David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Crosby and Stills being double inductees for their previous work in The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, respectively. Their paths had crossed a few times before they finally joined together as a trio in 1968 with some assistance from Cass Elliot of The Mamas & The Poppas. They have created classic rock staples due to their amazing three-part harmonies and gifted songwriting talents.
For those of you perhaps asking the question, will this CD bring me happiness or will it bring me sorrow? The answer is happiness. Greatest Hits is a very good collection with many outstanding tracks, including songs that even causal music fans know such as the piano/harpsichord ballad "Our House" and "Teach Your Children," which owes its country sound to Jerry Garcia's performance on pedal steel guitar.
The selections for Greatest Hits are culled from four albums: 1969's Crosby, Stills & Nash, which contributes seven of its 10 tracks, eliminating the need to purchase that album, 1977's CSN, 1982's Daylight Again and 1970's Déjà Vu, which is actually a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album. Neil doesn't perform on the three tracks that appear here; he is only listed as co-producer.
Crosby, Stills & Nash will forever be linked to the late '60s/early '70s, to Woodstock and to that generation of youth who were fighting the establishment and changing the world with peace, free love and drugs before the majority of them gave up and moved onto the next in scene. They weren’t ready for the sacrifices required by the revolution, and were really more interested in the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the lifestyle, so they gave up their political interests and switched their focus to purely personal pleasures and gains.
Article comments
1 - Russ
Nice review. For more info on CSN&Y the following rocks:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0711949824/qid=1112399111/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/002-3770753-9076801?v=glance&s=books
-Russ
2 - Temple Stark
EB,
I'm sticking my two Drachma here to let you know I posted your review of this to the Advance.net Web sites.
The review can be found at a few different places on the Advance network around the country, but here's one of them.
Thank you
- Temple Stark
3 - Kate
I was traveling from Sarasota Fl. to
Chicago(OHare) in the early 1960's alone;(was married) and happened to be seated next to one of these fellows.I
was awed, and nervous(sure you can understand) and would have been in my
twenties--he was extremely pleasant, bought me a drink, and we chatted for some time..Explained he'd been left behind(sleeping/ after a wild night the
night before) and the rest had gone ahead to their next 'gig'. Am now in my mid 60's-but have never forgotten this experience...interesting what pieces of trivia our memories choose to
keep tucked away....
4 - Bob A. Booey
He bought you a DRINK? You don't say. What a shocking surprise.
It won't be too hard to guess which of the gents that was, I'd imagine.
Did you hear his liver cry for help?
Oh, by the way, were you hot back then Kate? Did he get you to join the Mile High Club?
That is all.
5 - Jewels
I saw them in concert a few years back with Young, been a fan and collector of their music. Great article. Just watched on "Woodstock" the movie and it has an interview on the trailer with Dick Cavitt, interviewing CSN, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, etc...David C., of course, the most outspoken of the bunch. His words, "Peace, Love, Flowers, all that".