Crosby Stills Nash......& sometimes Young

Composing a biography about Crosby Stills Nash (and sometimes Young)

- founding fathers in the history of Rock - is a huge undertaking.

Consider: these are four musicians who started out in the Sixties, became a supergroup in the Seventies,

survived the Eighties, experienced a rebirth in the Nineties, embarked upon the first major American tour

of the 21st century and forty years on, are still seeking out their muses...

Successful and famous in their own right even prior to their ground-breaking eponymous debut album of 1969,

this no-holds barred account meticulously explores the lives, times and careers – good, bad and ugly –

of three (occasionally four) of rock’s most enduring superstars from their earliest beginnings right up to the present day.

Their influences… early bands… big breaks… Woodstock… superstardom… gruelling tours…

stadiums… millionsellers… girlfriends… conflicts… excesses… egos… abandoned albums…

break-ups… reunions with Neil Young… flops… personal tragedies… drugs…

...and there's always the music:

nearly four decades of the most harmonious, gorgeous and beautifully crafted music that there's ever been.

The first volume of this project (448 pages with - more or less - 200 b&w photos) will feature

the early years and the story of the Hollies, the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield

as well as the CSN story from 1968 until today.

The second volume (240 pages full color, with 300 photos, rare picture sleeves, tickets, handbills, posters, etc.)

will contain a detailed discography, videography, bibliography,

a complete guest-appearance list (on other people's albums),

a concert-chronology (tours, benefit-concerts, live guest-appearances, set-lists, line-ups),

a “radio and TV appearance” database and a "cover-version" listing.

The set is enriched by many first-hand anecdotes and memories contributed by musicians, producers, managers,

photographers, CSN associates, fans and by members of "The Lee-Shore", a CSN internet mailing-list.

The authors conducted a number of exclusive and candid interviews

with musicians and associates of CSN, including:

Mike Finnigan, Joe Vitale, George "Chocolate" Perry,

Joe Lala, Al Perkins, Dallas Taylor, Chris Hillman,

Craig Doerge, James “Hutch” Hutchinson,

Russel Kunkel, Ian Wallace,

Richie Furay, Nels Gustafson,

Dewey Martin & Madeline Golter, Bruce Palmer,

Bobby Ingram, Jack Casady, Charles John Quatro,

Don Gooch, Stephen Barncard, Bill Halverson,

Rance Caldwell, Andrew Gold,

Ken Weiss, Glenn Goodwin,

John Gonzales, Paul Dieter, Jim Seiter, Henry Diltz,

Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Kenny Loggins,

Mark “Slick” Aguilar, Donovan, Skip Taylor,

Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks, Terry Sylvester,

Jeff Pevar, James Raymond, Chris Stills,

James Taylor, Van Dyke Parks, John Sebastian,

John Hall, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Gillette, Graham Parker,

Rickie Lee Jones, Jack Tempchin, Judy Henske,

Country Joe McDonald, Ian Whitcomb, Mark Naftalin,

Sam Andrew, Randy Holden, Ed King,

Kipp & Pat Lennon (Venice), Alexis Sklarevski,

Bob Vogt, Jac Holzman, Simon Posthuma (Seemon & Marijke),

John E. Brown, Essra Mohawk, Barry Friedman,

Charlie Wine, Tim Rose, Tom Ross,

Tom O'Neal Gundelfinger (Dèja Vu cover-photo),

Debbie Meister, Tom Campbell,

David and Jan Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.

The two volumes will feature work contributed by

California-rock photographer extraordinaire Henry Diltz, top "Brit pop" photographer Harry Goodwin,

famous 60’s photographer Nurit Wilde,

as well as photos by Ian Astle, Roger Barone, Mike Curcuru, Tom Davis, David Tulsky,

A. Marc Shamblin, Leslie Mixon and many others.

Please follow the links on this page to see some previews of “Crosby Stills Nash…and sometimes Young”.

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