Stuck In The Past!: Crosby, Stills & Nashskip to main . They are sometimes joined by occasional fourth member Neil Young. The roots of folk- rock's first supergroup goes back to the genre's first popular group - The Byrds. David Crosby had been a founding member of The Byrds, where he sang harmony and played rhythm guitar. However as he began to develop as a songwriter and artistic force in his own right he started to fall out with the rest of the group. After five albums, he was dismissed from the band in Autumn 1. Buffalo Springfield, another top folk- rock group from L. A., had fallen apart by 1. Stephen Stills at a loose end. Subscribe to Ultimate Classic Rock on. Released in August 1974, So Far represented nothing more than a label stopgap measure as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Complete your Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young record collection. Nash & Young Month, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, CSN&Y, CSNY, D. Stills and Crosby were already friends, as both their bands had toured together, and they began to jam in '6. They decided to form a group together, and the trio was filled out by Englishman Graham Nash. Nash was a member of British group The Hollies, but he had begun to grow creatively frustrated, and was eager to embrace the changing musical directions happening in America. He left the Hollies, and folk- rock's first supergroup was formed - Crosby, Stills & Nash (otherwise knows as CSN). They were not just a band, but a coalition of three already successful musicians, each a skilled songwriter and talented singer in his own right. As all three of them were already famous, expectations were high, and when their self- titled debut album came out it did not disappoint. What made it so unique were the vocal harmonies - the sound of the three of them singing together made for something truly magical. Built on a bed- rock of acoustic folk- rock, their harmonies took the genre to places it hadn't been before. All three of them brought their own unique songwriting styles - Stills fused folk, country and blues together in a rock context and produced archetypal CSN songs (. Crosby wrote the surreal, dream- like . He played almost all the instruments himself (acoustic and electric guitars, bass, organ and percussion), apart from the drums which were played by Dallas Taylor, and it is his songs which define the CSN sound best. However without Crosby & Nash it would never have been anywhere near as special. The album rocketed the three of them to the very top of the American rock & roll counter- culture, reaching #6 on the charts. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - D. Crosby, Stills & Nash is a pioneering folk/rock supergroup formed. They are commonly referred to by their initials CSN. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Genre(s): Rock, Folk Rock, Pop/Rock, Country Rock; Website: http:// Studio Albums.
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