Singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge honored the late rocker David Crosby on Thursday for “giving me the present of household.”
Crosby, who died Wednesday on the age of 81 following a protracted sickness, was the sperm donor father of two of Etheridge’s 4 youngsters.
“I'll endlessly be grateful to him, [son] Django, and [spouse} Jan. His music and legacy will encourage many generations to return,” Etheridge, an Oscar and Grammy winner, wrote in a touching tribute on Instagram with a photograph of the 2 of them. “A real treasure,” she added.
The rock legend of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger was the sperm donor for Etheridge’s daughter Bailey Jean Cypher (born in 1997) and son Beckett Cypher (1998) together with her former associate, filmmaker Julie Cypher.
Etheridge and Cypher saved the identification of the youngsters’s organic father secret for years. The couple revealed his identification in a tell-all 2000 interview with Rolling Stone.
Etheridge stated she and Cypher met up with associates Crosby and his spouse, Jan, throughout a trip in Hawaii, and the topic of kids got here up. Etheridge and Cypher talked of their need to have youngsters with a sperm donor. “And Jan stated, ‘What about David?’” Etheridge instructed the journal.
It “got here from her, which was the most effective, most excellent manner,” Etheridge recalled. It was necessary Crosby was “musical,” and that he had “his personal life ... his circle of relatives,” she stated.
Crosby stated he didn’t hesitate.
“Melissa and Julie are good folks,” he instructed Rolling Stone. “Good set of values, they’re funnier than shit, and so they’ve acquired braveness. All uncommon stuff. You possibly can see that they had been in love with one another.”
Beckett died in 2020 on the age of 21. His demise was on account of opioid dependancy, Etheridge stated in a press release on the time.
Etheridge and associate Tammy Lynn Michaels even have 16-year-old twins, son Miller Steven and daughter Johnnie Rose Etheridge.
Legendary rocker Neil Younger additionally paid tribute on Saturday to his former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger bandmate.
“David is gone, however his music lives on. The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and vitality had been on the coronary heart of our band,” he stated in a press release on his web site.
“His nice songs stood for what we believed in, and it was at all times enjoyable and thrilling after we acquired to play collectively,” he added. “My coronary heart goes out to Jan and Django, his spouse and son. A number of like to you. Thanks David on your spirit and songs, Love you man. I bear in mind the most effective occasions! neil.”
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