Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk-rock supergroup made up of the American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and the English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by the Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, they were called Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies and lasting influence on American music and culture, their political activism and their tumultuous relationships.
CSN formed in 1968 shortly after Crosby, Stills and Nash performed together informally, discovering they harmonized well. Crosby had been asked to leave the Byrds in late 1967, Stills's band Buffalo Springfield had broken up in early 1968, and Nash left his band the Hollies in December. They signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in early 1969. Their first album, Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) produced the Top 40 hits "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express". In preparation for touring, the trio added Young, Stills's former Buffalo Springfield bandmate, as a full member, along with the touring members Dallas Taylor (drums) and Greg Reeves (bass). As Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, they played the Woodstock festival that August.
The band's first album with Young, Déjà Vu, reached number one on several international charts in 1970. It remains their best-selling album, selling more than eight million copies and producing the hit singles "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children", and "Our House". The group's second tour, which produced the live double album 4 Way Street (1971), was fraught with arguments between Young and Taylor, which resulted in Taylor being replaced by John Barbata, and tensions with Stills. At the end of the tour they disbanded. The group reunited several times, sometimes with Young, and released eight studio and four live albums.
Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all three members were also inducted for their work in other groups: Crosby for the Byrds, Stills for Buffalo Springfield and Nash for the Hollies. Young was also inducted as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield but not as a member of CSN. CSN's final studio album was 1999's Looking Forward, and they remained a performing act until 2015. Crosby died in 2023.
from this album in RP library
The drumming is "forced"? Joe Vitale's drumming here cooks along with the tune and keeps it swinging. Very good fills and accents, not overdone, and he's hitting the groove nicely. And Russ Kunkel's conga playing is right on with the Latin rhythms, not a forced or still feel at all.
If you don't like Steve's voice solo well that's personal taste which is OK but I've always enjoyed his vocals. As a drummer myself though, I can't find much here to critique the rhythm section on.
Sometimes I just don't know what some of you on RP are hearing.
For later pressings the photo seen at left was used, with the guys cracking up (before and after a toke?).
This is Moni and Reini from Austria (Tyrol). Radio paradise is our favorite channel! We're tuning in almost every night and are enjoying the diverse music mix! Thank you so much for doing your job so passionately and awesome!
Love your Faith but remember History.
HA! I'd go further. Love your Faith but try to move beyond it. All religion is merely a signpost pointing a way back to the source from which we all originate. So don't fixate on the signpost, look instead at what lies ahead and beyond it.
Just some thoughts worth about that much.
To me, this sounds more sleepy and bloodless than most music I've ever heard from Steely Dan. At the very least, their tunes usually had some kind of rhythm and backbeat; this song always seemed pretty funereal to me. To each his own of course.
To me the song is not so much about the music, but about conjuring that feeling of flying out of an airport in a daze from a long beautiful weekend with a lover. (I don't know if the song is actually about that, but it doesn't really matter).
just awful. artless and pedantic.
so didactic of you.
Your interpretation might be better than the (real?) story....from a poster at Song Facts:
"Graham Nash wrote this song on a bet. David Crosby explained in the liner notes to their 1991 boxed set: "Graham was a home in Hawaii, about to go off on tour. The guy who was going to take him to the airport said, 'We've got 15 minutes, I'll bet you can't write a song in that amount of time.' Well you don't smart off to Nash like that, he'll do it. This is the result." "
If it was a 15 minute knock off, imagine just how great a song writer you have to be to create a song in that time span that passes the test of time 43 years later. Graham Nash. Legend.
Actually, I'm surprised by the low rating by the RP users...
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call.
So many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all.
I just love this!
To me the song is not so much about the music, but about conjuring that feeling of flying out of an airport in a daze from a long beautiful weekend with a lover. (I don't know if the song is actually about that, but it doesn't really matter).
Your interpretation might be better than the (real?) story....from a poster at Song Facts:
"Graham Nash wrote this song on a bet. David Crosby explained in the liner notes to their 1991 boxed set: "Graham was a home in Hawaii, about to go off on tour. The guy who was going to take him to the airport said, 'We've got 15 minutes, I'll bet you can't write a song in that amount of time.' Well you don't smart off to Nash like that, he'll do it. This is the result." "
The drumming is "forced"? Joe Vitale's drumming here cooks along with the tune and keeps it swinging. Very good fills and accents, not overdone, and he's hitting the groove nicely. And Russ Kunkel's conga playing is right on with the Latin rhythms, not a forced or still feel at all.
If you don't like Steve's voice solo well that's personal taste which is OK but I've always enjoyed his vocals. As a drummer myself though, I can't find much here to critique the rhythm section on.
Sometimes I just don't know what some of you on RP are hearing.
there is an element of Jazz in it.
I too love CSN. And musically this is an absolute gem. But I love my Catholic faith so it's a 1 for me.
Love your Faith but remember History.
Your interpretation might be better than the (real?) story....from a poster at Song Facts:
"Graham Nash wrote this song on a bet. David Crosby explained in the liner notes to their 1991 boxed set: "Graham was a home in Hawaii, about to go off on tour. The guy who was going to take him to the airport said, 'We've got 15 minutes, I'll bet you can't write a song in that amount of time.' Well you don't smart off to Nash like that, he'll do it. This is the result." "