History Music / CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung

* ''Music/StephenStills'' - lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, banjo, timbales, maracas, percussion (1968–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977–Present)
* Music/NeilYoung - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboard, piano, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_organ harmonium]][[note]]it's an 1885 Estey which he had restored and maintains with love[[/note]], banjo, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiple tiple]], celeste, (1969–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991, 1999-2006, 2013)

* ''[[Music/StephenStills]]'' - lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, banjo, timbales, maracas, percussion (1968–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977–Present)

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

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

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Helplessly Hoping". Not just an AlliterativeTitle, it carries into the verses (i.e. "'''W'''ordlessly watching, he '''w'''aits by the '''w'''indow and '''w'''onders..."). The chorus isn't alliterative, though. It's numerative.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Helplessly Hoping". Not just an AlliterativeTitle, it carries into the verses. The chorus isn't alliterative, though. It's numerative.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (or Crosby, Stills & Nash) are a {{Supergroup}} consisting of Music/DavidCrosby, 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 & 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 1969 debut album, ''Crosby, Stills & Nash'', spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. In the summer of 1969, Stills brought his former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young aboard. Restructured, the band now became Crosby, Stills, Nash & 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 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/GimmeShelter1970''. 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''.

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 UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame, though Neil Young was excluded.

In late 1999 the four released ''Looking Forward'', after Neil became interested in some new songs CSN had recorded sans record deal while he was working with Stephen Stills on a Buffalo Springfield box set. While well received at the time, the album didn't seem to have any lasting hits and only Crosby's "Dream For Him" still got played at shows. The tour they did to promote it was called, of course, CSN[[MillenniumBug Y2K]].

* '''''Music/DavidCrosby''''' - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, tambourine (1968–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977–2023, died 2023)

* EpicRocking: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". It actually consists of four short songs jammed together, clocking in at a total of 7 minutes 25 seconds.

* 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 the four. However, at the same time his name is still attached to Crosby, Stills and Nash.

* SoloSideProject: All band members released solo albums while still being part of this super-group at the same time.
* {{Supergroup}}: They are one of the most famous and longest existing (if intermittent) super-groups in rock history.

In late 1999 the four released ''Looking Forward'', after Neil became interested in some new songs CSN had recorded sans record deal while he was working with Stephen Stills on a Buffalo Springfield box set. While well received at the time, the album didn't seem to have any lasting hits and only Crosby's "Dream For Him" still gets played at shows. The tour they did to promote it was called, of course, CSN[[MillenniumBug Y2K]].

* '''''Music/DavidCrosby''''' - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, tambourine (1968–1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977–Present)