Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : : the Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup

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Call Number: 782.421 Br
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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The Garden -- Many-Colored Beasts -- Wasted On The Way -- On The Way Home.
"Even in the larger-than-life world of rock and roll, it was hard to imagine four more different men. David Crosby, the opinionated hippie guru. Stephen Stills, the perpetually driven musician. Graham Nash, the tactful pop craftsman. Neil Young, the creatively restless loner. But together, few groups were as in sync with their times as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Starting with the original trio's landmark 1969 debut album, the group embodied much about its era: communal musicmaking, protest songs that took on the establishment and Richard Nixon, and liberal attitudes toward partners and lifestyles. Their group or individual songs -- 'Wooden Ships,' 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,' 'After the Gold Rush,' 'For What It's Worth' (with Stills and Young's Buffalo Springfield), 'Love the One You're With,' 'Long Time Gone,' 'Just a Song Before I Go,' 'Southern Cross' -- became the soundtrack of a generation. But their story would rarely be as harmonious as their legendary and influential vocal blend. In the years that followed, these four volatile men would continually break up, reunite, and disband again -- all against a backdrop of social and musical change, recurring disagreements and jealousies, and self-destructive tendencies that threatened to cripple them both as a group and as individuals." -- From publisher's description.

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Interesting Even to a Non Fan submitted by abigailrose on June 14, 2019, 1:51pm I read this as a part of my personal quest to read all of the NYT summer reading books of 2019. I was vaguely aware of the existence of CSNY, but couldn't name them or any of their songs (nor had I ever heard any). Despite that, I found this to be a very interesting book that's strong in its own regard. Even without being a fan, I found myself drawn in to the stories of four very unique men, and the historical context of rock 'n' roll that I, as a millennial, was not very aware of. It can feel long at times, but I thought it was thoroughly worth the read.