By 1968, Crosby had been fired from The Byrds amid escalating musical and personal differences with his bandmates, and Buffalo Springfield had similarly fallen apart shortly after Neil Young left to pursue a solo career. Crosby was already famous as a member of the legendary Los Angeles folk-rock group The Byrds, and the musical and personal connection between himself and Stills was a natural one, with Crosby sitting in for an absent Young at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. Guitarists/vocalists/songwriters Stephen Stills and David Crosby had been friends since 1966 when Stills formed the band Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles with fellow singer/songwriter Neil Young. Photo © Barry Z Levine.Ĭrosby, Stills, Nash, & Young's Woodstock setlist: Left to right: Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Neil Young, and Graham Nash. Shortly before the festival, Neil Young was added to the group, making Woodstock CSNY's first public performance. Performed Monday morning, August 18, 3:30–5:00 amĬrosby, Stills & Nash had only performed publicly as a group once before they arrived at Woodstock.
It wasn’t so much that they were scared to perform in front of half a million people their trepidation came from the presence of Jimi Hendrix and other musical peers in the shadows on stage, waiting to see whether or not these disparate musical forces could bring the excitement of their recently-released debut studio album to the stage.Ĭelebrating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock festival, August 1969–2019 Day Three, Performer 7: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Woodstock was only the second live performance for newly formed supergroup, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and they certainly were “scared shitless,” as Stephen Stills informed the Woodstock audience after the first song of their set.
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