Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock ( song)

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Composed by Joni Mitchell.....I do love the lyrics ( and the music of course)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference about "Yasgur's farm"...Max Yasgur was the farmer organizers had rented the land from  for the festival site

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young

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By D.Crosby

 

 

 

 

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Composed by David Crosby (lead vocals)

 

Beautiful track & lyrics imo

 

Yep....Young folks might ( I said "might") need to be properly counseled also when it comes to music....As they can't know the gems of the past...Nobody's fault...That's when we old people appear to be at times useful......

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Dallas Taylor - drums

 

 

John Sebastian ("Welcome Back Kotter" main theme singer) of the Lovin' Spoonful provided harmonica on Crosby’s "Déjà Vu," a reference to the feeling that something you’ve experienced has happened before. Crosby told The Guardian that his belief in reincarnation inspired the title track. "I'm one of those people who thinks we go round again. The Buddhists have got it right — it's a wheel and we get on and get off. I think life energy gets recycled. That's why I wrote 'Déjà Vu.'"

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About this very song..... Little story...1975.....I ( at the time a young, 18, Italian traveller around Europe ) was heading for Sweden by Inter-rail ( remember?) with other Italian buddies and we happened to make friends with a few US Folks on the train...We started to talk ( with my very bad English at the time) and at a certain point one of the Americans inserts a tape in his player...This beautiful music starts to spread around...I was literally struggling to get to understand the lyrics... So one of the US guys patiently and kindly ( almost word by word) helps me get the complete meaning of this fantastic track....Thank you, Mister (never learned his name by the way...I recall him being from Knoxville,TN)....I still remember this after almost  47 years ...It's a good memory indeed....

 

The other guy I went visit 2 years later during my 1st US trip.......

 

He used to live in Elkhart, IN ( very close to the Indiana-Michigan state line)

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From "Crosby, Stills & Nash"  (their 1st album 1969....53 years ago already....)

 

So beautiful & powerful.....One of the most special love songs ever imho

 

Composed by D.Crosby

 

 

 

 

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Composed by D.Crosby, Paul Kantner-RIP ( Jefferson Airplane-Starship) & S.Stills

 

Magnificent imo

 

 

 

 

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From 4 Way Street  live double album ( 2 discs: 1 acoustic 1 electric) Released 1971

 

This one and the next were composed by David Crosby ( if I'm not mistaken)...Both beautiful ...Music & lyrics imho....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm really in love with the last lines   (esp the very last one)

 

Sunset smells of dinner
Women are calling at me to end my tales
But perhaps I'll see you the next quiet place

I furl my sails (awesome)

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Stephen Stills

 

 

 

 

 

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N.Young

 

Best version ever

 

 

 

 

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Stills

 

 

 

 

 

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In ref: to song above...Graham Nash is originally from the UK and at the time of track composition he wasn't yet (I'd guess) a US citizen

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Electric disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful song and music.....Great guitar-playing esp by Young & Stills ( the 2 most gifted guitarists among the 4 of them)....To me  magic bliss at 10:19

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About  Kent State University unarmed student shootings (by the Ohio Nat'l Guard) in 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

 

 

"Four Way Street" double album

Recorded	June 2–July 5, 1970, New York, Los Angeles & Chicago

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Another fantastic track (imo)...More stunning guitar-playing ( Stills & Young dueling together...Awesome)

 

 

 

 

 

 

A youtube poster wrote ( about "Carry On") : Steve on wah wah guitar on the left, Neil on the fuzzy rapid bass notes and his unmistakable attack picking on the right. Great interchange between the two

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And above it all ...Only the American night.....

 

Stunning...Moving