Oh Yes I Can

1989 studio album by David Crosby

Oh Yes I Can

Studio album by

David Crosby

Released

January 23, 1989

Recorded

June–October 1988

Studio

Devonshire (North Hollywood)
A&M (Hollywood)
Criteria (Miami)
Cherokee (Los Angeles)

Genre

Rock

Length

42:35

Label

A&M

Producer

David Crosby
Craig Doerge
Stanley Johnson

David Crosby chronology

If I Could Only Remember My Name
(1971)

Oh Yes I Can
(1989)

Thousand Roads
(1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

Oh Yes I Can is the second solo studio album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young member David Crosby. It was released on January 23, 1989, 18 years on from his previous solo release, If I Could Only Remember My Name.

Four songs ("Drive My Car", "Distances", "Melody" and "Flying Man") had been slated to appear on Crosby's unfinished 1979-1981 Capitol Records solo album and were subsequently rejected for inclusion in Crosby, Stills & Nash projects. The group had attempted to record "Drive My Car" and "Distances" during aborted 1978 sessions for a follow-up to CSN (1977). One of the recordings from this time, "Drive My Car," was included in the trio's 1991 box set, CSN.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drive My Car"	Crosby	3:34
2.	"Melody"	Crosby, Craig Doerge	4:07
3.	"Monkey and the Underdog"	Crosby, Doerge	4:15
4.	"In the Wide Ruin"	Doerge, Henske	4:47
5.	"Tracks in the Dust"	Crosby	4:48
6.	"Drop Down Mama"	Crosby	3:07
7.	"Lady of the Harbor"	Crosby, Doerge	3:19
8.	"Distances"	Crosby	3:36
9.	"Flying Man"	Crosby, Doerge	3:25
10.	"Oh Yes I Can"	Crosby	5:08
11.	"America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)"	Traditional, arranged by Michael Hedges	1:58

Personnel

David Crosby – lead and backing vocals, guitars (5, 6), acoustic guitar (8)
Craig Doerge – synthesizers (1), Yamaha TX816 Rhodes (2), acoustic piano (3, 4, 6, 10), Rhodes electric piano (4), keyboards (7, 9)
Kim Bullard – synthesizers (2, 4, 10)
Mike Finnigan – additional organ (3), organ (6)
Kenny Kirkland – electric piano (8)
Danny Kortchmar – guitars (1, 3), electric guitar (8)
David Lindley – slide guitar (1)
Steve Lukather – guitars (2, 4)
Michael Hedges – guitars (5, 11), additional backing vocals (5), arrangements (11)
Dan Dugmore – slide guitar (6)
Michael Landau – guitars (7)
Larry Carlton – guitars (9)
Leland Sklar – bass (1, 2, 4, 7, 9–11)
George "Chocolate" Perry – bass (3, 8)
Tim Drummond – bass (6)
Joe Vitale – drums (1, 3, 8), organ (3), synthesizers (10)
Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 4, 7, 9, 10), percussion (7)
Jim Keltner – drums (6)
Joe Lala – percussion (2, 8, 9)
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophones (3)
Larry Williams – saxophones (3)
Gary Grant – trumpet (3)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (3), horn arrangements (3)
Jackson Browne – additional backing vocals (4)
Graham Nash – additional backing vocals (5, 11), electric piano (8)
Bonnie Raitt – additional backing vocals (7)
James Taylor – additional backing vocals (10)
J.D. Souther – additional backing vocals (11)

Production

Executive Producer – Eddie Wilner
Producers – David Crosby; Craig Doerge and Stanley Johnston (Tracks 1–7, 9–11); Howard Alpert and Ron Alpert (Track 8).
Engineers – Stephen Barncard, Steve Gursky, Stanley Johnston, Gerry Lentz and Jay Parti.
Assistant Engineers – Tom Banghart, Gary Boatner, Michael Bosley, Troy Cruze, Larry Goodwin, Scott Gordon, Mark McKenna, Russell Schmidt, Allan Tucker, Bob Vogt and Paul Winger.
Mixing – Niko Bolas (Track 1); Stanley Johnston (Tracks 2–11).
Mastered by Bob Ludwig and Mike Reese at Masterdisk (New York, NY) and A&M Mastering Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
Art Direction and Design – Caroline Balog and Gary Burden
Photography – Henry Diltz (back cover), Jay Parti (front cover) and Aaron Rapoport (inner sleeve).

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	104

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Drive My Car"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	3

References

^ Lindsay Planer (1989-01-23). "Oh Yes I Can - David Crosby | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
^ Browne, David (23 March 1989). "David Crosby: Oh Yes I Can : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2011.