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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Re: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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The collective voice of Crosby, Stills and Nash, with its exquisite, signature 3-part harmony, has been called the "voice of an entire generation." Today, that voice continues to resonate in the hearts and souls of millions of people and spans multiple generations. It has endured for nearly three decades because it continues to express important truths about who we are and the world in which we live. Through both their music and their actions, Crosby, Stills and Nash have become indelibly woven into the tapestry of our social consciousness.
That fact is underscored by their May 6, 1997, induction into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. It is an occasion that is doubly significant to Stephen Stills, who is the first artist to be enshrined twice on the same day, once with CS&N and once with Buffalo Springfield. And, it's also the second induction for David Crosby, who also was elected as a member of The Byrds.
To hear Crosby, Stills and Nash sing is a special experience that sends chills throughout your body. With their gentle harmonies, inspired songwriting and trademark guitar work, they sing about the things that matter, addressing issues concerning love, the environment, social injustice and the abuses of power. Their history is the chronicle of a cultural transformation. However, just as it did in 1969, their music reflects the times, as topical and as important as ever.
The term "supergroup" was coined to define Crosby, Stills and Nash. Before they came together in 1968, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash were all established leaders of their own, highly respected and highly successful rock and roll groups.
A native Californian and son of an Academy Award-winning cinematographer, David Crosby began his musical career as a folk singer on the coffee house circuit. Although intending to become an actor when he moved from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles in 1960 at the age of 19, music won out and Crosby spent two years on the road, playing guitar and singing folk music in small clubs throughout the country. Returning to L.A. in 1963, Crosby achieved recognition for both his songwriting and charismatic presence with The Byrds. That group, which also included Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke, was among the first to fuse the acoustic folk sound with electric rock and roll, and the success of the Dylan penned "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and their own "Eight Miles High" brought both critical acclaim and financial prosperity. The latter enabled Crosby, a lifelong lover of sailing and of all things nautical, to buy a 60-foot schooner, which he christened The Mayan. And, ever since, sailing has been his refuge as well as a recurring metaphor in many of his compositions.
Stephen Stills was born in Texas. While growing up, he lived in Illinois, Louisiana, Florida, Panama and Costa Rica, where he attended and graduated from high school. As a result, his musical roots were heavily influenced by Latin music. Moving back to Florida, Stills played in a succession of bands (including The Continentals, which included future Eagle, Don Felder). He eventually moved to New York's Greenwich Village where he began singing with a nine-member vocal group called the Au. Go-Go Singers, which also included Richie Furay. While performing in Canada with The Company (an offshoot of the Au Go-Go Singers), Stills shared the stage with Neil Young and the Squires. Although the two hit it off and agreed to work together, Young disappeared. Then in 1967, Stills and Furay saw Young in Los Angeles, driving around in an old hearse with bass player Bruce Palmer. They hooked up and, after adding drummer Dewey Martin, Buffalo Springfield was born. Stills and Young were a fiery combination, playing off each other's distinct guitar styles to give Buffalo Springfield a unique sound that quickly caught the attention of both the public and the recording industry. It was while with Buffalo Springfield that Stills, inspired by the riots between police and hippies on Sunset Strip, wrote "For What It's Worth", which became a hit record and one of the landmark anthems of the sixties.
Hailing from Blackpool, England, on the coast of the Irish sea, a young Graham Nash was inspired by songs he heard on his parents' radio. At the age of fourteen, he and his childhood pal, Allan Clarke, began singing together in local pubs, displaying a style that was heavily influenced by the Everly Brothers. Encouraged by their success, the pair decided to make a deeper commitment to a musical career and billed themselves as the Two Teens. The Two Teens soon evolved into The Guytones, The Guytones into The Fourtones, The Fourtones into The Deltas, and The Deltas into The Hollies (named, of course, after Buddy Holly). With Nash singing high harmony, Clarke handling lead and Tony Hicks underneath, The Hollies, which also included Eric Haydock and Don Rathbone, created some of the most stirring three-part harmony in rock. In 1966, The Hollies released three top 10 hits: "Bus Stop", "Stop Stop Stop" and "Carrie Anne", breaking through to the top of the charts in both England and the U.S. That same year, Nash and The Hollies recorded the album, TWO YANKS IN BRITAIN, with their idols, the Everly Brothers. It featured eight Nash-Clarke-Hicks compositions, the guitar work of a young session musician named Jimmy Page, and the dazzling harmonies of The Hollies. It is an experience that Nash still considers as a highlight in his career.
The sixties brought about great change. By 1968, David Crosby had been expelled from the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield had broken up and Graham Nash, disappointed with the creative direction of The Hollies, was seeking a greater musical challenge.
After Crosby completed producer's duties on Joni Mitchell's first album, he and Stephen Stills began collaborating. That summer, they invited Nash, then touring with the Hollies, to their Laurel Canyon home. Both had met Nash and knew of his exceptional vocal abilities. When they played two songs they were working on, "Helplessly Hoping" and "You Don't Have To Cry", Nash joined in. And, according to Crosby, "When we heard Nash put on that third harmony, I thought I was gonna die. I thought my heart was gonna jump right through my mouth. It was about the rightest thing I ever heard." Nash concurs, "The minute I heard how our voices sounded together, I was physically and musically linked with David and Stephen from then on. It was a truly magical moment. Halfway through the song, we burst out laughing."
Artistic differences over Nash's song, "Marrakesh Express", led to Nash finally leaving The Hollies. However, true to the prophetic lyrics of "Helplessly Hoping", David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash became "three together."
In 1969 the trio released their debut album, CROSBY, STILLS & NASH. Along with "Helplessly Hoping", Nash's "Marrakesh Express", Stills' "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and Crosby's "Guineverre", the album went straight to number one on the charts.
Moreover, it captured the hearts and minds of an entire generation. As Nash remembers, "We were all very much in love with each other; we were all very much in love with the music. We were obviously doing something that we felt was totally unique. It was against the grain of most of the music that was out at that particular time, and we just managed to slip this acoustic-feeling record right through all the stacks of Marshalls and giant electric guitars."
CSN made history when they, joined by Neil Young, played before more than 400,000 people at the Woodstock Music Festival in upstate New York. CSN&Y's performance at Woodstock exemplified a youthful nation's desire for togetherness, acceptance and freedom, and it is still treasured as the touchstone for many who grew up in the sixties. Later, CSN&Y described their experiences to Joni Mitchell (who was unable to attend the festival due to a scheduled appearance on the Dick Cavett Show). Their overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement, coupled with her own dismay at being left behind and watching the media coverage of the event, inspired Mitchell to write the song about what many feel is the most important concert of all time.
In 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young released DEJA VU. Featuring Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", Nash's "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", DEJA VU was voted Album of the Year. One year later, they released 4 WAY STREET, a live, double album recorded at several concerts that included Neil Young's "Ohio", a rebellious memorial to the four students killed at Kent State in May, 1970.
Although CSN&Y drifted apart in the early seventies, they continued to recordboth individually and in different combinations. Crosby released his solo album, IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME. Nash recorded SONGS FOR BEGINNERS, along with three collaborative albums with Crosby. Stills recorded the platinum seller STEPHEN STILLS, STEPHEN STILLS 2, two albums with Manassas, and LONG MAY YOU RUN with Neil Young. Although CSN&Y released the multi-platinum compilation album, SO FAR, in 1974 (which reached #1 on the charts), it wasn't until the release of CSN in 1977, that Crosby, Stills and Nash reunited and recorded new songs (including their first multi-platinum single, "Just A Song Before I Go"). In fact, with the release of DAYLIGHT AGAIN in 1982 and ALLIES in 1983, CSN had recorded only five albums of new material in 14 years.
Many were quick to attribute the limited output to creative differences and unresolved conflicts. However, as Crosby points out, "We said when we started, 'We're gonna work in different combinations; we're gonna work in every combination that's potentially here. You'll see albums by two of us or by one of us. You'll see albums with us and other people.' We told everybody in front we were gonna do this. So, of course, they ignored it, and every time we did anything else, they said, 'Oh, they broke up.' And, every time we got back together, they said, 'Oh they reformed.' The truth is we're gonna work in whatever combination that pleases us."
Crosby's words proved true with the 1988 release of CSN&Y's AMERICAN DREAM. That album brought CSN&Y full circle, reaching a new generation of listeners and platinum sales levels. They were further underscored with the release of LIVE IT UP in 1990, an energetic, uplifting album that featured Crosby, Stills and Nash along with appearances by Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther, Kevin Cronin, Roger McGuinn, Peter Frampton, Branford Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby.
The four-CD boxed set retrospective, CSN, was released in 1991. This certified gold seller featured 78 tracks that chronicled Crosby, Stills and Nash's then-22-year career as a group. It also had 27 previously unreleased tracks, including outtakes, alternative live and studio tracks, alternate mixes, demos and previously unreleased songs, and is acknowledged as the definitive compilation of the group's creative output.
AFTER THE STORM came out in 1994. The album not only gave a matured Crosby, Stills and Nash a chance to take stock of their lives and careers, but also to look into the future. Filled with songs of reflection and experience, including some that echo their earlier works, the album also featured performances by producer Glyn Johns' son Ethan, and Stills' son Christopher and daughter Jennifer, among others. In addition to the album, 1994 also saw CSN celebrate their 25th anniversary with a 60 date tour, including Woodstock '94.
Currently riding the crest of a wave curling into its third decade, Crosby, Stills and Nash continue to tour, perform and get involved in the important issues of the day. As Stills explains, "We came out of the sixties with a few really, really wonderful ideals, and one of them was a sense of community. I mean, for all that trash that came out of that era as well, the beauty that we came away with was this sense of community. And that just doesn't permit us to lay back and be uninvolved."
This prevailing attitude is what enables Crosby, Stills and Nash to not only endure, but to achieve new levels of success. As documented in a recent Gallup Poll, they continue to have the largest fan base of any group from the Woodstock era. They continue to be "rediscovered" by millions of younger fans and their live concerts typically sell out in a matter of hours. And, with their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the measure of their music and career is fully acknowledged.
While it is through music that CSN has made their impact, their influence reaches far and wide. Tireless supporters of the environment, free speech and human rights, collectively and on their own, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills have been involved in countless benefits throughout their history. Among the highlights, they performed at the 1979 No Nukes concert, at Peace Sunday in 1982, at the Live Aid benefit in 1985, at the Welcome Home concert for Vietnam Veterans at RFK Stadium, at two UNICEF/Children of the Americas radiothons, and at the 1992 and 1993 AMTAR benefit concerts. CSN also appeared at the dismantling of the Berlin Wall to celebrate the liberation of those living in East Germany. And, in addition to performing in support of causes they believe in, they were the first to provide "tabling" opportunities for non-profit groups at concerts, allowing them to promote their causes, distribute information and register voters.
Through their unwavering dedication-to their music as well as to addressing the important issues that we face as a society -- Crosby, Stills and Nash is still going strong more than a quarter century after first joining their voices in song. "Three together," theirs remains a distinctive voice, a familiar voice, a relevant voice... keeping pace with a changing world... adding ever more depth, clarity and truth to the evolving tapestry of our social consciousness.
MICHAEL JENSEN
Crosby, Stills and Nash I(1968 - 1969)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals - b. David Van Cortland, August 14, 1941, Los Angeles, California - formerly with Ethan & David, Les Baxter's Balladeers, The Jet Set, and The Byrds.
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals - b. January 3, 1945, Dallas, Texas - formerly with The Continentals, The Au Go Go Singers, The Company, and Buffalo Springfield.
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals - b. February 2, 1942, Blackpool, England - formerly with The 2 Teens, The Fourtones, and The Hollies.
Dallas Taylor - drums.
Album:
"Crosby, Stills & Nash" (1969) - Singles: "Marrakesh Express", "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young I (1969 - 1970)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Neil Young - guitar/vocals - b. November 12, 1945, Toronto, Canada - formerly with The Classics, The Squires, The Mynah Birds, and Buffalo Springfield.
Dallas Taylor - drums.
Greg Reeves - bass - b. Gregory Reeves.
Album:
"Deja Vu" (1970) - Singles: "Woodstock", "Our House"
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young II (1970 - 1971)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Neil Young - guitar/vocals
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels - bass
Johnny Barbata - drums - formerly with The Turtles.
Album:
"4 Way Street" (live) (2-CDs) (1971)
Group disbands. David Crosby and Graham Nash continue as Crosby-Nash. Stephen Stills forms Manassas with Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels. Neil Young continues solo career. Johnny Barbata joins Jefferson Airplane.
Crosby, Stills and Nash II(1977 - 1987)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Albums:
"CSN" (1977) - Single: "Just a Song Before I Go"
"Daylight Again" (1982) - Singles: "Wasted on the Way", "Southern Cross"
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young III (1988)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Neil Young - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Album:
"American Dream" (1988)
Crosby, Stills and Nash III(1989 - ? )
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Albums:
"Live It Up" (1990)
"After the Storm" (1994)
Compilations:
"So Far" (1974)
"Replay" (1980)
"Allies" (1983)
"CSN" (4-CD box set) (1994)
Crosby and Nash:
"Graham Nash / David Crosby" (1972) - Single: "Immigration Man"
"Wind on the Water" (1975)
"Whistling Down the Wire" (1976)
"Crosby-Nash Live" (1977)
"Crosby & Nash Greatest Hits" (1978)
"Another Stoney Evening" (live) (1998) - recorded in 1971.
Graham Nash solo:
"Songs for Beginners" (1971)
"Wild Tales" (1973)
"Earth and Sky" (1980)
"Innocent Eyes" (1986)
David Crosby solo:
"If I Could Only Remember My Name" (1971)
"Oh Yes I Can" (1989)
"Thousand Roads" (1993)
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (live) (1994)
"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...David Crosby" (1996)
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The collective voice of Crosby, Stills and Nash, with its exquisite, signature 3-part harmony, has been called the "voice of an entire generation." Today, that voice continues to resonate in the hearts and souls of millions of people and spans multiple generations. It has endured for nearly three decades because it continues to express important truths about who we are and the world in which we live. Through both their music and their actions, Crosby, Stills and Nash have become indelibly woven into the tapestry of our social consciousness.
That fact is underscored by their May 6, 1997, induction into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. It is an occasion that is doubly significant to Stephen Stills, who is the first artist to be enshrined twice on the same day, once with CS&N and once with Buffalo Springfield. And, it's also the second induction for David Crosby, who also was elected as a member of The Byrds.
To hear Crosby, Stills and Nash sing is a special experience that sends chills throughout your body. With their gentle harmonies, inspired songwriting and trademark guitar work, they sing about the things that matter, addressing issues concerning love, the environment, social injustice and the abuses of power. Their history is the chronicle of a cultural transformation. However, just as it did in 1969, their music reflects the times, as topical and as important as ever.
The term "supergroup" was coined to define Crosby, Stills and Nash. Before they came together in 1968, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash were all established leaders of their own, highly respected and highly successful rock and roll groups.
A native Californian and son of an Academy Award-winning cinematographer, David Crosby began his musical career as a folk singer on the coffee house circuit. Although intending to become an actor when he moved from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles in 1960 at the age of 19, music won out and Crosby spent two years on the road, playing guitar and singing folk music in small clubs throughout the country. Returning to L.A. in 1963, Crosby achieved recognition for both his songwriting and charismatic presence with The Byrds. That group, which also included Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke, was among the first to fuse the acoustic folk sound with electric rock and roll, and the success of the Dylan penned "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and their own "Eight Miles High" brought both critical acclaim and financial prosperity. The latter enabled Crosby, a lifelong lover of sailing and of all things nautical, to buy a 60-foot schooner, which he christened The Mayan. And, ever since, sailing has been his refuge as well as a recurring metaphor in many of his compositions.
Stephen Stills was born in Texas. While growing up, he lived in Illinois, Louisiana, Florida, Panama and Costa Rica, where he attended and graduated from high school. As a result, his musical roots were heavily influenced by Latin music. Moving back to Florida, Stills played in a succession of bands (including The Continentals, which included future Eagle, Don Felder). He eventually moved to New York's Greenwich Village where he began singing with a nine-member vocal group called the Au. Go-Go Singers, which also included Richie Furay. While performing in Canada with The Company (an offshoot of the Au Go-Go Singers), Stills shared the stage with Neil Young and the Squires. Although the two hit it off and agreed to work together, Young disappeared. Then in 1967, Stills and Furay saw Young in Los Angeles, driving around in an old hearse with bass player Bruce Palmer. They hooked up and, after adding drummer Dewey Martin, Buffalo Springfield was born. Stills and Young were a fiery combination, playing off each other's distinct guitar styles to give Buffalo Springfield a unique sound that quickly caught the attention of both the public and the recording industry. It was while with Buffalo Springfield that Stills, inspired by the riots between police and hippies on Sunset Strip, wrote "For What It's Worth", which became a hit record and one of the landmark anthems of the sixties.
Hailing from Blackpool, England, on the coast of the Irish sea, a young Graham Nash was inspired by songs he heard on his parents' radio. At the age of fourteen, he and his childhood pal, Allan Clarke, began singing together in local pubs, displaying a style that was heavily influenced by the Everly Brothers. Encouraged by their success, the pair decided to make a deeper commitment to a musical career and billed themselves as the Two Teens. The Two Teens soon evolved into The Guytones, The Guytones into The Fourtones, The Fourtones into The Deltas, and The Deltas into The Hollies (named, of course, after Buddy Holly). With Nash singing high harmony, Clarke handling lead and Tony Hicks underneath, The Hollies, which also included Eric Haydock and Don Rathbone, created some of the most stirring three-part harmony in rock. In 1966, The Hollies released three top 10 hits: "Bus Stop", "Stop Stop Stop" and "Carrie Anne", breaking through to the top of the charts in both England and the U.S. That same year, Nash and The Hollies recorded the album, TWO YANKS IN BRITAIN, with their idols, the Everly Brothers. It featured eight Nash-Clarke-Hicks compositions, the guitar work of a young session musician named Jimmy Page, and the dazzling harmonies of The Hollies. It is an experience that Nash still considers as a highlight in his career.
The sixties brought about great change. By 1968, David Crosby had been expelled from the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield had broken up and Graham Nash, disappointed with the creative direction of The Hollies, was seeking a greater musical challenge.
After Crosby completed producer's duties on Joni Mitchell's first album, he and Stephen Stills began collaborating. That summer, they invited Nash, then touring with the Hollies, to their Laurel Canyon home. Both had met Nash and knew of his exceptional vocal abilities. When they played two songs they were working on, "Helplessly Hoping" and "You Don't Have To Cry", Nash joined in. And, according to Crosby, "When we heard Nash put on that third harmony, I thought I was gonna die. I thought my heart was gonna jump right through my mouth. It was about the rightest thing I ever heard." Nash concurs, "The minute I heard how our voices sounded together, I was physically and musically linked with David and Stephen from then on. It was a truly magical moment. Halfway through the song, we burst out laughing."
Artistic differences over Nash's song, "Marrakesh Express", led to Nash finally leaving The Hollies. However, true to the prophetic lyrics of "Helplessly Hoping", David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash became "three together."
In 1969 the trio released their debut album, CROSBY, STILLS & NASH. Along with "Helplessly Hoping", Nash's "Marrakesh Express", Stills' "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and Crosby's "Guineverre", the album went straight to number one on the charts.
Moreover, it captured the hearts and minds of an entire generation. As Nash remembers, "We were all very much in love with each other; we were all very much in love with the music. We were obviously doing something that we felt was totally unique. It was against the grain of most of the music that was out at that particular time, and we just managed to slip this acoustic-feeling record right through all the stacks of Marshalls and giant electric guitars."
CSN made history when they, joined by Neil Young, played before more than 400,000 people at the Woodstock Music Festival in upstate New York. CSN&Y's performance at Woodstock exemplified a youthful nation's desire for togetherness, acceptance and freedom, and it is still treasured as the touchstone for many who grew up in the sixties. Later, CSN&Y described their experiences to Joni Mitchell (who was unable to attend the festival due to a scheduled appearance on the Dick Cavett Show). Their overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement, coupled with her own dismay at being left behind and watching the media coverage of the event, inspired Mitchell to write the song about what many feel is the most important concert of all time.
In 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young released DEJA VU. Featuring Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", Nash's "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", DEJA VU was voted Album of the Year. One year later, they released 4 WAY STREET, a live, double album recorded at several concerts that included Neil Young's "Ohio", a rebellious memorial to the four students killed at Kent State in May, 1970.
Although CSN&Y drifted apart in the early seventies, they continued to recordboth individually and in different combinations. Crosby released his solo album, IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME. Nash recorded SONGS FOR BEGINNERS, along with three collaborative albums with Crosby. Stills recorded the platinum seller STEPHEN STILLS, STEPHEN STILLS 2, two albums with Manassas, and LONG MAY YOU RUN with Neil Young. Although CSN&Y released the multi-platinum compilation album, SO FAR, in 1974 (which reached #1 on the charts), it wasn't until the release of CSN in 1977, that Crosby, Stills and Nash reunited and recorded new songs (including their first multi-platinum single, "Just A Song Before I Go"). In fact, with the release of DAYLIGHT AGAIN in 1982 and ALLIES in 1983, CSN had recorded only five albums of new material in 14 years.
Many were quick to attribute the limited output to creative differences and unresolved conflicts. However, as Crosby points out, "We said when we started, 'We're gonna work in different combinations; we're gonna work in every combination that's potentially here. You'll see albums by two of us or by one of us. You'll see albums with us and other people.' We told everybody in front we were gonna do this. So, of course, they ignored it, and every time we did anything else, they said, 'Oh, they broke up.' And, every time we got back together, they said, 'Oh they reformed.' The truth is we're gonna work in whatever combination that pleases us."
Crosby's words proved true with the 1988 release of CSN&Y's AMERICAN DREAM. That album brought CSN&Y full circle, reaching a new generation of listeners and platinum sales levels. They were further underscored with the release of LIVE IT UP in 1990, an energetic, uplifting album that featured Crosby, Stills and Nash along with appearances by Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther, Kevin Cronin, Roger McGuinn, Peter Frampton, Branford Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby.
The four-CD boxed set retrospective, CSN, was released in 1991. This certified gold seller featured 78 tracks that chronicled Crosby, Stills and Nash's then-22-year career as a group. It also had 27 previously unreleased tracks, including outtakes, alternative live and studio tracks, alternate mixes, demos and previously unreleased songs, and is acknowledged as the definitive compilation of the group's creative output.
AFTER THE STORM came out in 1994. The album not only gave a matured Crosby, Stills and Nash a chance to take stock of their lives and careers, but also to look into the future. Filled with songs of reflection and experience, including some that echo their earlier works, the album also featured performances by producer Glyn Johns' son Ethan, and Stills' son Christopher and daughter Jennifer, among others. In addition to the album, 1994 also saw CSN celebrate their 25th anniversary with a 60 date tour, including Woodstock '94.
Currently riding the crest of a wave curling into its third decade, Crosby, Stills and Nash continue to tour, perform and get involved in the important issues of the day. As Stills explains, "We came out of the sixties with a few really, really wonderful ideals, and one of them was a sense of community. I mean, for all that trash that came out of that era as well, the beauty that we came away with was this sense of community. And that just doesn't permit us to lay back and be uninvolved."
This prevailing attitude is what enables Crosby, Stills and Nash to not only endure, but to achieve new levels of success. As documented in a recent Gallup Poll, they continue to have the largest fan base of any group from the Woodstock era. They continue to be "rediscovered" by millions of younger fans and their live concerts typically sell out in a matter of hours. And, with their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the measure of their music and career is fully acknowledged.
While it is through music that CSN has made their impact, their influence reaches far and wide. Tireless supporters of the environment, free speech and human rights, collectively and on their own, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills have been involved in countless benefits throughout their history. Among the highlights, they performed at the 1979 No Nukes concert, at Peace Sunday in 1982, at the Live Aid benefit in 1985, at the Welcome Home concert for Vietnam Veterans at RFK Stadium, at two UNICEF/Children of the Americas radiothons, and at the 1992 and 1993 AMTAR benefit concerts. CSN also appeared at the dismantling of the Berlin Wall to celebrate the liberation of those living in East Germany. And, in addition to performing in support of causes they believe in, they were the first to provide "tabling" opportunities for non-profit groups at concerts, allowing them to promote their causes, distribute information and register voters.
Through their unwavering dedication-to their music as well as to addressing the important issues that we face as a society -- Crosby, Stills and Nash is still going strong more than a quarter century after first joining their voices in song. "Three together," theirs remains a distinctive voice, a familiar voice, a relevant voice... keeping pace with a changing world... adding ever more depth, clarity and truth to the evolving tapestry of our social consciousness.
MICHAEL JENSEN
Crosby, Stills and Nash I(1968 - 1969)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals - b. David Van Cortland, August 14, 1941, Los Angeles, California - formerly with Ethan & David, Les Baxter's Balladeers, The Jet Set, and The Byrds.
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals - b. January 3, 1945, Dallas, Texas - formerly with The Continentals, The Au Go Go Singers, The Company, and Buffalo Springfield.
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals - b. February 2, 1942, Blackpool, England - formerly with The 2 Teens, The Fourtones, and The Hollies.
Dallas Taylor - drums.
Album:
"Crosby, Stills & Nash" (1969) - Singles: "Marrakesh Express", "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young I (1969 - 1970)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Neil Young - guitar/vocals - b. November 12, 1945, Toronto, Canada - formerly with The Classics, The Squires, The Mynah Birds, and Buffalo Springfield.
Dallas Taylor - drums.
Greg Reeves - bass - b. Gregory Reeves.
Album:
"Deja Vu" (1970) - Singles: "Woodstock", "Our House"
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young II (1970 - 1971)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Neil Young - guitar/vocals
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels - bass
Johnny Barbata - drums - formerly with The Turtles.
Album:
"4 Way Street" (live) (2-CDs) (1971)
Group disbands. David Crosby and Graham Nash continue as Crosby-Nash. Stephen Stills forms Manassas with Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels. Neil Young continues solo career. Johnny Barbata joins Jefferson Airplane.
Crosby, Stills and Nash II(1977 - 1987)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Albums:
"CSN" (1977) - Single: "Just a Song Before I Go"
"Daylight Again" (1982) - Singles: "Wasted on the Way", "Southern Cross"
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young III (1988)
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Neil Young - guitar/harmonica/vocals
Album:
"American Dream" (1988)
Crosby, Stills and Nash III(1989 - ? )
David Crosby - guitar/vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Graham Nash - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Albums:
"Live It Up" (1990)
"After the Storm" (1994)
Compilations:
"So Far" (1974)
"Replay" (1980)
"Allies" (1983)
"CSN" (4-CD box set) (1994)
Crosby and Nash:
"Graham Nash / David Crosby" (1972) - Single: "Immigration Man"
"Wind on the Water" (1975)
"Whistling Down the Wire" (1976)
"Crosby-Nash Live" (1977)
"Crosby & Nash Greatest Hits" (1978)
"Another Stoney Evening" (live) (1998) - recorded in 1971.
Graham Nash solo:
"Songs for Beginners" (1971)
"Wild Tales" (1973)
"Earth and Sky" (1980)
"Innocent Eyes" (1986)
David Crosby solo:
"If I Could Only Remember My Name" (1971)
"Oh Yes I Can" (1989)
"Thousand Roads" (1993)
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (live) (1994)
"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...David Crosby" (1996)
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