Floyd, a cinematographer, received a 1931 Oscar for his work on “Tabu: A Story of the South Seas.” Aliph, a poet and a singer, stayed home to raise young David and his older brother, Ethan. Over more than half a century, the musicians painfully produced both psychodrama and songs, with their resentments and squabbles sometimes written into the lyrics.īreaking with family traditions, Crosby’s father, Floyd, and mother, Aliph, headed for Hollywood. The story of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - also known as CSNY - is a saga marked by great music, bitter breakups, reluctant reunions, more bitter breakups and devolution into duos, solo acts and entirely different bands. “Their performance was a scary brilliant proof of the magnificence of music,” Marcus wrote, “and I don’t believe it could have happened with such power anywhere else.” Kennedy’s assassination the previous year, Rolling Stone critic Greil Marcus wrote of Crosby that he had “never seen a musician more involved in his music.” At one point, Crosby aimed his twelve-string guitar over the stage’s edge and, belting out the powerful lyrics he had written, nearly fell off. When they launched into “Long Time Gone,” an elegy inspired by Robert F. on the festival’s final night, they played for about an hour. Steven Stills, left, David Crosby and Neil Young perform during a Crosby, Stills, Nash& Young concert at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia, on Aug.
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