History Music / CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung

* [[MisplacedNamesPoster Misplaced Names Cover]]: on their first album, the photo used for the cover has from left to right: Nash, Stills, and Crosby. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], apparently: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the photo was taken at an abandoned house, and at the time, the three had not yet decided on a name. By the time they settled on "Crosby, Stills and Nash", the house had been torn down.

They played during the legendary UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu1970'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]] on May 4, when the Ohio National Guard gunned down students protesting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Nixon's bombing of Cambodia]].[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]] The tragedy inspired Young's stark song ""[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]". The boys feared the song would be banned, but radio stations throughout the country placed "Ohio" into heavy rotation ''before its actual release''.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (or Crosby, Stills & Nash) are a {{Supergroup}} consisting of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash originally, until they were joined by a fourth member, Music/NeilYoung, and eventually became known under this name instead.

* '''''[[Music/TheByrds David Crosby]]''''' - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, tambourine (1968–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977–Present)

* 1970 - ''Music/DejaVu''**

They played during the legendary UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]] on May 4, when the Ohio National Guard gunned down students protesting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Nixon's bombing of Cambodia]].[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]] The tragedy inspired Young's stark song ""[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]". The boys feared the song would be banned, but radio stations throughout the country placed "Ohio" into heavy rotation ''before its actual release''.

* 1983 - ''Allies''

* 2008 - ''Music/DejaVu Live''**

They played during the legendary UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Déjà Vu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]] on May 4, when the Ohio National Guard gunned down students protesting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Nixon's bombing of Cambodia]].[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]] The tragedy inspired Young's stark song ""[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]". The boys feared the song would be banned, but radio stations throughout the country placed "Ohio" into heavy rotation ''before its actual release''.

* 1970 - ''Déjà Vu''**

* 2008 - ''Déjà Vu Live''**

* TheGenerationGap: "Teach Your Children" by Graham Nash addresses both sides of the gap between baby boomers and their parents, urging them to understand each other.

* TheInsomniac: The narrator of "4+20", written by Stills:
-->''Night after sleepless night''
-->''I walk the floor and I want to know''
-->''Why am I so alone?''

* WarIsHell: "Woodstock"
--> ''And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes flying shotgun in the sky''.

* GratuitousSpanish: Stills' lyrics in Part IV of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" are in Spanish. They aren't terribly important and only exist to sound good.

The band came about after David Crosby had left Music/TheByrds due to internal conflict. Around the same time Stephen Stills' and Neil Young's old band Buffalo Springfield had split, they went their separate ways and they were on their own feet too. Graham Nash was a member of Music/TheHollies in those days, but had felt long frustrated about just being second violin to the group as a whole. When the three musicians came together in 1968 they realized they could start a new band by themselves and thus Crosby, Stills & Nash was born. They decided to use their own names, because it would better showcase their individuality; they also hoped it would prevent the tensions they all had experienced by operating as an anonymous musician under a collective band pseudonym.

* '''''Stephen Stills''''' - lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, banjo, timbales, maracas, percussion (1968–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977–Present)

They played during the legendary UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]] on May 4, when the Ohio National Guard gunned down students protesting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Nixon's bombing of Cambodia]].[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]] The tragedy inspired Young's stark song ""[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]". The boys feared the song would be banned, but radio stations throughout the country placed "Ohio" into heavy rotation ''before its actual release''.

The band came about after David Crosby had left Music/TheByrds due to internal conflict. Around the same time Stephen Stills' and Neil Young's old band Music/BuffaloSpringfield had split, they went their separate ways and they were on their own feet too. Graham Nash was a member of Music/TheHollies in those days, but had felt long frustrated about just being second violin to the group as a whole. When the three musicians came together in 1968 they realized they could start a new band by themselves and thus Crosby, Stills & Nash was born. They decided to use their own names, because it would better showcase their individuality; they also hoped it would prevent the tensions they all had experienced by operating as an anonymous musician under a collective band pseudonym.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Neil Young is not often seen as a part of the band, as he only contributed to three of their albums and effectively is the most successful solo artist in his own right of thm four. However, at the same time his name is still attached to Crosby, Stills and Nash.

* AfterTheEnd: "Wooden Ships" is set after a nuclear apocalypse, as the survivors struggle through a poisoned landscape. The lyrics suggest that they're able to build wooden ships to leave and restart civilization in a safer place.

* AfterTheEnd: "Wooden Ships" is set after a nuclear apocalypse, as the survivors struggle through a poisoned landscape.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or Crosby, Stills and Nash) are a {{Supergroup}} consisting of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash originally, until they were joined by a fourth member, Music/NeilYoung, and eventually became known under this name instead.

The band came about after David Crosby had left Music/TheByrds due to internal conflict. Around the same time Stephen Stills' and Neil Young's old band Music/BuffaloSpringfield had split, they went their separate ways and they were on their own feet too. Graham Nash was a member of Music/TheHollies in those days, but had felt long frustrated about just being second violin to the group as a whole. When the three musicians came together in 1968 they realized they could start a new band by themselves and thus ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' was born. They decided to use their own names, because it would better showcase their individuality; they also hoped it would prevent the tensions they all had experienced by operating as an anonymous musician under a collective band pseudonym.

From the start the band had immediate success. Their debut record ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' from 1969 spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. In the summer of 1969, Stills brought a fourth band member aboard, Music/NeilYoung, who had played alongside him in Music/BuffaloSpringfield. Restructured, the band now became ''Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young''. Writing for the Drake-Chenault produced ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Rock_and_Roll History of Rock and Roll]]'' radio series in 1969, ''LA Times'' rock critic Pete Johnson described them as one of several groups of the period to have very "well-matched voices" and they were sometimes called "the American [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]".

They played during the legendary ''Film/{{Woodstock}}'' Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]] on May 4, when the Ohio National Guard gunned down students protesting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Nixon's bombing of Cambodia]].[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]] The tragedy inspired Young's stark song ""[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]". The boys feared the song would be banned, but radio stations throughout the country placed "Ohio" into heavy rotation ''before its actual release''.

The next collective studio album didn't come out until 1977, and by that point Young had already left the group, causing them to name the album ''CSN'', short for the first names of the remaining band members. "Just A Song Before I Go" became a hit, with "Dark Star" receiving some attention and "Cathedral" popular on college radio.

* 1969 - ''Crosby, Stills And Nash''*

* 1994 - ''After The Storm''*

Young rejoined the band briefly for ''American Dream'' in 1988. By that point the band effectively became more popular as a concert experience and their social activism than for their newer albums. In 1997 they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though Neil Young was excluded.

!! Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young provide examples of the following tropes:

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or Crosby, Stills and Nash) are a SuperGroup consisting of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash originally, until they were joined by a fourth member, Music/NeilYoung, and eventually became known under this name instead.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Neil Young is not often seen as a part of the band, as he only contributed to three of their albums and effectively is the most successful solo artist in his own right of them four. However, at the same time his name is still attached to Crosby, Stills and Nash.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". The title doesn't appear in any of their lyrics.

* ProtestSong: The band is very well known for their social activism. "Ohio" was aimed at the Vietnam War, criticised UsefulNotes/RichardNixon and soldiers shooting students during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University in 1970.

The band came about after David Crosby had left Music/TheByrds due to internal conflict. Around the same time Stephen Stills' and Neil Young's old band Music/BuffaloSpringfield had split, they went their separate ways and they were on their own feet too. Graham Nash was a member of Music/TheHollies in those days, but had felt long frustrated about just being second violin to the group as a whole. When the three musicians came together in 1968 they realized they could start a new band by themselves and thus ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' was born. They decided to use their own names, because it would better showcase their individuality and prevent the tensions they all had experienced by operating as an anonymous musician under a collective band pseudonym.

From the start the band had immediate success. Their debut record ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' from 1969 spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. In the summer of 1969, Stills brought a fourth band member aboard, Music/NeilYoung, who had played alongside him in Music/BuffaloSpringfield. Restructured, the band now became ''Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young''. Writing for the Drake-Chenault produced ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Rock_and_Roll History of Rock and Roll]]'' radio series in 1969, ''LA Times'' rock critic Pete Johnson described them as one of several groups of the period to have very "well-matched voices" and they were sometimes called "the American Beatles".

Each individual member released a solo album: Music/NeilYoung's ''Music/AfterTheGoldRush'' from 1970 (his third album), Stephen Stills' ''Stephen Stills'' from 1970, David Crosby ''If I Could Only Remember My Name'' from 1971 and Graham Nash's ''Songs For Beginners'' from 1971. Crosby And Nash even started a duo together, with their first album being ''Graham Nash/David Crosby'' from 1972. Although they performed on each other's solo albums they started spending more attention to their own work than working together as a group. When they did come together, creative tensions and drug abuse took their toll; but since none of their second solo albums had done very well, they agreed to manager Elliot Roberts' suggestion of a 1974 stadium tour. You can hear a montage of the best performances from these "Doom Tour" shows in the box set ''CSNY 1974'', but this wasn't released until 2014.

Only after seven years the next collective studio album came out and by that point Young had already left the group, causing them to name the album ''CSN'', short for the first names of the remaining band members. Only "Just A Song Before I Go" became a hit, with "Dark Star" receiving some attention and "Cathedral" popular on college radio.

* Music/NeilYoung - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, harmonica, banjo, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiple tiple]], celeste (1969–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991, 1999-2006, 2013)

From the start the band had immediate success. Their debut record ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' from 1969 spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. Stills brought a fourth band member aboard, Music/NeilYoung, who had played alongside him in Music/BuffaloSpringfield. Restructured, the band now became ''Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young''. Writing for the Drake-Chenault produced ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Rock_and_Roll History of Rock and Roll]]'' radio series in 1969, ''LA Times'' rock critic Pete Johnson described them as one of several groups of the period to have very "well-matched voices" and they were sometimes called "the American Beatles".

They played during the legendary ''Film/{{Woodstock}}'' Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]], which inspired their ProtestSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]", criticising the fact that the Ohio National Guard (US Army reserve units under the command of the state's governor) had [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings murdered Kent State University students]] protesting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign the bombing of Cambodia]].[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]]

Each individual member released a solo album: Music/NeilYoung's ''Music/AfterTheGoldRush'' from 1970, Stephen Stills' ''Stephen Stills'' from 1970, David Crosby ''If I Could Only Remember My Name'' from 1971 and Graham Nash's ''Songs For Beginners'' from 1971. Crosby And Nash even started a duo together, with their first album being ''Graham Nash/David Crosby'' from 1972. Although they performed on each other's solo albums they started spending more attention to their own work than working together as a group. When they did come together, creative tensions and drug abuse took their toll; but since none of their second solo albums had done very well, they agreed to manager Elliot Roberts' suggestion of a 1974 stadium tour. You can hear a montage of the best performances from these "Doom Tour" shows in the box set ''CSNY 1974'', but this wasn't released until 2014.

From the start the band had immediate success. Their debut record ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' from 1969 spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. Stills brought a fourth band member aboard, Music/NeilYoung, who had played alongside him in Music/BuffaloSpringfield. Restructured, the band now became ''Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young''. They played during the legendary ''Film/{{Woodstock}}'' Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]], which inspired their ProtestSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio]]", criticising the fact that the Ohio National Guard (US Army reserve units under the command of the state's governor) had shot at in Kent State University students protesting the bombing of Cambodia.[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]]

* AlliterativeTitle: "Helplessly Hoping"

* FemmeFatale: "Fair Game" describes a woman who seduces and manipulates men, but with the twist that what makes her extra dangerous is that she [[IAmNotPretty thinks that she's not pretty]]: "The ugly duckling striking back, and she'll decide her fate."

* TheGenerationGap: "Teach Your Children" addresses both sides of the gap between baby boomers and their parents, urging them to understand each other.

* TheInsomniac: The narrator of "4+20":

** There's another insomniac in "This Old House". He's a farmer whose beloved property has been foreclosed upon. He and his family are about to lose everything.

** More negatively, "Ohio" was inspired by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings shootings of protesters]] that occurred there.

* ThisIsYourSong: "Song for Susan" says it right in the title.
* WanderlustSong: "Southern Cross," in which a man deals with heartbreak by sailing widely around the Pacific.

--> ''Bomber death planes flying shotgun in the sky''.

The band came about after David Crosby had left Music/TheByrds due to internal conflict. Around the same time Stephen Stills' old band Music/BuffaloSpringfield had split and he was on his own feet too. Graham Nash was a member of Music/TheHollies in those days, but had felt long frustrated about just being second violin to the group as a whole. When the three musicians came together in 1968 they realized they could start a new band by themselves and thus ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' was born. They decided to use their own names, because it would better showcase their individuality and prevent the tensions they all had experienced by operating as an anonymous musician under a collective band pseudonym.

From the start the band had immediate success. Their debut record ''Crosby, Stills And Nash'' from 1969 spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. Stills brought a fourth band member aboard, Music/NeilYoung, who had played alongside him in Music/BuffaloSpringfield. Restructured, the band now became ''Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young''. They played during the legendary ''Film/{{Woodstock}}'' Music & Art Fair in 1969. Their recording of the Music/JoniMitchell song "Woodstock", written after the festival, became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at the "free concert" at the Altamont Speedway in December 1969, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary ''Film/GimmeShelter'', released in 1970. 1970 also saw the release of ''Music/DejaVu'', which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the [[http://www/astraeasweb.net/politics/kent.html Kent State Shootings]], which inspired their ProtestSong "Ohio", criticising the fact that the Ohio National Guard (US Army reserve units under the command of the state's governor) had shot at in Kent State University students protesting the bombing of Cambodia.[[note]]Two of the "four dead in Ohio" weren't even protesters but were just walking through the parking lot; one was in ROTC![[/note]]

During the 1980s the band kept performing. ''Daylight Again'' from 1982 had the hit singles "Wasted on the Way" and "Southern Cross," ("Turn Your Back on Love" and the title track were well received on college radio) and 1983's ''Allies'' had the theme to ''Film/WarGames'' and some strong Crosby live performances, but in '82 Crosby had been convicted for drug and weapon charges and spent 8 months in jail. He decided to go into rehab after this and his 1985 arrest for DWI and concealed weapons.