Review | David Crosby’s Final Band Does Him Proud in Santa Barbara

The ripples of David Crosby’s generosity and talent were certainly rocking and rolling through the Lobero Theatre on Sunday night. The Stand and Be Counted concert — originally planned by Crosby himself as a benefit for the Lobero’s 150th Anniversary Ovation Celebration in February before his untimely death in January — came together as a beautiful tribute to his musical legacy. 

Contemporary folk artist Shawn Colvin (who was in a well-documented mutual admiration society with Crosby and sang with him on a lovely cover of “Baker Street” on her excellent 2015 album Uncovered, among their other connections) opened the show. Alone onstage with her guitar, her Crosby-curated set included the Robbie Robertson–penned “Twilight,” with the rather haunting lyrics from the great rocker, who died on August 9: “Just don’t put me in the frame upon the mantel / where memories turn dusty, old, and gray / Don’t leave me alone in the twilight / Twilight is the loneliest time of day.“ 

She also sang three of her own best-known songs “Sunny Came Home,” “Cry Like an Angel,” and “That Don’t Worry Me Now,” about which she said, “I always think of Croz when I play it.”