David Crosby Doesn’t Like Neil Young’s New Girlfriend

• KM Press Group (left); Bobby Bank/WireImage (right)
• Neil Young and Daryl Hannah on a date last week; the Croz disapproves.

When you’ve been a fan of Neil Young as long as I have, the news of his recent divorce—from Pegi Young, his wife of 36 years—is weird and disorienting. If Neil and Pegi couldn’t make it work, there’s no hope for any of us. But when you add the news that Grandpa Granola’s new squeeze is the mermaid from Splash, things just get downright icky. This is like when Uncle Fred ditched your aunt and ran off with a yoga instructor.

To be fair, it sounds like the Youngs’ divorce is relatively amicable, but one person is not pleased with Young’s new girlfriend—living lion of a man David Crosby, who told the Idaho Statesman last week:

I happen to know that he’s hanging out with somebody that’s a purely poisonous predator now. And that’s karma. He’s gonna get hurt. But I understand why it happened. I’m just sad about it. I’m always sad when I see love get tossed in the gutter.

Ouch. Guess that CSNY reunion isn’t going to happen anytime soon. The rest of that interview is worth reading, as Crosby has no filter. (He’s tired of some of the songs he has to sing every night! His voice is in better shape than his bandmates! God love ya, Croz.)

C, along with S and N (Stills and Nash) perform—without Y—tonight at the Keller Auditorium. Daryl Hannah will not be on the guest list. CSNY recently released a three-disc set of their 1974 tour, which I can’t afford but sounds like it’s pretty terrific.