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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 Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Santana and Jefferson Airplane, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, reaching back through Joni Mitchell and forward to The Flying Burrito Brothers. 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 Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Santana and Jefferson Airplane. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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