Oh Yes I Can

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 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

All songs written by David Crosby, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drive My Car"		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"		4:48
6.	"Drop Down Mama"		3:07
7.	"Lady of the Harbor"	Crosby, Doerge	3:19
8.	"Distances"		3:36
9.	"Flying Man"	Crosby, Doerge	3:25
10.	"Oh Yes I Can"		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)
• JD 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

1. Lindsay Planer (1989-01-23). "Oh Yes I Can - David Crosby | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
2. 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.