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You'd expect the three musketeers to beretired in San Diego. Contrarily, Crosby, Stills & Nash are asactive as they were back in their 1969 Woodstock days. On Saturday,October 20, I was one of hundreds of fans seeing them at the fourthof their five 2012 shows at New York City's Beacon Theater. It wasnear the end of their touring season however, as they have beenroaming around all year. On July 17, they released their first livealbum in 20 years, CSN 2012.
CSNdoesn't sound exactly as they did 40 years ago, but at least you getto see them all. While it would have been nice to hear “Y” NeilYoung, you did get to hear the three founding members David Crosby,Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. Each time I saw CSN Live (the othertime was in 2009 at Jones Beach), I saw the stage order from left toright as Crosby-Nash- Stills. I wonder why? Maybe the band name“Crosby Nash and Stills” just wouldn't have the same rhythm.
Thestars weren't with out some new talent however. The most noted newbiewas James Raymond, the keyboardist. Graham claims otherwise but Idon't think he would have gotten his stardom without being Crosby'sson. Despite such natural succession, his contribution of solos andthe song he penned, “Lay Me Down” was appreciated!
Theold fogie who made the biggest impression, was Stills, who remainsone of the most underrated guitar players. His Claptonesque abilityto play fast, upbeat or slow solos was supported by his whammy bar inhis solo in Crosby's “Deja Vu.” “My job is to write the weirdshit”, Crosby joked as he introduced the song.
CSNis also famous for pulling out some out-of-the-blue covers. In 2009,they played the Grateful Dead's “Uncle Johns Band.”. “We don'thave any business playing this next one, but why the hell not, “Crosby said before they played it. This time around, they chose BobDylan's love ballad, “Girl From North Country.”
Ofcourse you can't blame the band for trying to produce new material,but to brutally honest, CSN should stick to its originalRock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame-level material. The second set, whichincluded “Deja Vu”, “Wooden Ships,” “49 Bye-Byes,” “OurHouse,” and other major hits, was absolutely phenomenal. However, Ididn't appreciate some of the newer songs in the first set, such as“Almost Gone”, a political piece Graham wrote about BradleyManning, an ex US soldier, who is now in solitary confinement forreleasing military secrets to WikiLeaks. This song was appropriatefor Crosby and Nash's ad-hoc show at Occupy Wall Street but not aconcert.
IfCSN sticks to its original roots, the band has a good shot to remaina successful band, well into its members' 70s. Maybe one of thesedays, we will even see C, S and N tour with their friend Y!
*Iposted videos for the songs I referenced in the review. For a few ofthe songs, I could not find a video for the October 20 show, so Iposted one for a different 2012 date.
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