An Unlikely Pair of Allies
Geffen and Stephen Stills were an unlikely pair of allies. Stills craved success just as much as Geffen. Geffen was Stills’ ticket to super stardom. What made these two even more unlikely was the contrast between the uptight and politically conservative Stills and Geffen, who was clearly gay.
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Despite his uneasiness about Geffen’s sexual orientation, Stills often stayed at his Central Park apartment. One night in 1969, Geffen and Stills went to Ahmet Ertegun’s posh apartment on the Upper East Side. The three men discussed ways to make CSN the biggest band ever. That’s when Ertegun, scratching his goatee, asked Stills, “Did you ever think about getting Neil Young in the group?”