Crosby Stills and Nash

Crosby, Stills & Nash - known by its initials CSN - (which eventually became Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for a time) was a pioneering rock and roll band featuring David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and, later, Neil Young. The group was a powerful, innovative and popular group, one of the few American bands that even came close to rivalling the Beatles in the late 1960s.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) was a so-called supergroup, composed of members who had begun a musical career elsewhere. David Crosby (The Byrds), Graham Nash (The Hollies) and Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield) formed CSN in 1968 as a folk group. Crosby, Stills & Nash, the group's first, self-titled release came out in 1969 and became an instant hit. Neil Young (formerly of Buffalo Springfield, along with Stills) joined the group soon after to sing with them at the Woodstock festival and for the release of Déjà Vu, a massively popular and critically acclaimed 1970 album. A major song which didn't make it to an original album was "Ohio", Neil Young's song in response to the Kent State shootings, where 4 university students at an anti-war demonstration were shot and killed by National Guard troops.

After a summer tour, the group split up due to personality differences. The live album Four Way Street was released soon after and became another hit. The group re-formed in 1974 for an international tour and the release of a compilation album, So Far. CSN (without Young) released CSN in 1977 and then Daylight Again in 1982. Crosby struggled with drug problems, was jailed from 1985 to 1986, and rejoined the group (along with Young) for 1988's American Dream (Young had promised to record another CSNY album as an incentive if Crosby could quit his drug habit). This was followed by a live album in 1990 and two new albums in the 1990s, After the Storm (CSN) (1994) and Looking Forward (CSNY) (1999).

See also: Crazy Horse

Well Known Songs

• "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" from Crosby, Stills, and Nash
• "Marakesh Express" from Crosby, Stills, and Nash
• "Wooden Ships" from Crosby, Stills, and Nash
• "Teach Your Children" from Deja Vu
• "Woodstock" from Deja Vu
• "Our House" from Deja Vu
• "Ohio" independent single
• "Just A Song Before I Go" from CSN
• "The Southern Cross" from Daylight Again
• "Wasted on the Way" from Daylight Again

CD Discography

Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and Young)

• Crosby, Stills, and Nash, 1969
• Deja Vu, 1970
• Four Way Street, 1971
• So Far, 1974
• CSN, 1977
• Replay, 1980
• Daylight Again, 1982
• Allies, 1983
• American Drean, 1988
• Live It Up, 1990
• CSN (box set), 1991
• After The Storm, 1994
• Carry On, 1998
• Looking Forward, 1999

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, 1995
• King Biscuit Flower Hour, 1996
• Live, 2000
• Deja Vu (live), 2002
• Greatest Hits Live, 2003

Stephen Stills solo

• Stephen Stills, 1970
• Stephen Stills 2, 1971
• Manassas, 1972
• Down The Road, 1973
• Stills Live, 1975
• Stills, 1975
• Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills, 1976
• Illegal Stills, 1976
• Thoroughfare Gap, 1978
• Right By You, 1984
• Stills Alone, 1991
• Turning Back The Pages, 2003

Graham Nash solo

• Songs for Beginners, 1971
• Wild Tales, 1973
• Earth & Sky, 1980
• Innocent Eyes, 1986
• Songs for Survivors, 2002

Crosby Nash

• Graham Nash/David Crosby, 1972
• Wind on the Water, 1975
• Whistling Down the Wire, 1977
• Live, 1977
• Best of Crosby and Nash, 1978
• Another Stoney Evening, 1998
• Best of Crosby & Nash: The ABC Years, 2002
• Crosby & Nash, 2004

David Crosby as a member of CPR

• CPR, 1998
• Live At Wiltern, 1999
• Just Like Gravity, 2001

Stills-Young Band

• Long May You Run, 1976