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In addition to solo careers and within the larger aggregate of
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member ...
, the musical team of
David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...
and
Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
have performed and recorded regularly as a duo, mostly during the 1970s and the 2000s.


History

After the success of ''
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'' and the subsequent break-up of the quartet in the summer of 1970, all four members of CSNY released solo albums. Crosby's ''
If I Could Only Remember My Name ''If I Could Only Remember My Name'' is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter David Crosby, released in February 1971 on Atlantic Records. Guests on the album include Jerry Garcia, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and other p ...
'' and Nash's ''
Songs for Beginners ''Songs for Beginners'' is the debut solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. Released in May 1971, it was one of four high-profile albums (all charting within the top fifteen) released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash ...
'' both appeared in 1971 and were both certified
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by the RIAA. Building upon the momentum of a
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-produced September 11, 1970 acoustic special shot in
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, the two good friends toured acoustically in the autumn of 1971 to favorable reviews; one night from this tour would be released twenty-seven years later as ''
Another Stoney Evening ''Another Stoney Evening'' is the sixth album by the duo of David Crosby and Graham Nash, issued in 1998 on Grateful Dead Records, catalog GDCD 4057. It had been recorded at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California more than 2 ...
''. In 1972, the two decided to record an album, resulting in ''
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'', which reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200, demonstrating that the two were still a viable draw without the more successful Stills and Young. Further work together later in 1972 was precluded by Crosby's participation in
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' reunion album recording sessions. In 1973, the pair began to tour regularly, also joining
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...
for the tour that would result in his ''
Time Fades Away ''Time Fades Away'' is a 1973 live album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. Consisting of previously unreleased material, it was recorded with the Stray Gators on the support tour following 1972's highly successful album '' Harvest''. Due ...
'' album. Crosby continued to collaborate with
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pioneer and Grateful Dead associate Ned Lagin on '' Seastones'' (1975) and other unreleased ventures, while Nash recorded a second solo album, '' Wild Tales'' (1974). During this time, singularly and together they contributed
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to various albums by associates in the California rock scene, including '' Stephen Stills'' (1970), Young's '' Harvest'' (1972), Jackson Browne's ''
Late for the Sky ''Late for the Sky'' is the third studio album by American singer–songwriter Jackson Browne, released by Asylum Records on September 13, 1974. It peaked at number 14 on ''Billboards Pop Albums chart. In 2020, the album was deemed "cul ...
'' (1974), and Joni Mitchell's ''
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'' (1974). In 1974, both joined the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young reunion tour and an attempt at the recording of a new album in
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, sessions for which had continued in fits and starts after commencing in 1973. After failing to complete an album, Crosby and Nash signed a contract with ABC Records. Due to contractual obligations to their old label, the
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versions of their ABC LPs were issued by Atlantic. Recording activity yielded ''
Wind on the Water ''Wind on the Water'' is the second album by Crosby & Nash, released on ABC Records in 1975. Cassette and 8-track tape versions of the album were distributed by Atlantic Records, to which Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were signed. It peaked at No ...
'' (1975; No. 6) and ''
Whistling Down the Wire ''Whistling Down the Wire'' is the third album by Crosby & Nash, released on ABC Records in 1976, the second of the duo's three-album deal with ABC Records. Cassette and 8-track tape versions of the album were distributed by Atlantic Records, t ...
'' (1976; No. 26), both of which received RIAA gold certifications. Notably, ''Wind on the Water'' was the highest-charting album released by members of the quartet between 1973 and 1977. Stephen Stills and Neil Young invited the duo to a recording session for their ''
Long May You Run ''Long May You Run'' is a studio album credited to the Stills–Young Band, a collaboration between Stephen Stills and Neil Young, released in 1976 on Reprise Records. It peaked at #26 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified gold in the Unite ...
'' project in the spring of 1976, leading to a brief CSNY reunion. However, Crosby and Nash were forced to leave the recording sessions because they had time constraints for completing ''Whistling Down the Wire'', prompting Stills and Young to wipe their vocals and release the album under the imprimatur of the Stills-Young Band. Crosby & Nash vowed not to work with either Stills or Young again, that oath lasting not even a year as they reconvened with Stills for the second Crosby Stills & Nash album in 1977. Young kept alternate copies of the tracks and released the version of "Long May You Run" with Crosby and Nash's vocals on his 1977 album ''Decade''. ABC released four albums by Crosby & Nash prior to its being bought by the MCA conglomerate in 1979. In addition to the two aforementioned studio albums, the concert document '' Crosby-Nash Live'' appeared in 1977, and a compilation ('' The Best of Crosby & Nash'') in 1978. All four albums featured their backing band the Mighty Jitters, consisting of
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(keyboards),
Tim Drummond Timothy Lee Drummond (20 April 1940 – 10 January 2015) was an American musician from Canton, Illinois. Drummond's primary instrument was bass guitar and he toured and recorded with many notable artists, including Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan, James ...
(bass; beginning in 1975),
Danny Kortchmar Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, Gr ...
(lead guitar and occasional bass),
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(drums), and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley (slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, viola, violin). During the recording of ''Wind on the Water'', session bassist
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alternated with Drummond, and the line-up of Doerge, Kortchmar, Kunkel, and Sklar recorded throughout the epoch as the Section after providing the backup for much of the first Crosby & Nash album on Atlantic. Depending upon availability of the various members, the twosome would either tour as an electric-based aggregation (exclusively with the Mighty Jitters after 1973) or in a semi-acoustic format with Doerge and Lindley. The pair's initial fall 1973 electric tour backing band omitted Kortchmar and included Jefferson Starship drummer
John Barbata John Barbata (born April 1, 1945) is an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata has served as the drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, ...
in lieu of Kunkel; after falling ill with influenza, Lindley was replaced for the remaining dates by future
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. When CSN reunited on a more-or-less permanent basis in 1977, Doerge followed the group to Miami for the ''CSN'' sessions and ensuing tours through 1978, also co-writing the song "Shadow Captain" with Crosby. Doerge would continue to collaborate regularly with Crosby & Nash in various permutations until the early 1990s, co-producing Nash's '' Innocent Eyes'' (1986) and Crosby's '' Oh Yes I Can'' (1989). Following aborted CSN sessions in 1978, Crosby & Nash attempted to record a new album for Capitol Records a year later, but the project was dampened by Crosby's increased dependence upon freebase cocaine. Material from the sessions eventually appeared on Nash's ''
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'' without any songs from Crosby. Crosby's problems during the 1980s with drugs, and his prison time, largely precluded any activity solely with Nash, although the pair appeared on the CSN and CSNY albums of that decade and resumed touring intermittently as a duo after Crosby's release. The 1990 CSN album '' Live It Up'' started as a Crosby & Nash record, but like its predecessor '' Daylight Again'' which was initially sessions for a Stills & Nash effort, Atlantic Records was reluctant to release a project that did not include the full trio. In 2004, Crosby & Nash released their first original studio record since 1976 with the double-album ''
Crosby & Nash In addition to solo careers and within the larger aggregate of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the musical team of David Crosby and Graham Nash have performed and recorded regularly as a duo, mostly during the 1970s and the 2000s. History After th ...
'' on
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, with backing mostly by touring members of Crosby's band
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. A single CD version was released in 2006 when CSNY began their Freedom of Speech '06 Tour. On the Graham Nash box set '' Reflections'', released in February 2009, a recording of the track "In Your Name" from 21 October 2007 by the same band used for the ''Crosby & Nash'' album, including Crosby on backing vocals. Nash stated in March 2016 that he would likely never work with Crosby again due to strained relations between the two.Kielty, Martin (March 6, 2016)
Crosby, Stills And Nash are over says Graham Nash
''TeamRock''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.


Other work

In addition to their album work, Crosby & Nash were the harmony vocalists of choice for a number of prominent
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performers in the 1970s. Their most recognizable session work includes "
Love the One You're With "Love the One You're With" is a song by folk rock musician Stephen Stills. It was released as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album in November 1970. The song, inspired by a remark Stills heard from musician Billy Preston, be ...
" and " Sit Yourself Down" on Stephen Stills' 1970
Stephen Stills (album) ''Stephen Stills'' is the debut solo album by American musician Stephen Stills released on Atlantic Records in 1970. It is one of four high-profile albums (all charting within the top fifteen) released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & You ...
, " Are You Ready for the Country?" on
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...
's 1972 '' Harvest'' album, and the hit singles "
Free Man in Paris "Free Man in Paris" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It appeared on her 1974 album '' Court and Spark'', as well as her 1980 live album '' Shadows and Light''. It is ranked No. 470 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the 5 ...
" by Joni Mitchell in 1974, "Mexico" by
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in 1975, and " The Pretender" by Jackson Browne in 1976. They also appeared on albums by
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, J.D. Souther, Elton John,
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,
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, Carole King, John Mayer, and David Gilmour, as recently as on Gilmour's ''
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'' (2015).


Discography

::''See also discographies for Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and individually for
David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...
and
Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
.''


Studio albums


Other releases


Singles


References


External links


Official Crosby & Nash site
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