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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joni Mitchell. Those roots explain a lot about how Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Stills-Young Band and The Allman Brothers Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 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 26 connections around Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, reaching back through Joni Mitchell and forward to The Rolling Stones. 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 & Young connections
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young grew out of Joni Mitchell, shares an orbit with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and The Stills-Young Band, went on to shape The Rolling Stones, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane and Santana. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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