


Yet it also enriches them: Crosby's advanced years lend added piquancy to his musings on mortality on What Time I Have.

Guitar virtuoso Stephen Stills, barefooted Brit Graham Nash and the rotund David Crosby, his white hair cascading over his shoulders, can no longer hit the meticulous high harmonies that were their trademark. After their final scheduled performance in Bloomington, Minnesota, on July 9, 1970, CSNY officially broke up, less than a year after their second-ever live show at the Woodstock Festival.Ĭheck out CSN’s performance of ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’ at Woodstock down below.Age has naturally taken its toll. Although they made it through the tour and subsequent recording of the album Déjà Vu, the subsequent tour saw the band imploding. It didn’t take long for the band’s relationships to begin combusting. Young even performed with the group at Woodstock, but he skipped out on most of their acoustic set and refused to sign off on including his likeness in the film, causing the group to be credited as a trio. When they arrived at Woodstock, CSN were actually already in their more famous extended lineup: Neil Young had joined the group shortly after the release of their debut LP three months before their appearance at Woodstock. We’re scared shitless.” With a rain delay having reshuffled the lineup from the previous day, CSNY didn’t go on until around three in the morning, but when it was time to play, the group opened with the same song that kicked off their debut LP, ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’. Stills made light of their nervousness, telling the crowd “This is the second time we’ve ever played in front of people, man.
