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Crosby, Stills & Nash is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Crazy Horse, Blind Faith, The Turtles, The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. Those roots explain a lot about how Crosby, Stills & Nash arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Buffalo Springfield, The Stills-Young Band, America and Neil Young & Crazy Horse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane and Santana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Crosby, Stills & Nash, reaching back through Crazy Horse and forward to Joni Mitchell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock supergroup composed of the American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and the English-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by the Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, they were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies and lasting influence on American music and culture, their political activism and their tumultuous relationships.
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Crosby, Stills & Nash connections
Crosby, Stills & Nash grew out of Crazy Horse, Blind Faith, The Turtles and The Byrds, shares an orbit with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Buffalo Springfield, The Stills-Young Band and America, went on to shape Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Jefferson Airplane. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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