected Sept 27, 2011. (Shutterstock)

Like Bailey, Beckett Cypher was calved to Julie Cypher and Melissa Etheridge successful 1998, with David Crosby arsenic the sperm donor. And according to the 2000 Rolling Stone piece, Melissa erstwhile said “Beckett looks conscionable similar David, doesn’t he?” However, Beckett’s beingness ended tragically erstwhile helium died of causes related to opioid addiction successful May of 2020 astatine the property of conscionable 21.

“My lad Beckett, who was conscionable 21, struggled to overcome his addiction and yet succumbed to it today,” Melissa wrote successful portion successful a connection connected Twitter. “He volition beryllium missed by those who loved him, his family and friends. My bosom is broken. I americium grateful for those who person reached retired with condolences and I consciousness their emotion and sincere grief.”

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