Nash then dedicates “Chicago” (3:03) to Mayor Richard Daley he plays piano with Crosby of harmony vocal. 50 years later, this still brings tears of joy. Hearing them together helps you understand why this duo was the most lasting and prolific of all the combinations and permutations of CSN&Y. Nash joins Crosby for the beautiful “The Lee Shore” (4:14). Crosby’s voice here is absolute perfection, and his guitar playing is lovingly understated. “Triad” (5:07) is the incredible song Crosby wrote that Jefferson Airplane covered so superbly on Crown of Creation. When Nash encourages “everybody to sing with us,” be assured that everybody knew the words. Nash then notes that “Teach Your Children” ] (2:46) is a song “from our second album,” the venerable Déjà Vu. Graham Nash then introduces “our friend Neil Young, who begins with an old Buffalo Springfield tune, “On the Way Home” (3:48). No version of the song is ever going to match their debut at Woodstock. The album opens, wisely, with just the coda to “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” (0:33).

Personnel: David Crosby, vocals, guitar Stephen Stills, vocals, guitar, piano, organ Graham Nash, vocals, guitar, piano, organ Neil Young, vocals, guitar Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels, bass and Johnny Barbata, drums. We have included the four acoustic tracks added for the 1992 CD edition, one from each member. With no internet and sketchy press, we wouldn’t discover until later about their squabbles and the hiatus.

The group’s wild popularity, despite the fact that they had parted ways, at least temporarily, ensured that the album shipped gold (half a million units) on April 7, 1971. The original double album featured two sides of wooden (acoustic) music, primarily solo performances, and two sides of electric music (plus a wooden encore).

They produced the masterpiece Déjà Vu, which came out in March of 1970, and then embarked on a huge summer tour, during which their backstage animosity eventually led to a four-year hiatus, famously remarked upon on The Mothers’ Fillmore East, June 1971 album: “Three unreleased recordings of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fighting in the dressing room at the Fillmore East!”Ĥ Way Street was compiled from various shows on that summer tour, including June 2–7 at Fillmore East, New York, June 26-28 at The Forum in Los Angeles, and July 5 at the Chicago Auditorium. Oh, well.Ĭrosby, Stills & Nash became Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Woodstock and went on tour shortly thereafter. The Class of 1971: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - ‘4 Way Street’

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