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 Post subject: (2019-04-02) Peter Doggett "CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"
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The first ever biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of “rock’s first supergroup” (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—when they were the most successful, influential, and politically potent band in America—in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Woodstock and the formation of the band itself.

1969 to 1974 were true golden years of rock n’ roll, bookmarking an era of arguably unparalleled musical power and innovation. But even more than any of their eminent peers, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young channeled and broadcast all the radical anger, romantic idealism, and generational angst of their time. Each of the members had already made their marks in huge bands (The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds), but together, their harmonies were transcendent.

The vast emotional range of their music, from delicate acoustic confessionals to raucous counter-culture anthems, was mirrored in the turbulence of their personal lives. Their trademark may have been vocal harmony, but few—if any—of their contemporaries could match the recklessness of their hedonistic and often combative lifestyles, when the four tenacious, volatile, and prodigal songwriters pursued chemical and sexual pleasure to life-threatening extremes.

Including full color photographs, CSNY chronicles these four iconic musicians and the movement they came to represent, concentrating on their prime as a collective unit and a cultural force: the years between 1969, when Woodstock telegraphed their arrival to the world, and 1974, when their arch-enemy Richard Nixon was driven from office, and the band (to quote Graham Nash himself) “lost it on the highway.”

Even fifty years later, there are plenty of stories left to be told about Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—and music historian Peter Doggett is here to bring them to light in the meticulously researched CSNY, a quintessential and illuminative account of rock’s first supergroup in their golden hour for die-hard fans, nostalgic flower-children, and music history aficionados alike.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501183028/?tag=imwan-20


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 Post subject: (2019-04-02) Peter Doggett "CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"
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I just finished this. Mixed feelings. There is lots of new information (at least new to me).

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 Post subject: (2019-04-02) Peter Doggett "CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"
PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:20 am 
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Reading this now. The Browne book was OK, but I'm enjoying this one more. I've read everything I can get my hands on about these guys over the years, but there are details here that are new to me.


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 Post subject: (2019-04-02) Peter Doggett "CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"
PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:12 pm 
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This is probably the best book on CSNY I've read, and I think I've read them all, except "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young," which I can't seem to find anywhere. Highly recommended.


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 Post subject: (2019-04-02) Peter Doggett "CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"
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I preferred the Browne after reading both.

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