Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and Young)

[Gil Bang 25975]

For the record, Phish has no business in a thread about an all-time great band.  No place at all.

A lot of folks; many, in fact, consider Stills to be a genius.    He's still criminally underrated.   What a musician.  What a guitarist, what a songwriter, what a singer.  

[elguapo 4586]

Missed this thread the first time around. CSNY are one of my favorite bands ever, no one did harmonies as well as they did. While CSNY were recording Deja Vu the Dead were recording American Beauty in the same studio. Stills wanted a different sound on Teach Your Children and suggested Jerry on the pedal steel which he'd only been playing a couple of months at that point and had never played it on a record. Jerry improvised the pedal steel part and they used his first take.

 

[squib 1120]

Great band. Used to work with a guy that lived with Crosby for a while when they were teens. He said it was wild. And that David has skillz that far exceeded his looks. A guitar can do wonders.

Edited June 21, 2022 by squib

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

20 hours ago, elguapo said:

Missed this thread the first time around. CSNY are one of my favorite bands ever, no one did harmonies as well as they did. While CSNY were recording Deja Vu the Dead were recording American Beauty in the same studio. Stills wanted a different sound on Teach Your Children and suggested Jerry on the pedal steel which he'd only been playing a couple of months at that point and had never played it on a record. Jerry improvised the pedal steel part and they used his first take.

 

CSNY traded them with some tips on singing. The Dead’s harmonies took a big step forward on their more countryfide American Beauty and Workingman’s Dead albums.

Jerry played pedal steel for Jefferson Airplane in ‘69.

I’ll spoiler these next two because this isn’t the Grateful Dead thread.

Spoiler

He also played it on The Wheel which appeared on his first solo album and was featured in the opening animated sequence of The Grateful Dead Movie.

.Hey, look! Lucky you if you took the time to check the spoiler. You get a bonus track of Jerry playing live with the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

 

 

[Sbbruin 21861]

On 6/21/2022 at 8:02 AM, elguapo said:

Missed this thread the first time around. CSNY are one of my favorite bands ever, no one did harmonies as well as they did. While CSNY were recording Deja Vu the Dead were recording American Beauty in the same studio. Stills wanted a different sound on Teach Your Children and suggested Jerry on the pedal steel which he'd only been playing a couple of months at that point and had never played it on a record. Jerry improvised the pedal steel part and they used his first take.

 

Yeah I’ve seen CSN by far more than any other band.  They are, quite simply, my jam.  

[Gil Bang 25975]

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Yeah I’ve seen CSN by far more than any other band.  They are, quite simply, my jam.  

I'm really sad to say that I was late to the party, and I've only come to really appreciate them since they broke up. 

Now I consider myself a huge fan. 

[Gil Bang 25975]

anybody want to buy Neil's old Rolls? 

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1934-rolls-royce-20-25-shooting-brake/

 

[Shoxthemonkey 1981]

On 7/20/2022 at 8:21 AM, Sbbruin said:

Yeah I’ve seen CSN by far more than any other band.  They are, quite simply, my jam.  

They were the soundtrack to the courtship of my wife. 50 years this summer.

[Gil Bang 25975]

I'm not a podcast guy, but I just listened to both parts of Rick Rubin's podcast with Graham Nash. 

We've heard some of the stories before, but Nash is a good storyteller, and, at 80, still sounds quite sharp.  He speaks fondly of Crosby.  Meanwhile, the news today says Nash (elsewhere) says Crosby died of COVID.  Not a big shock. 

Edited April 11, 2023 by Gil Bang

[Gil Bang 25975]

Gotta check this out

[Gil Bang 25975]

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[Jake Adler 17]

Reading this now.

[Gil Bang 25975]

so I don't know what the fuck is going on.  I posted that photo using tapa, and once again I'm somebody else.  Anyway, the book is really interesting. 

I didn't know that Neil, early on, was in a band with Rick James (bitch!).   And, when they needed a bass player to tour, they basically bought Greg Reeves from Rick James, for a big vial of cocaine.   Stills had played bass on the recordings, because Stills can do anything.

[Gil Bang 25975]

On 5/25/2024 at 10:20 AM, Jake Adler said:

Reading this now.

Just finished this book.  My copy is a paperback.  If any of y'all want it, PM me an address and I'll drop it in the mail to you.  First come, first served.