Darrell Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts Passes Away

0:00It's March 26th. Global news today starts now. AI powered and always on. Singer songwriter Daryl Dash Kruffs has died at the age of 87. He rose to fame as half of the duo's seals and Kruffs alongside childhood friend Jim Seals. Together, they delivered 1970s soft rock classics like Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl, and Get Closer, all hitting the top 10 on the charts. The pair grew up in Texas and started playing music in high school bands before forming their act in the late 1960s. They mixed pop, country, folk, and jazz sounds during the easy listening boom that featured groups like America and Bread. Their music often drew from the Baha'i faith they embraced in the 1960s, touching on unity and life themes. This led to some pushback, especially with their 1974 song Unborn Child, released soon after the Roe v. Wade ruling. By the early 1980s, tastes shifted away from soft rock and they parted ways for a while. They reunited for projects later on, and their tunes got fresh life through performers

1:04like Dash's daughter and Seals's cousin. Jim Seals passed away in 2022. Fans still flock to their shows with stories of how the music shaped their lives. With Dash Gone, it's the close of a special chapter, but those breezy hits promised to endure for generations.