Crosby, Stills & Nash… and the New Super Group Packaging
In 1969, Crosby, Stills & Nash marked a new dawn in the post-hippie California era. Jimi Hendrix himself said, “I’ve seen Crosby, Stills, and Nash. They’re groovy. Western sky music. All delicate and ding-ding-ding.” By the summer of 1969, CSN was Top 10, staying in the charts for over two years.
Crosby, Stills, & Nash circa 1970. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
But there were the devoted Byrds and Buffalo Springfield fans who were turned off by the whole super group packaging of the band. They were still mourning the loss of the innocence that was felt on Sunset Strip in the mid-‘60s. “It all started to become like a big business deal,” said Tom Nolan, the first local rock writer at the time.