RIP David Crosby
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Besides Almost Cut My Hair, this is one of my favorite songs of Crosby's. And what a great band with CSN(&Y)--their vocal harmonies were something else. Almost all their records were gems.
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I saw them at Hilton ca. 1977/78? Still one of the best concerts I've been to. It was in support of the comeback album with them in the sailboat on the cover. The one with "Just A Song Before I Go" on it. And every copy I've ever come across used, the photo glued on the front is off, missing, loose or re-glued.
Memories of driving home for breaks on I-35 and I-80 with "So Far" (greatest hits) in my 8-Track player. I specifically remember that for some reason the actual cartridge was pink in color.
Edit: Found image on Discogs
Edit: Found image on Discogs
Chances are very good that I was at the Parks Library that night studying History 370 (History of Agriculture). Word to the wise…”take time to smell the flowers” in life (and listen to good tunes!).
According to Wikipedia it was Oct 29 1977. I was there as well
I gave their first two albums...
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Déjà Vu
...another listen last night. They definitely held up the way I remembered them: two of the best albums in one of the best periods of American* music and two of my absolute all-time favorites.
There really isn't a weak track on either of them. Even some of the cut stuff, like a cover of "Everybody's Talkin'" from Midnight Cowboy, is a great listen given the talent of the group.
They took a long break after that, and I know some people might like some of the later stuff, but there was something magical they had together as a threesome/foursome with those first two records.
*Yes, I know Nash was British and Young was Canadian.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Déjà Vu
...another listen last night. They definitely held up the way I remembered them: two of the best albums in one of the best periods of American* music and two of my absolute all-time favorites.
There really isn't a weak track on either of them. Even some of the cut stuff, like a cover of "Everybody's Talkin'" from Midnight Cowboy, is a great listen given the talent of the group.
They took a long break after that, and I know some people might like some of the later stuff, but there was something magical they had together as a threesome/foursome with those first two records.
*Yes, I know Nash was British and Young was Canadian.
I always thought the first two records were the great ones. Years later I concluded that there's a good stuff on all of the studio records. CSN from 1977 is quite good.
For solo records I think Stills' Manassas (the double album) and Young's After the Gold Rush are the great ones although some will have other favorites I'm sure.
For solo records I think Stills' Manassas (the double album) and Young's After the Gold Rush are the great ones although some will have other favorites I'm sure.
There are two versions of this cover. The one where they are serious, and this one, taken immediately after where they all cracked up about trying to look SOOOooooo serious.
I feel this way about a few bands these guys, Fleetwood Mac, and the grateful dead. No all dud albums. Seems so rare considering how many songs all these guys released.
You have to admit, 2023 has come out of the gate swinging haymakers. JB and Crosby are some pretty elite Hall-of-Famers.
I wish the pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac got more play.
It's just Rumours over and over again -- don't get me wrong, it's a great album, but it was far from the only thing they did. Their early hardcore blues stuff is dirtyyyyyyyyyy and great.
I listened to Deja Vu last year when going through my dad’s records and figured it was a greatest hits album. Nope, all the songs were just that good.
Neil Young was obviously the biggest talent in the group, but all 4 have been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame twice for their contributions over the years in either group or solo form. Crosby seems to have helped a lot of people get clean over the years which just shows what a caring person he was.
I liked Crosby's single albums. His style didn't have much popular appeal, in comparison to some of the others. Nash also didn't have as much popular appeal because his music was too sweet for the frenetic manic pace of the times, and Crosby's was too strange and pleasant also. I like Young for his personality, but was never interested in his music outside of playing with CSNY. They were always a group outside the box, with loads of talent. Too bad they wasted some years with drugs.
