#christopher cross

Ride like the wind, lil buddy...

"Yeah, after I got to meet Carl, he and I really became very good friends, and… I think the two people in this business that I’ve become close to and remained friends with have been Carl and Michael McDonald… and, of course, Carl passed away twelve years ago from cancer, sadly. But, yeah, it’s funny, but Carl and I sang on a lot of things together. We sang on some Olivia Newton-John stuff, too. I think what happened was that, as the years went on, with Brian (Wilson) not being as available, people would want that sound, and… I certainly grew up emulating Carl. Carl and Karen Carpenter are big vocal influences. And so people thought, 'Well, if we can’t get Brian, then we’ll get Carl and Christopher.' And sometimes, as in the case of David and Ted Templeman, I think what happened was…they really wanted a stamp of approval and validation on doing 'California Girls,' touching something like that, and truth be told, I think they knew I was close to Carl, and they thought, 'Well, if we get Christopher, then we can get Carl!' (Laughs) And they didn’t care about me, cause they got a real Beach Boy! So it was fun. But it’s always fun. It was great to do that with Carl, and I did a lot of things with him like that. It was a lot of fun, and as I said, I have very fond memories now of all that, with losing him." - Christopher Cross, Pop Dose (May 2011) Goldmine: "Do you think Carl was aware of how good he was?" Christopher Cross: "Yeah, I think Carl knew how good he was. The Wilson brothers — Carl, Dennis and Brian — were all very humble boys. They were all so sweet. They had to have gotten that from their mother, Audree, because certainly their father, Murry, was pretty nuts. I think it’s just sort of genetic thing with them. They’re all just so kind. Brian is still so lovely. He doesn’t like when people tell him over and over that he’s a genius. I was fawning all over him one time, and he said, 'Look man, I just produced some records, OK. It’s no big deal.' I think Carl probably knew he had something special. I mean, who else can go out and sing 'Darlin'' onstage and not know they’re great? He was such a humble cat. The two people in the music business who I’ve met who are the most genuine people and totally not full of sh*t are Carl and Mike McDonald." - Goldmine (2014) "I was very, very close friends with Carl, rest his soul, and I think he was really one of the most real, unassuming people I’ve met in this business." - Christopher Cross, The Roxborough Report (2010) Comment on a 2021 Instagram post about Carl by Cross, also featuring one of the photos seen here: "I miss him every day. Sometimes I talk to him. I cry to him. I listen to his voice and that gets me crying too. I’ll Never get over his death but honor him every day. You were both special to one another. Makes me love you even more." - Carnie Wilson Cross replied: "You’re so sweet. He was one of the loveliest, kindest men I ever knew."

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Christopher Cross – Another Page (1983)

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(Song: Sailing - Christopher Cross)