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Title

Crosby, Stills & Nash : the biography / text by David Zimmer ; photos by Henry Diltz.

Author

Zimmer, Dave.

Publication

New York : Da Capo Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Diltz, Henry
• Diltz, Henry.

Description

408 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Chronicles the trio that began its career at Woodstock and wrote such classics as "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Teach Your Children," taking an honest look at the personal successes and failures behind the harmonious music.

Alternative Title

Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Subjects

• Biographies
• Rock groups > United States > Biography
• Folk musicians > United States > Biography
• Rock musicians > United States > Biography
• Crosby, Stills & Nash

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Includes discography and index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes discography (pages 387-394) and index.

Contents

Early years. David Crosby : the California dreamer ; Stephen Stills : southern rebel ; Graham Nash : the English seeker ; Crosby : traveling folk days (1961-1962) ; Stills : high school/Latin America/New Orleans (1960-1964) ; Nash : from the Deltas to the Hollies (1961-1962) ; Crosby : Venice Days/Les Baxter's Balladeers/first recordings/The jet set (1962-1964) ; Stills : Greenwich Village/the Au Go-Go singers/meets Neil Young in Canada (1964-1965) -- Rising to fame. Hollies : hits & tours in England (1962-1964) ; Byrds : "Preflyte"/"Mr. Tambourine Man" ; Stills : from New York to California/Early songwriting/The Monkees/Reunited with Furay (1965-1966) ; Buffalo Springfield : born in Hollywood (1966) ; Hollies : recording with the Everly Brothers/Tours in Europe/The first trip to America (1966) ; Byrds : in England/"Turn! Turn! Turn!"/"Eight miles high" (1965-1966) ; Buffalo Springfield : helped by the Byrds/The first recordings (1966) ; Hollies : visit L.A./Nash meets Crosby (1966) ; Byrds : "Younger than yesterday" (1967) ; Buffalo Springfield : "For what it's worth"/"Stampede"/Neil Young quits (1967) -- Looking for new partners. Crosby : the rebel Byrd/Jamming with Stills/With the Springfield at Monterey (1967) ; Stills : with Hendrix at Monterey/Malibu/On the Road with the Monkees (1967) ; Nash : drifting from the Hollies (1967) ; Crosby : Byrd spats/At Home in Beverly Glen/Fired from the Byrds (1967) ; Crosby : sailing in Florida/Meets Joni Mitchell/Returns to L.A. (1967-1968) ; Stills : "Buffalo Springfield again"/Stills in charge/Young on the edge (1967-1968) ; Nash : Conflicts in the Hollies/Nash meets Joni Mitchell in Canada/With Crosby and Stills in L.A. (1968) ; Stills : Buffalo Springfield's "Last time around" (1968) ; Stills : Heads east/More jams with Hendrix/Judy Collins/"Super session" (1968) ; Crosby : Solo demos/"Wooden ships" (1968) ; Crosby : in Laurel Canyon/"Long time gone" (1968) ; Stills : Back in L.A./Reunited with Crosby (1968) ; Crosby and Stills : "The frozen noses" (1968) -- Crosby, Stills & Nash (1968-1969) : the first union. Crosby, Stills & Nash : the sound is born in Laurel Canyon (1968) ; CSN : Nash leaves Hollies/CSN record for the first time (1968) ; CSN : Together in London on Moscow Road (1968) ; CSN: Christmas in L.A./Rehearsals in Sag Harbor, New York (1968) ; CSN : find managers/Sign with Atlantic Records (1969) ; CSN : the first album (1969) -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : and then there were four (1969) ; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : Neil Young joins up/Getting set for the road/First live performance (1969) ; CSN & Y : Woodstock (1969) ; CSN & Y : the Greek Theater in L.A./Big Sur (1969) ; Graham and Joni (1969) ; CSN & Y : egos clash at the Fillmore East (1969) ; CSN & Y : tragedy strikes in Marin (1969) -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : deja vu and the road to freedom (1969-1970). CSN & Y : Recording "Deja vu" (1969) ; CSN & Y : The "Carry on" tour (1969-1970) ; Stills : Moves to England/Records first solo album (1970) ; Crosby & Nash : sail away (1970) ; CSN & Y : united in L.A., divided in Chicago (1970) ; CSN & Y : "Ohio" (1970) ; CSN & Y : "the American Beatles" (1970) ; CSN & Y : political voices (1970) ; CSN & Y : The end of the road (1970) ; CSN & Y : "Cowboy movie" (a.k.a. "The break-up of the CSN & Y gang) (1970) -- Solo and duo careers : passing ships on the water (1970-1973). Crosby : moored in Marin/Records first solo album (1970) ; Nash : life with Rita/The painted artist/"Songs for beginners" ; Stills : changing partners and places (1970) ; CSN & Y : "4 way street" (1971) ; Stills : "Stephen Stills 2"/The Drunken Memphis Horns tour (1971) ; Crosby & Nash : Pair up in Detroit/Harmony and comedy (1971) ; CSN & Y : a brief coming together (1971) ; Stills : Miami marathons/"Manassas junction" (1971-1972) ; Crosby & Nash : First duo album/Nash and Young's "War song" (1972) ; CSN & Y's rising offspring : the Eagles and America ; Stills : Manassas "Down the road"/Cooling out in Colorado ; Crosby : new Byrd tracks (1973) -- Road back to CSN & Y (1973-1974). Crosby, Nash & Young : faithful friends don't fade away (1973) ; CSN & Y : the "Human highway" leads to Maui (1973) ; CSN & Y : combos fall and rise/Nash's "Wild tales" (1973) ; CSN & Y : the anatomy of a reunion (1974) ; CSN & Y : rehearsals at Young's ranch/"Practice makes perfect" (1974) ; CSN & Y : into the stadiums (1974) ; CSN & Y : studio breakdown (1974) -- More solos and duos (1975-1976). Crosby & Nash : "Wind on the water" (1975) ; Stills : new solos lead to an old partner/The Stills-Young Band (1975-1976) ; Crosby & Nash meet Stills-Young (1976) ; Crosby & Nash : "Whistling down the wire"/A visit from Stills (1976) -- CSN again (1976-1978). Crosby, Stills & Nash : together in Miami/CSN on vinyl (1977) ; CSN : three for the road (1977) ; CSN : Stills jams/Nash marries/CN & Y at benefit (1977) ; CSN : in the White House (1977) ; CSN : tension breaks on the road (1977) ; CSN : sessions abort/CSN's Hollywood star/Stills's solo dance (1978) -- Alone-- together (1979). Nash : "Nuclear madness"/A break with Crosby (1979) ; Stills : "Havana jam"/"Costello knock out" (1979) ; CSN : M.U.S.E./A cause unites (1979) -- Separate journeys cross (1980-1981) -- "Daylight again" (1981-1982). CSN : Tracking together/The Hollies return/Crosby arrested-- twice (1981-1982) ; CSN : a record at last/"Peace Sunday" (1982) -- Back on top (1982-1983) ; CSN : on the road again/"Daylight again" video/Crosby arrested-- #3/"Allies"/The Hollies come around (1982-1983) -- CSN's last stand. -- CSN : Live in Europe/Crosby gets five years (1983) -- Where do they go from here? (1983) -- The legacy continues -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : from here to eternity.

ISBN

9780306816154 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008028468

OCLC

• 176894842
• SCSB-10476517

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library