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.”
