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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Announce Reunion Tour Dates

Folk-rock supergroup Crosby Stills Nash & Young held a press conference in New York on Tuesday to announce their upcoming reunion tour, the foursome's first outing in a quarter of a century.

All four members of the group were present to discuss the tour, dubbed CSNY2K, which kicks off January 24 in Detroit, Michigan; they also plugged their upcoming album, "Looking Forward," which is due in stores on October 26.

invited Young to play on the upcoming CSN record. That led to Young contributing songs of his own to the album and, eventually, rejoining the band.

• 1/24 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace at Auburn Hills
• 1/26 - Kansas City, MO @ Kemper Arena
• 1/29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
• 2/1 - Tacoma, WA @ Dome
• 2/2 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
• 2/4 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Arena
• 2/7 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
• 2/9 - Sacramento, CA @ Arco Arena
• 2/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
• 2/19 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand
• 2/21 - Phoenix, AZ @ America West Arena
• 2/23 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
• 2/26 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
• 3/6 - Houston, TX @ Compaq Center
• 3/7 - Dallas, TX @ Reunion Arena
• 3/9 - Nashville, TN @ Gaylord Entertainment Center
• 3/11 - Tampa, FL @ Ice Palace
• 3/12 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ National Car Rental Center
• 3/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
• 3/16 - Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Coliseum
• 3/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Pittsburgh Civic Center
• 3/20 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Union Center
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• 3/24 - Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
• 3/26 - Boston, MA @ Fleet Center
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• 4/3 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
• 4/6 - Washington, DC @ MCI Center
• 4/7 - Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
• 4/12 - Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center
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Crosby, Stills and Nash are a folk rock group hailing from California, U.S who formed in 1968. They are arguably the most celebrated rock super-group of all time, who are best known for their collaborations with Neil Young, and for releasing eight studio albums since their debut in 1969.

Giving the phrase “super-group” an unambiguously good name is the California based band Crosby, Stills and Nash, who came together in 1968 after the bands that each member came to prominence in split up. David Crosby was the singer and songwriter from The Byrds, a band that he was dismissed from in 1967 due to friction with his fellow bandmates. Crosby had a friend in the form of Stephen Stills, whose band Buffalo Springfield had folded completely in early 1968. The duo began meeting up together and jamming, before writing the song “Wooden Ships” together on Crosby’s boat.

Inspired by the quality of “Wooden Ships”, Crosby and Stills started writing together regularly, coming up with a backlog of songs that neither of them knew quite what to do with. At around the same time, Graham Nash found himself in California after being kicked out of his band The Hollies. He’d known Crosby since The Byrds had toured the United Kingdom earlier in the decade and started seeing him again soon after he landed there. This all culminated in a party that Joni Mitchell threw in her house in July 1968, where Mitchell asked Crosby and Stills to perform a song of Stills’ composition that she’d heard earlier in the day.

As they performed, Nash chimed in with an improvised harmony line, and everyone who was listening found that they had great vocal chemistry together. The trio decided to form a band together, but didn’t want to be locked into a group structure that had burned them before. They decided to focus on the three of them performing together as three distinct songwriters and named the new group after their own surnames. This ensured that the band couldn’t continue without the involvement of all three of them. Clearly these were three carefree individuals who weren’t bitter with anything in the slightest.

Soon after they formed, the group managed to sign a record deal with Atlantic Records. However, they also signed a management deal with Elliot Roberts and David Geffen, giving them one of the most formidable management teams in rock music at the time. It was pretty much a given that anything they’d put out would be a hit and their self-titled debut album did not disappoint, spawning two hit singles off the back of it and peaking at number six on the Billboard albums chart. However, this presented the group with their own set of problems, as they needed to tour and Stills had performed all the instruments on the record save for the drums.

The band needed a fourth member to compliment them, and to Stills’ horror and Nash’s consternation, Ahmet Ertegun, the boss of their record label, suggested Stills’ Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young. Stills understandably didn’t want anything to do with his old band and Nash had never met Young before, but the initial meetings went well enough. Young became a paid up member of the band, one who was still allowed to continue his celebrated solo career during the band’s downtime. After recruiting a rhythm section in the form of the drummer on their first record Dallas Taylor and 19 year old Motown bass player Greg Reeves, they started performing live, with their second ever show taking place at a little gathering called the Woodstock festival.

Ever since then, their storied career has taken them into the heart of American rock. Every single member of the band having been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of CSN&Y and in their previous groups. Their stories of interpersonal friction are as legendary as their music and their activism, and to this day Crosby, Stills and Nash can still put on one hell of a live show. With a back catalogue of songs that any folk-rock fan would swear by, Crosby, Stills and Nash come highly recommended.

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Somehow they’ve survived in-fighting, drug and alcohol problems, liver transplants and prison time (and that just David Crosby) – Crosby, Still and Nash just keep on rolling. How they have the energy to do at their age when I can’t climb stairs without stopping for regular breaks is beyond me. Surely I don’t have to point out the classic stream of records CSN produced from the late 60s to the end of the 70s? I do? Okay, putting aside the Buffalo Springfield wonders and the solo releases, CSN had a self-titled debut in ’69, Deja Vu in 1970 and CSN in 1977, all of which contained songs of political activism, peace and love which resonate as much today as they did back in the day. Live, it’s best to sit back and enjoy the ride as the white-haired Crosby, the tough guy looks of Stephen Stills and the sprightly Graham Nash guide you through a couple of hours of ‘Marrakesh Express’, ‘Guinnivere’ and ‘Cathedral’ while also visiting the solo back catalogues with stirring renditions of ‘Love the One You’re With (Stills), ‘What Makes It So’ (Crosby) and ‘Here For You’ (Nash). You will, of course, overcome the whiff of cheese when the encore of ‘Teach Your Children’ starts up, and head off into the night wishing it was the 60s and you were off for a drink down Laurel Canyon way.

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Music legends David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash are currently performing in the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash and although there has been continuos inter-band disputes and issues with substance abuse, the group continue to tour to date.

All of the members are now into their 70's yet they have such dedication for the music there is no sign of them taking early retirement anytime soon. They also appear to have the fan's dedication very much at the centre of what they do as they continuously thank them for coming out to support their shows and explain that without them they probably all would be in respective retirement.

This would be a crying shame as the audience would be robbed of hearing classics such as 'Wooden Ships' and 'Lay Me Down'. They also honour their frequent collaborator Neil Young by performing 'Chicago' and 'Our House' both recorded with the great man himself. The compassionate way in which the group performs is clear proof they still very much care about the live experience and the whole room is in agreed opinion they are masterful in their craft.

It was amazing. Every song was just as good if not better than when it was recorded. David Crosby looks great, Stephen Stills' guitar playing is amazing, and Graham Nash's voice is great! They still got it!

Great show, the best CSN I have seen. It was assisted by a superb vocal audience, very enthusiastic (considering their average age!!). Thanks a lot and hope to see you again soon!

Fantastic concert. Great singers (they still have very good voices), great guitar players. They have a great band. I had a wonderful time. They sang new songs and all the old hits.

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Historic Tours: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young kick off the CSNY2K Tour

18 years ago today, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young took the stage of The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan, to kick off their first full tour in more than 25 years.

Since last touring together in 1974, the various members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had gotten together to perform on a number of occasions. More often than not, it was just CSN, but once in a blue moon, generally for purposes of playing a benefit, you’d see all four of them together. Getting them together on the road for a proper tour, however, wasn’t in the cards, not even when they reunited for the 1988 album AMERICAN DREAM.

That changed in 1999. After Crosby, Stills and Nash found themselves without a record contract and decided to finance their own album, Young entered the studio for a few songs, and he wound up being so impressed that the sessions resulted in a full-fledged CSNY album: LOOKING FORWARD. In turn, the guys decided that it would make financial sense to hit the road together for the first time in 26 years.

Here’s the set list for that first night of the tour, and we’ve also created a playlist featuring all of these songs, so you can feel like you were actually there.

Set List: Carry On Southern Man (Neil Young song) Stand and Be Counted Pre-Road Downs (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Heartland 49 Bye-Byes (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Slowpoke Marrakesh Express (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Faith in Me Almost Cut My Hair Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover) Acoustic: Helplessly Hoping (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Our House Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young song) Dream for Him Someday Soon Looking Forward After the Gold Rush (Neil Young song) Guinevere (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Seen Enough Out of Control Teach Your Children Encore : Love the One You're With (Stephen Stills song) Long Time Gone (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Ohio For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover) Down by the River (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover) Dark Star (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) Rockin' in the Free World (Neil Young song) Encore 2: Woodstock (Joni Mitchell cover) Long May You Run (The Stills–Young Band cover)

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: the 10 best songs

The 10 songs you need to know by folk rock supergroups Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills & Nash & Young

Darlings of the post- Woodstock nation, the superstar line-up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash (and later Neil Young ) brought together ex-members of Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and The Hollies. 

Dubbed The ‘American Beatles ’, CSNY’s songs told tales of past lovers, political unrest and a rocky road ahead - often while battling inter-band discord in their quest for pure vocal harmony. 

Here are 10 of their best songs.

10) Long Time Gone (1969)

Written as a reaction to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in 1968, this moody David Crosby song on Crosby, Stills & Nash’s debut album was a warning of darker days ahead. The chorus refrain, ‘It appears to be a long time before the dawn’, echoes the foreboding atmosphere. With the tragedies at Altamont and Kent State ahead, it was not too far off the mark.

9) Déjà Vu (1970)

The title track of their second album – their first with Neil Young – opens in jazzy 4/4 time before moving into a dreamlike tempo befitting the lyrical content. Crosby delves into a past life, reflecting ‘I feel like I’ve been here before’ . The song inspired them to appear in retro Civil War garb for the album’s cover shoot.

8) Teach Your Children (1970)

One of a handful of songs Nash bought with him from the latter days of The Hollies. Frame-worked by the steel guitar of guest player Jerry Garcia, Nash’s plea for youthful understanding touched the post-Woodstock generation. CSN&Y, and their audience, were growing up. Inspiration for the song came from Nash viewing a photograph by Diane Arbus titled Child With Toy Hand Grenade In Central Park .

7) Helpless (1970)

The addition of Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young in mid-1969 added an extra creative dynamic to the band. Originally recorded with Young’s Crazy Horse, the country-tinged lilt of Helpless was one of the highlights of CSN&Y’s Déjà Vu . Meanwhile, Young’s own solo career was about to take off big time with the After The Goldrush album.

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6) Our House (1970)

This ode to domestic contentment was written by Nash during the time he lived with Joni Mitchell in Laurel Canyon. The song’s spiralling melody is a perfect foundation for them to layer on the harmonies and counter harmonies. It’s one of their most durable songs and you’ll often hear it in TV ads and film soundtracks.

5) Marrakesh Express (1969)

Another Hollies remnant of Nash’s that would find a home on their self-titled debut album, Marrakesh Express captures a bright and breezy spirit of adventure, driven along by a Hammond organ played by Stills. Nash derived the idea for the song on a 1966 vacation that saw him travel by train from Casablanca to Marrakesh.

4) Carry On (1970)

Here Stephen Stills brings elements of three different songs into one concise package. He draws on Questions from his old band Buffalo Springfield, plus there’s a jam session with drummer Dallas Taylor tagged on as a delightful free-form coda. And, of course, the yearning harmonies are to die for.

3) Wooden Ships (1969)

Co-written by Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner (their version appears on the Airplane’s Volunteers album), this captivating tale of survival in a nuclear holocaust is wrapped around an arrangement that mirrors the ominous undertones of the subject matter. Both Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed the song in their respective sets at Woodstock Festival.

2) Ohio (1970)

Composed by Neil Young in pained reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, Ohio was rush-released as a single, scoring them a Billboard Top 20 hit. Its hard-hitting lyrical message was in sharp contrast to the peace-and-love vibes of the Woodstock era. Crosby’s fear and loathing is plainly evident during the fade as he bellows ‘Four, why? Why did they die? How many more?’ .

1) Suite Judy Blue Eyes (1969)

Another deft amalgamation - as the title implies, this is a suite of four short songs written by Stills and seamlessly interwoven. Lyrically it refers to his relationship with folk singer-songwriter Judy Collins. Opening with glistening acoustic guitars, it builds to a searing, Latin-flavoured climax, ending on a repeated ‘doo-doo-doo-da-doo’ refrain of life-affirming joy.

What hits did Crosby, Stills and Nash have?

Crosby, Stills and Nash wrote enough hits (or at least firm fan favourites) to fill a compilation album – check out Greatest Hits which was released in 2005 through Rhino – but had a number of top 30 singles in the early part of their career: their first single,   Marrakesh Express (1969), peaked at 28 in the US charts and 17 in the UK. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes , Woodstock , Teach Your Children , Ohio , and Just a Song Before I Go were all hit singles in the US. 

What is Crosby, Stills and Nash's most famous song?

 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes and Just a Song Before I Go are two of of Crosby, Stills and Nash's most recognisable songs. The former was taken from their 1969 self-titled debut; this single was a tribute penned by Stephen Stills as a tribute to his former girlfriend, folk singer Judy Collins. It reached number 21 in the Billboard Hot 100 and fared even better in Canada, where it placed at number 11. 1977 single Just a Song Before I Go – from the album CSN – reached number 7 in the Billboard chart. Digitally, Spotify tells a different story. Helplessly Hoping – a song from their debut – has racked up over 112 million streams. 

Why did Crosby, Stills and Nash fall out?

Graham Nash says he will not consider any further Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young activity after falling out with David Crosby. In a 2022 interview with The Guardian , Nash says that he grew tired of Crosby's barbed comments about him online. “My patience, my love for him, it all just stopped,” he explained. "When he goes on social media, says I wasn’t his friend, and all I was in it for was the money, that’s fucking heartbreaking for me.”

Did Crosby Stills and Nash remove music from Spotify?

The band removed their music from Spotify in early 2022, in a show of solidarity with their bandmate Neil Young, who pulled his catalogue from the streaming service in protest of Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan's alleged misinformation on the coronavirus. 

The band issued a statement to NPR, which read: "David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills have requested that their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify. In solidarity with their bandmate, Neil Young, and in support of stopping harmful misinformation about COVID, they have decided to remove their records from the streaming platform including the recordings of CSNY, CSN, and CN, as well as Crosby's and Stills' solo projects. Nash has already begun the process to take down his solo recordings. 

"We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify's Joe Rogan podcast," it continued. "While we always value alternate points of view, knowingly spreading disinformation during this global pandemic has deadly consequences. Until real action is taken to show that a concern for humanity must be balanced with commerce, we don't want our music – or the music we made together – to be on the same platform."

Rogan later countered that he was not trying to promote misformation, but merely wanted to hear different perspectives on the deadly pandemic.

Crosby, Stills and Nash made their music available on Spotify again later that summer, with the band donating streaming royalties to charity for a month.

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A Crosby, Stills & Nash Tribute Show Is Set for New York This Spring

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More than a year after the death of David Crosby , the music he made with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash will be saluted in a tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall this spring.

Set for May 13, the show — simply titled “The Music of Crosby, Stills and Nash” — will present interpretations of both group and solo songs by an eclectic lineup, including genre-fluid singer Yola; classic rock visionary Todd Rundgren; singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin, Rickie Lee Jones, and Aoife O’Donovan; indie rockers Iron & Wine and Real Estate; and jam-rock vanguard Grace Potter.

“We didn’t want every artist to be from that era or be colleagues,” says City Winery founder Michael Dorf, whose MDP (Michael Dorf Presents) company is producing the show. “Those harmonies are so much in our collective subconscious. So we were also thinking of new artists or other voices who can interpret the songs so you can hear the lyrics in a different and more profound way.”

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Given that one of the previous tribute shows saluted Neil Young (2011, featuring Smith, the Roots, Aaron Neville, Jakob Dylan, and J Mascis), Dorf says the decision was made to intentionally focus on the original trio. (Young was only added to the band’s lineup after the release of 1969’s Crosby, Stills & Nash .) Dorf, who recalls seeing CSN at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Wisconsin in 1982, says the tribute was in the works before Crosby’s passing. “This has been kicking around for a while,” he says, adding jokingly, “I’ve been bugging Graham Nash for five or six years to do it.”

Nash is currently slated to participate in the show. As for Stills and Young, Dorf says his team has reached out to the former and holds out some hope that the latter would consider joining in. “Bruce Springsteen and David Byrne played at their tributes, and R.E.M.’s last show in New York was at theirs, when they came out for the encore,” he says. “Neil doesn’t do these things very often and has his own charities. But we try to get the artists involved.”

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The Beatles Icon That Rejected Crosby, Stills, & Nash When They Were Looking for a Record Deal

by Melanie Davis April 13, 2024, 9:08 am

When David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash first heard The Beatles, it was love at first listen. Unfortunately for the folk-rock trio, George Harrison, guitarist and vocalist of The Beatles, didn’t feel the same way. 

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At the very least, the Beatle didn’t feel compelled in 1969 to sign the rising musical group to Apple Records , the British label founded by the Fab Four one year earlier. Considering the tremendous success of Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and, later, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young), it would appear that all’s well that ends well.

Still, that didn’t do much to soothe the initial sting of rejection after that fateful live audition in London.

David Crosby Would Later Say George Harrison Likely Regretted His Decision

The members of Crosby, Stills, & Nash had enjoyed musical success prior to forming their folk trio in bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Hollies, respectively. After months of preparing to record their debut eponymous LP, the folk-rock trio flew from Los Angeles to London to audition for a spot on Apple Records’ artist roster.

Crosby later tweeted about the experience, clarifying that the trio never cut demos with Apple Records. Rather, Crosby, Stills, & Nash performed a live audition for George Harrison and the label’s A&R chief, Peter Asher. “Apple passed on a number one record there,” the guitarist wrote. “Ahh well…everybody makes mistakes. Bet they regretted it later.” 

Nash had similar sentiments about his group’s audition. In a 2015 interview with The Guardian , the former Hollies member said, “We were rehearsing the first record, and we had our s*** down. To hear “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” in our living room was pretty f***ing impressive. And they turned us down.”

CSN’s Reverence For The Beatles Likely Made The Rejection Even Worse

To have a stranger turn you down is one thing; to have your idol reject you is another altogether. Indeed, such was the case for all three members of Crosby, Stills, & Nash, who, like the rest of the world, were enthralled and inspired by the British rockers, particularly George Harrison. Crosby would later say that before he saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show , he wanted to be a folk artist. After seeing the Fab Four, he wanted to be a rock n’ roller.

Crosby would translate this rock n’ roll energy into his new project, The Byrds , which was heavily influenced by The Beatles. “We took our guitar cues from The Beatles,” he explained (via MusicRadar ). “I had the Tennessean, the Country Gentleman, and Roger [McGuinn] had the Rickenbacker. My whole attitude was, ‘If it’s good enough for George Harrison, it’s good enough for me.’ I wanted to be like George.” 

The musicians’ deep admiration for The Beatles likely made Apple’s rejection all the more bitter of a pill to swallow. Still, their London visit was not for naught. Not only would Crosby, Stills, & Nash remain friends with the Liverpoolers. But the group also achieved tremendous success without the help of Apple Records, signing with Atlantic Records upon their return to California.

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OUR HOUSE: The Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

• Date Friday, Aug 16 , 2024

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Prepare for an unparalleled musical experience as OUR HOUSE: The Music of CSNY assembles to perform the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young repertoire with an extraordinary ensemble of FAMILY & FRIENDS. What sets this apart is the stellar, historic lineup, featuring:

• James Raymond (son of David Crosby)
• Astrid Young (sister of Neil Young)
• Steve Postell (guitarist & musical director with David Crosby & The Immediate Family)
• Chris Pierce (handpicked by Neil Young to support his 2023 tour)
• Jeff Pevar (lead guitar David Crosby, Graham Nash, CSN, Phil Lesh)
• Steve DiStanislao (drums David Crosby, David Gilmour)
• Michelle Wills (keyboards David Crosby)
• Elijah Thomson (bass Father John Misty)

The show also includes legendary CSNY photographer Henry Diltz with CSNY recording engineer Stephen Barncard spinning ‘Tall Tales’ that can be heard nowhere else except on this tour. Audiences can anticipate an immersive journey through classic hits such as “Déjà vu,” "Wooden Ships," "Helpless," and "Carry On," delivered with the finesse that only OUR HOUSE, The Music of CSNY performed by FAMILY & FRIENDS can provide.

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10 Best Crosby, Stills and Nash Songs to ‘Teach Your Children’

W hile Crosby, Stills and Nash (CSN) songs didn't chart as singles (for example, "Ohio" was banned from many stations in the U.S. when it came out in 1970), their influence is nevertheless staggering today, as they are now staples in the American songbook.

If you haven't already, now's the perfect time to play some of these songs for future generations, starting with these 10...

10. Woodstock

Year released: 1970

Album:  Déjà Vu

Bottom Line: Woodstock

"Woodstock" is the only song on this not written by any members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY). Joni Mitchell wrote it, and it appeared on her album "Ladies of the Canyon," but CSNY released it first. Their version is arguably the most well-known. 

Mitchell was dating Graham Nash at the time of the Woodstock Festival, which she didn't attend on the advice of her manager, as she was scheduled on the "Dick Cavett Show" soon after and didn't think she'd make it back to New York City in time. (CSNY played the festival and appeared with her on the show.)

Mitchell based the song on Nash's description of what it was like to be at Woodstock and later said , "I don't know if I would have written the song if I had gone. I was the fan that couldn't go, not the performing animal. So, it afforded me a different perspective."

Crosby agreed, saying she nailed the event's vibe. "She captured the feeling and importance of the Woodstock festival better than anyone who had actually been there."

9. Wooden Ships

Year released: 1969

Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash

Bottom Line: Wooden Ships

David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner wrote "Wooden Ships" at the  height of the Vietnam War  from the point of view of survivors attempting to escape a nuclear war's aftermath and create a new civilization. 

As the group travels, they eat "purple berries" — "Say, can I have some of your purple berries? Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now, Haven't got sick once, Prob'ly keep us both alive" — which are iodine pills to stave off radiation sickness.

Those left behind aren't so lucky: "Horror grips us as we watch you die, All we can do is echo your anguished cries, Stare as all human feelings die, We are leaving, you don't need us."

After the song came out, fellow musician and friend of the band, Jackson Browne, asked Crosby what happened to the people left after the travelers embarked on their journey. Crosby callously responded, "Well, **** ’em."

It was an answer he later regretted. There is, however, a silver lining — Browne was so shocked by Crosby's comment that he penned his classic 1973 "For Everyman" in response.

8. Teach Your Children

Album: Déjà Vu

Bottom Line: Teach Your Children

Graham Nash wrote "Teach Your Children" for his former band, The Hollies, but they never ended up recording it because he never finished the song.

Nash, a photographer and collector of images, loaned his image of Diane Arbus' photo, "Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park," to a California gallery. The gallery placed it next to a photo of Alfred Krupp, a German arms magnate, who provided his country with arms during the two world wars. While looking at the photos next to each other Nash " realized right there that we had better start teaching our children better; otherwise, civilization was in jeopardy."

It was then that he was able to complete the song. Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead played pedal steel guitar on the song, in turn for vocal harmony help on the Dead's "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty" albums.

Bottom Line: Ohio

In May 1970, images from a student protest at Ohio's Kent State rocked the world. Four students died during this demonstration against the Vietnam War when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on protestors.

After seeing the photos in Life magazine, Neil Young was moved to write "Ohio" in just a few hours. While Young takes the lead vocal on the track, it is Crosby's voice you hear at the end of the song singing, "Four!" "Why?" and "How many more?" According to Young, Crosby cried when the recording was finished. The lyric, "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming" was said by Crosby to be "the bravest thing I ever heard."

Nixon came out publicly against the song, and some radio stations banned it, but today, it is regarded as one of CSNY's best. 

6. Long Time Gone

Bottom line: long time gone.

"Long Time Gone" opens the "Woodstock" movie (the festival was CSNY's second-ever gig) and is one of Crosby's contributions to the band's self-titled debut LP. 

The late 1960s were indeed turbulent, and Crosby was simply demonstrating the frustration and disappointment of the chaos that was the time.

He said , " It was written the night Bobby Kennedy was killed. I believed in him because he said he wanted to make some positive changes in America, and he hadn’t been bought and sold like Johnson and Nixon — cats who made their deals years ago with the special interests in this country in order to gain power. I thought Bobby, like his brother, was a leader who had not made those deals. I was already angry about Jack Kennedy getting killed, and it boiled over into this song when they got his brother, too.”

5. Southern Cross

Year released: 1982

Album: Daylight Again

Bottom Line: Southern Cross

"Southern Cross" ushered the band into the MTV arena. It was a heavily rotated video on the channel in 1982. 

Written by Stephen Stills, it is based on another song released in 1975 called "Seven League Boots" by Rick and Michael Curtis. Stills took basic parts of the song and added lyrics and a new chorus to "polish it." He based it on a boat trip he took to clear his head after a divorce.

Crosby didn't sing on the song when it was recorded (he wasn't in the band at the time), but he's present in the video and has sung it live. 

4. Our House

Bottom line: our house.

This simple love song was written by Graham Nash and recalls the time he spent in a relationship with girlfriend Joni Mitchell. The couple lived together in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon. 

As he explained it, the song describes just an ordinary morning in the couple's lives: "On Ventura Boulevard in the Valley, there's a very famous deli called Art's Deli. And we'd been to breakfast there. We're going to get into Joni's car, and we pass an antique store. And we're looking in the window, and she saw a very beautiful vase that she wanted to buy. I persuaded her to buy this vase. It wasn't very expensive, and we took it home.

"It was a very grey, kind of sleety, drizzly L.A. morning. And we got to the house in Laurel Canyon, and I got through the front door and I said, 'You know what? I'll light a fire. Why don't you put some flowers in that vase that you just bought?' An hour later, 'Our House' was born, out of an incredibly ordinary moment that many, many people have experienced."

3. Almost Cut My Hair

Bottom line: almost cut my hair.

This Crosby-penned tune describes the dilemma of cutting one's hair and leaving the counterculture movement to join normal society. The song was one of a few of the era to popularize "letting your freak flag fly" by growing your hair long.

While Crosby called his lyrics "juvenile" later in life, he also said the song has a "certain emotional impact," as it was likely the most political song he ever wrote. And yes, at one point, he was faced with this decision.

2. Just a Song Before I Go

Year released: 1977

Bottom Line: Just a Song Before I Go

"Just a Song Before I Go" was written as the result of a bet between Graham Nash and his drug dealer who was taking Nash to the airport from his home in Hawaii. With 15 minutes to go on the drive, the man challenged Nash to write a song in that time for $100.

Nash composed it on the spot, and it peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard charts.

1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash 

Bottom Line: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Stephen Stills wrote this song to win the heart of his former girlfriend, folksinger Judy Collins. The couple had dated for about two years, but things weren't working out. She left, but Stills gave their relationship one more college try with the song.

One night, in a Los Angeles hotel room, he sang the song to her. While she was blown away by it, she said, " Oh, Stephen, it’s such a beautiful song. But it’s not winning me back."

Nevertheless, the song went on to be a smash hit for the band and is one of their most well-known to this day.  Though the two went on to marry other people, they remained friends and even went out on tour together in 2022. She says , "Stephen and I managed, through all these years, to keep a friendship. Louis [her husband] and Stephen became best buddies [during the tour], which is the tops. Having a friendship that lasts 60 years is pretty awesome and pretty rare."

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Southern Cross: The Songs of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young | The Bassment

Southern Cross: The Songs of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young is an upcoming event featuring B.C. Read, Brent Taylor, and Kelly Read at The Bassment in Saskatoon on May 24, 2024. This acoustic roots series brings together three talented vocalists to pay homage to the iconic sound of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young from the 60s. Known for their superb three-part harmonies and skilled acoustic guitar performances, Southern Cross guarantees a night of nostalgia and musical excellence. Guests are encouraged to embrace the era with bell-bottoms, headbands, and beads. The event is sponsored by David's Distinctive Men's Apparel. Tickets for members are priced at $25, while non-members can purchase them for $35. A $2 facility fee is included in the ticket price, with taxes (GST & PST), box office fee, and processing fee added during checkout. Please note that ticket sales are final and non-refundable. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the timeless music of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young brought to life by these talented musicians.

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