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Any Crosby Stills & Nash (with/without Young) fans?


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11 minutes ago, Rich said:

Nice interview with David Crosby here. To my shame I've reached my age without ever bothering to familiarise myself with their music. Where's the best place to start? Is there a decent best-of? 

 

Assuming you don't do Spotify, this is a lazy answer but this would be a good starting place:

 

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Truth is, if you get the bug it's a bit of a rabbit hole as there's loads of great stuff in both the CSN(Y) and solo catalogues. And plenty of crap (mainly by Nash).

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Hearing 4 Way Street (CSNY live) in my teens turned me onto guitar. Teach Your Children was the first thing I learnt (incorrectly). The first CSN album is a stunning debut and the follow up of Deja Vu, with Neil Young (who I don’t really like) is equally iconic. @wateroftyne says, the best of isn’t a bad place to start. Steven Stills live still remains a firm favourite (he really is a very talented chap).

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I’m a huge Neil Young fan so probably being  a bit one eyed here but there’s no way any of the others brought as much to the table as he did. 

 

Stills was/is a stunning guitar player and singer, whilst Nash and Crosby brought the heavenly harmonies. 
 

Although they all contributed songs to the group, without Neil constantly pushing boundaries and raising the standards they wouldn’t have been anywhere near as good without him.

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6 minutes ago, Bassybert said:

I’m a huge Neil Young fan so probably being  a bit one eyed here but there’s no way any of the others brought as much to the table as he did. 

 

Stills was/is a stunning guitar player and singer, whilst Nash and Crosby brought the heavenly harmonies. 
 

Although they all contributed songs to the group, without Neil constantly pushing boundaries and raising the standards they wouldn’t have been anywhere near as good without him.


I dunno.. live, maybe. But he’s not on the first album, and his contributions to Deja Vu are limited. The latter two CSNY studio albums are largely execrable.

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19 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:


I dunno.. live, maybe. But he’s not on the first album, and his contributions to Deja Vu are limited. The latter two CSNY studio albums are largely execrable.

 

He and Stills were both making magic way back in Buffalo Springfield.

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

Q is no more sadly. 
 

At the other end of the CSNY timeline, there's this: the ultimate break up song written about Mr Crosby. Very sad but very poignant and just an amazing song:

 

 


Hmmm… Creatively, Nash was always the junior partner. And after reading his autobiog, it’s clear he has a massive chip on his shoulder because of it.

 

But… they’re all flawed people. They’ve all been tosspots at various times through their career.

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