Csny · Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

**“A must for CSNY fans.” — _Kirkus Reviews_ , starred review**

**The first ever biography focused on the formative and highly influential

early years of “rock’s first supergroup” ( _Rolling Stone_ ) Crosby, Stills,

Nash, and Young—when they were the most successful, influential, and

politically potent band in America—in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of

Woodstock and the formation of the band itself.**

1969 to 1974 were true golden years of rock n’ roll, bookmarking an era of

arguably unparalleled musical power and innovation. But even more than any of

their eminent peers, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young

channeled and broadcast all the radical anger, romantic idealism, and

generational angst of their time. Each of the members had already made their

marks in huge bands (The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds), but

together, their harmonies were transcendent.

The vast emotional range of their music, from delicate acoustic confessionals

to raucous counter-culture anthems, was mirrored in the turbulence of their

personal lives. Their trademark may have been vocal harmony, but few—if any—of

their contemporaries could match the recklessness of their hedonistic and

often combative lifestyles, when the four tenacious, volatile, and prodigal

songwriters pursued chemical and sexual pleasure to life-threatening extremes.

Including full color photographs, _CSNY_ chronicles these four iconic

musicians and the movement they came to represent, concentrating on their

prime as a collective unit and a cultural force: the years between 1969, when

Woodstock telegraphed their arrival to the world, and 1974, when their arch-

enemy Richard Nixon was driven from office, and the band (to quote Graham Nash

himself) “lost it on the highway.”

Even fifty years later, there are plenty of stories left to be told about

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—and music historian Peter Doggett is here to

bring them to light in the meticulously researched _CSNY_ , a quintessential

and illuminative account of rock’s first supergroup in their golden hour for

die-hard fans, nostalgic flower-children, and music history aficionados alike.