BREEZE ROCK: Crosby & Nash – ‘WIND ON THE WATER’ [email protected] June 9, 2022 ‘WIND ON THE WATER’ (1975): Hailed as a ‘creative renaissance’ the LP received more acclaim than the Stills-Young effort of 12 months later. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Carole King, Crosby & Nash, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, James Taylor
Named and Blamed: David Crosby & ‘REMEMBER MY NAME’ (documentary review) [email protected] May 6, 2021 Crosby expresses regret at time lost to addictions and friendships now in the past, stating: ‘All the main guys I made music with, McGuinn, Nash, Stephen, Neil, dislike me.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Neil Young, The Byrds
STILLS THE SAME – ‘STEPHEN STILLS II’ [email protected] March 15, 2021 ‘STEPHEN STILLS II’ contains the triumph and tribulation that went into being Stephen Stills – part genius/part ego-manic. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Stephen Stills II, The Flying Burrito Brothers
LADY SINGS THE BLUES – Joni Mitchell & ‘BLUE’ (1971): [email protected] February 28, 2021 Rock music has produced some genuine masterpieces – but beyond them all stands ‘BLUE’……….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Blue, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Graham Nash, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell
THE THIRD DEGREE – Crosby, Stills & Nash return in 77 with ‘CSN’ [email protected] September 17, 2020 Given its smooth arrangements, slick production and album cover, the origins of yacht rock can be found on ‘CSN’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, CSN, David Crosby, Deja Vu, Graham Nash, Manassas, Stephen Stills
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ – ‘ECHO IN THE CANYON’ has good reverberations…….. [email protected] August 4, 2020 ‘ECHO in the CANYON’ is a love letter to the audacious new music that seeped out of LA during the mid-60s. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, David Crosby, Echo in the Canyon, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Mamas and The Papas, Tom Petty
THOU DOTH PROTEST – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young voice their anger with ‘OHIO’ [email protected] April 29, 2020 Mentioning the President by name in the opening line ‘Tin soldiers and Nixon coming’ gives ‘Ohio’ intense resonance. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Deja Vu, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Ohio, Stephen Stills
SOARING & DIPPING – The Flight of THE BYRDS….. [email protected] April 20, 2020 ‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ as important to 1968 as ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ had been to 1965. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Chris Hillman, Clarance White, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Manassas, Michael Clarke, No Other, Roger McGuinn, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers
YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Neil teams up with CSN for ‘DEJA VU’ (1970)….. [email protected] January 21, 2020 Parts of ‘Deja Vu’ are good,’ reflected Neil Young, ‘but they’re the parts I’m not on.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Deja Vu, Eagles, Graham Nash, Little Feat, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, The Byrds, The Hollies
THREE WAY HIT – The debut album of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH…….. [email protected] May 3, 2019 With their distinctive vocals, introspective lyrics and denim look, Crosby, Stills & Nash were the aggregation those who came next aspired to be. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, Crosby & Nash, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, CSN, David Crosby, Deja Vu, Eagles, Graham Nash, Manassas, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, The Byrds, The Hollies