Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young carry on, again
Tiny Dancer
FEATURE-Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young carry on, again
By Gary Graff
DETROIT (Reuters) Last fall, in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on
America, Neil Young told sometime bandmates David Crosby, Stephen
Stills and Graham Nash that it was time for them to carry on again.
Young's three cohorts readily agreed.
"We got a call from Neil, who was talking about that maybe it's a good
time to go out and play some music for the folks," Nash said in recalling
the genesis of the veteran supergroup's latest tour, opening Wednesday
in suburban Detroit.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have only recorded and toured together
a handful of times since the late-1960s, and their 2000 reunion outing
marked the group's first in 26 years.
Going out again, Nash said in a recent interview, "seemed to make
sense to us. It was a little earlier than we had kind of planned in our
lives, but, y'know... so what?"
Kicking off its latest concert series at the Palace of Auburn Hills in
Michigan, CSNY will crisscross the country for the next three months,
wrapping up in late April.
Unlike the 2000 trek -- which played in 35 cities, grossing $42 million
in ticket sales to support the 1999 album "Looking Forward" -- there
will be no fresh CSNY release to accompany this tour.
CSNY taped all of its shows from the 2000 tour and was expected to
release a live album from it, but those plans were scuttled. Said Stills,
"There's some real good stuff on (the tapes), but I think we need another
(tour) under our belts."
However, both Young and Nash plan to release albums -- "Are You
Passionate?" and "Songs For Survivors," respectively -- while the group
is on the road, though issue dates for each have yet to be determined.
LET'S ROLL
The group rehearsed several songs from Young's album for the tour,
including the single "Let's Roll," inspired by the words of one of the
United Airlines Flight 93 passengers believed to have clashed with
hijackers who were presumably steering the plane toward Washington
but crashed instead in Pennsylvania.
That song, Nash said, should dovetail nicely with other politically charged
and socially conscious pieces from the CSNY canon, including "Daylight
Again," "Find the Cost of Freedom" and "Military Madness."
"We're just reflecting on the times, which is what we've always done," said
Nash, 60, who was in Denver on tour with Crosby and Stills on Sept. 11.
"I think we've always represented relevance to ourselves. We go through
this crazy life and we make comments on it, and we've been doing that all
our lives."
Young, 56, concurred.
"It just felt like a good time for CSNY to go out and play," he said separately.
"CSNY's been around for a long time. People of our generation, I think, might
get some kind of feeling of comfort or something from coming to a show of
ours and seeing that we're still here, and everybody's still here, and we're
still doing what we do."
Accompanying CSNY on tour are keyboardist Booker T. Jones and bassist
Donald "Duck" Dunn -- both from the R&B ensemble Booker T. & the MG's --
and drummer Steve "Smokey" Potts. All three perform on Young's new
album, and Nash acknowledges that Young is the man in charge of things
these days.
"The man's a genius," Nash said. "We all have our roles to play; it's just
that Neil is taking the reins this time, and that's fine with all of us."
Young, however, deflects the mantle of leadership.
"I don't run it -- I don't want that responsibility!" he said with a laugh.
"The reason I play with CSN is because ... I don't have to sing every
song, because I like playing with them. I like being with guys I've known
for 30 years that have gone through so much with me. It's a rewarding
experience. It's fun to look around and see those guys."
CARRYING ON
Fans certainly feel the same way -- especially if it makes CSNY active
on a more regular basis. The quartet formed in 1969, when Young joined
former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Stills, ex-Byrd Crosby and ex-Hollies
member Nash -- who had already released one album as a trio. The quartet's
second public performance was at the first Woodstock festival.
In 33 years, CSNY has put out just four studio albums, a live recording
and some best-of sets. Still, the group has assembled a durable catalog
of songs that mixes such pop-friendly pieces as "Our House," "Teach Your
Children" with protest anthems like "Ohio," "Carry On" and "Almost Cut My Hair."
Over the years, the group has been hampered by fits of creative and
personal pique, ego battles, drug problems and other tribulations. Now,
most of that has given way to a more mature appreciation for what the
quartet is able to achieve together, Nash said.
"I think it's just getting a little smarter, getting a little more appreciation
of our families and our friends and our bandmates," he said. "And that
is great, because there's more energy for performing and less energy
for dealing in mindless details, which have always caused problems
in the past."
Cheers,
TD
The fortunes of fables are able
To sing the song
Now witness the quickness with which
We get along
To sing the blues you've got to live the tunes and
Carry on
from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Carry On/Questions"
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o henry!
but have you seen the ticket prices...
Steve Bateman
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rachel cree
--
rach
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
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Tiny Dancer
>TD... Are they coming to Toronto?
Yeah ... this coming Tuesday and Wednesday :-P NO chance of
saving any funds or buying tickets for me now, damn! Just found
this list of dates on another group (posted on 2/5), maybe someone
else will have better luck:
CSNY 2002
'TOUR OF AMERICA'
Dates are subject to change. For latest updates and additions,
please visit www.csny.com
2/6 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
2/7 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
2/10 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
2/12 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre
2/13 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre
2/15 St. Louis, MO Savvis Center
2/17 Chicago, IL United Center
2/20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
2/22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
2/23 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
2/25 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
2/28 Hartford, CT Civic Center
3/2 Boston, MA Fleet Center
3/3 Boston, MA Fleet Center
3/5 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center
3/6 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
3/8 Washington, DC MCI Center
3/9 Atlantic City The Arena @ Trump Taj Mahal
3/11 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
3/12 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
3/15 Tacoma, WA Dome
3/17 Portland, OR Rose Garden
3/26 Phoenix, AZ America West Arena
3/27 San Diego, CA Sports Arena
3/29 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
3/30 Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond
4/1 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
4/4 Oakland, CA Arena
4/5 San Jose, CA Compaq Center
4/8 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
4/10 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
4/11 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena
4/13 Miami, FL National Car Rental Center
4/14 Tampa, FL Ice Palace
4/16 Greensboro, NC Coliseum
4/17 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
4/19 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center
4/22 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
4/25 Chicago, IL United Center
Cheers,
TD
Chestnut brown canary
Ruby throated sparrow
Sing a song don't be long
Thrill me to the marrow
from Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
rachel cree
show!
--
rach
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
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recsec
> Just found
> this list of dates on another group (posted on 2/5), maybe someone
> else will have better luck:
>
> CSNY 2002
> 'TOUR OF AMERICA'
>
> Dates are subject to change. For latest updates and additions,
> please visit www.csny.com
> 4/11 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena
O well fuck 'em then!!! Hell Austin is about 4 hours from here. What Houston
money sux!!! And why does EVERYONE go to JUST dallas & think that that's
centrally located?!?!? And from what I hear Paul isn't even coming to this
State period on his tour.
Billy
o henry!
<zjodmf...@spammotel.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:09:33 GMT, ti...@look.ca (Tiny Dancer) wrote:
>but have you seen the ticket prices...
>It's not necessary to quote the whole damn thing for a one line reply.
>
>"o henry!" <oh_h...@teenagewildlife.com> wrote in message
>news:3c62e3f6...@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:09:33 GMT, ti...@look.ca (Tiny Dancer) wrote:
>>
>>
>> but have you seen the ticket prices...
>
>
you are of course, correct...
Steve Bateman
stick it in the middle of your forehead. This will allow people to know you
are a LOSER even before you open your mouth and save them a few minutes of
time
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o henry!
<zjodmf...@spammotel.com> wrote:
>Find the L on your keyboard. Go ahead, I'll wait. OK, ready? Pull it off and
>stick it in the middle of your forehead. This will allow people to know you
>are a LOSER even before you open your mouth and save them a few minutes of
>time
>
>"o henry!" <oh_h...@teenagewildlife.com> wrote in message
>news:3c63e19c....@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
>> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 09:01:53 +0900, "Steve Bateman"
>> <zjodmf...@spammotel.com> wrote:
>> >On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:09:33 GMT, ti...@look.ca (Tiny Dancer) wrote:
>>
>
>
>
>On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 09:01:53 +0900, "Steve Bateman"
><zjodmf...@spammotel.com> wrote:
>>On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:09:33 GMT, ti...@look.ca (Tiny Dancer) wrote:
>>"o henry!" <oh_h...@teenagewildlife.com> wrote in message
>>news:3c62e3f6...@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
>>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:09:33 GMT, ti...@look.ca (Tiny Dancer) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> but have you seen the ticket prices...
>>
>>
>you are of course, correct...
ok, thanks for waiting, im still looking...