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Authors: Graham Nash

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Michael Jensen, my dear friend and publicist for the last twenty-five years.

I give special mention to R. Mac Holbert who has been my trusted companion and advisor since 1969.

My longtime friend and manager Gerry Tolman. He was taken much too soon and is missed to this day.

My present managers and friends, Donald “Buddha” and Cree Miller. They are so together, so wise. Ask anyone who has ever dealt with them.

I’m writing this on the forty-fourth anniversary of meeting Joel Bernstein, archivist, teacher, historian, and great photographer, on February 1, 1969, the night Joni played Carnegie Hall. My life is all the richer because of him. He is my confidant and partner in music, photography, and life.

I owe a great deal of gratitude to Jillian Manus, my book agent. She was the first person to seriously suggest that I write this book and had the great wisdom to put me together with Bob Spitz, who faithfully took my words and made sense of them. Thanks to you, Bob, and to our editor, Peter Gethers.

Thanks also to jacket designer Michael Nagin, production editor Tricia Wygal, interior designer Lauren Dong, production manager Linnea Knollmueller, and everyone at Crown Publishers for their delightful interest and hard work.

Finally: to the Great Spirit of the Universe, for letting me live this life.

This is how I remember it.

I have tried to write Paradise

Do not move

Let the wind speak

That is paradise.

Let the Gods forgive what I have made

Let those I love try to forgive what I have made.

—E
ZRA
P
OUND

index

Unless otherwise specified, entries in
italics
indicate albums. Those in quotes indicate song titles.

Abalone Alliance

Abbey Road Studios,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

Abrams, Joe,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3

After the Gold Rush
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.1

“(Ain’t That) Just Like Me,”
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3

Albert, Ronnie and Howard

Alexander, Arthur,
3.1
,
4.1

Allies
,

Allman Brothers

“All You Need Is Love,”

“Almost Cut My Hair,”
7.1
,
9.1
,
9.2

“Almost Gone,”

Altamont

American Dream
,

Anderson, Bill and Myrtle

Animals,
5.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2

antinuclear movement,
12.1
,
12.2
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
17.1

Apple Records

Armatrading, Joan

Atlantic Records,
4.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
14.1
,
16.1
,
17.1

Baez, Joan,
9.1
,
13.1
,
14.1

Balin, Marty

Barbata, Johnny,
10.1
,
10.2

“Barrel of Pain,”
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3

Barrett, Adrian

Beach Boys,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
11.1
,
13.1

Beatles,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
,
6.6
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
8.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
17.1

reverence for

significance of

“Be-Bop-a Lula,”
2.1
,
3.1
,
14.1
,
14.2

Bee Gees,
16.1
,
17.1

Berlin Wall, fall of

Bernstein, Joel,
8.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
13.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
15.1
,
17.1
,
17.2

Best, Pete,
4.1
,
4.2

Be Yourself
,

“Big Yellow Taxi,”

Bilotta, John

Bingenheimer, Rodney

Blackboard Jungle
(movie),

Blakley, Ronee

Bocking, Pete,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
17.1

“Both Sides Now,”
8.1
,
8.2

Boulter, Steve

Bradley, Peter

Braunstein, Michael

Bridge School,
16.1
,
17.1

“Broken Bird,”

Brown, Nancy,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
14.1
,
15.1

Browne, Jackson,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
17.1
,
17.2
,
17.3

Buffalo Springfield,
1.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
17.1

Bulgarian Choir

Burden, Gary

“Burning for the Buddha,”

Bush, George W.,
17.1
,
17.2

“Bus Stop,”
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
17.1

“Butterfly,”
2.1
,
6.1

Butterfly
,

“Bye Bye Love,”
3.1
,
6.1
,
17.1

Byrds,
1.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
13.1
,
17.1

Calvert, Bernie,
4.1
,
7.1

Camil, Scott

Campbell, Tom,
12.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4
,
17.1

Capitol Records,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3

Carmichael, Jesse,
17.1
,
17.2

Carnegie Hall,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
11.2

Nash’s mother’s ashes and

“Carousel,”

“Carrie Anne,”
6.1
,
6.2
,
17.1

Carried Away
,
13.1
,
13.2

“Carry Me,”
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
17.1

“Carry On,”

Carter, Jimmy,
13.1
,
13.2

Cash, Johnny and June

“Cathedral,”
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
17.1

Chavez, Cesar

“Chelsea Morning,”

Cheney, Dick,
17.1
,
17.2

“Chicago,”
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
13.1

children, benefits for,
7.1
,
16.1
,
17.1

“Chippin’ Away,”

Clapton, Eric,
1.1
,
2.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1

Clark, Dave,
5.1
,
5.2

Clark, Gene,
5.1
,
13.1

Clarke, Allan,
1.1
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
13.1
,
15.1
,
15.2

engagement and marriage,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
17.1

Nash break with Hollies and,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
15.1

Nash duo

Nash long-term friendship,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
17.1

Nash reconciliation

Clash

Clegg, Graham,
3.1
,
3.2

Clinton, Bill

Clouds
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4

Coasters,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2

Cohen, Michael,
4.1
,
5.1

Cohen, Steve,
10.1
,
10.2
,
17.1

Colasurado, John

“Cold Rain,”
13.1
,
15.1

Collins, Judy,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
10.1

Collins, Phil,
12.1
,
17.1

Columbia Records,
6.1
,
7.1
,
14.1
,
14.2

“Compass,”
16.1
,
16.2

Coolidge, Rita,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1

Coons, David,
17.1
,
17.2
,
17.3

Cosby, Bill

“Country Girl,”
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4

Cousteau, Jacques,
12.1
,
12.2
,
14.1

“Cowboy of Dreams,”

“Critical Mass,”
12.1
,
16.1

Crosby, David,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1
,
14.1
,
17.1

arrests/conviction of,
11.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3

CD retrospective

children of,
12.1
,
16.1
,
17.1

Christine’s death and,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
14.1

comeback appearance of

crisis intervention for

debts of,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3

deterioration from cocaine of,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
16.1
,
16.2

drugs and,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
16.1
,
16.2

guns and,
11.1
,
12.1
,
16.1

liver transplant

long-lost son of

marriage to Jan

Nash’s bond with,
4.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
15.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
17.1

Nash’s first meeting with,
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1

Nash’s songs and,
7.1
,
13.1

personality/style of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
,
13.1

prison parole of

rehabilitation of,
16.1
,
17.1

schooner of (see
Mayan
)

Young and

Crosby, Django

Crosby-Nash duo,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1

Crosby, Stills & Nash,
8.1
,
11.1
,
14.1
,
15.1
,
17.1

Allies
tour,

archival projects

benefits,
14.1
,
15.1
,
17.1
,
17.2

Berlin Wall’s fall and

biggest hit single

continued relevancy of,
15.1
,
15.2

Crosby’s son James and,
17.1
,
17.2

CSNY music compared with

Daylight Again
album/tour,

eponymous first album,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
11.1

honors awarded to

inception of,
1.1
,
7.1

member interactions

name order of

1977 return success,
9.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3

1984 tour

1990s successes

normal routine of,
8.1
,
13.1

politics and

primacy of music for,
17.1
,
17.2

turnaround of

unique sound of,
7.1
,
8.1
,
17.1

Woodstock anniversaries

Young’s addition to,
8.1
,
9.1

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2

debut performance

Doom Tour (1974),
11.1
,
12.1

downward slope of

first album (see
Déjá Vu
)

friction among,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1

as open marriage

politics and,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.1
,
17.1

recording reunion attempt

re-formation of,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3

Rolling Stones
cover,

tour (2006)

Woodstock and,
9.1
,
9.2

Young’s contribution to

CSN
(album),
13.1

Dance, Jan,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
,
16.4
,
16.5
,
17.1

marriage to Crosby of

pregnancy of,
17.1
,
17.2

rehabilitation of

“Dark Star,”
13.1
,
13.2

Dave Clark Five,
5.1
,
5.2

Davis, Miles,
5.1
,
5.2
,
8.1
,
9.1

Davis, Spencer,
6.1
,
6.2

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