There was a time when people believed strongly that songs could change the world. A time that the under 50s cannot know, during which few bands embodied this ideal as well as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). “Supergroup”, as we said at the time, made up of four strong heads with strong egos: a strong Californian, former founding member of the Byrds, pearl of West Coast rock; a trigger from the ranks of Buffalo Springfield; an expatriate native of Manchester, out of the pop adventure The Hollies, and a young lone wolf who had already embarked on a promising solo career.
The reissue of their first four-part album,
Deja Vu
, triumph of the year 1970, today looks like a space-time rift, so much does our time seem to be poles apart from the one that saw the birth of this masterpiece. folk-rock.
“Everything the hippies stood for is still valid today
,” says Graham Nash.
Peace is better
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