RIP, Dash Crofts

[fourheels]

The surviving half of 70s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts has passed. He was 87.

Dash Crofts of Seals & Crofts, known for hits 'Summer Breeze' and 'Diamond Girl,' dies at 87

Singer-songwriter Darrell “Dash” Crofts, who teamed with childhood friend Jim Seals for such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer,” has died at 87.

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[uncleradar]

They played Carmichael around 1973

 

[finesse]

They played Carmichael around 1973

Sure it wasn't Memorial Hall? I was there but it was a time that I wasn't always clear about where I was.

 

[uncleradar]

Sure it wasn't Memorial Hall? I was there but it was a time that I wasn't always clear about where I was.

i think you're right. in those days I often had trouble remembering where I was the previous night.

 

[finesse]

i think you're right. in those days I often had trouble remembering where I was the previous night.

Well, if you remember the early70s well, you weren't doing it right.

 

[fourheels]

Well, if you remember the early70s well, you weren't doing it right.

I was born in the early 70s so I don't remember any of it but probably for different reasons

 

[finesse]

I was born in the early 70s so I don't remember any of it but probably for different reasons

As the song said, at that time "If I'm as high when I die as I was when I lived, I'll be in heaven, sure as hell."

Wouldn't nobody have bet I'd make it to 30. Cleaned up around the edges and made it to 74.