The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne

Even in the larger-than-life world of rock and roll, it was hard to imagine four more different men. David Crosby, the opinionated hippie guru. Stephen Stills, the perpetually driven musician. Graham Nash, the tactful pop craftsman. Neil Young, the creatively restless loner. But together, few groups were as in sync with their times as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Starting with the original trio's landmark 1969 debut album, the group embodied much about its era: communal musicmaking, protest songs that took on the establishment and Richard Nixon, and liberal attitudes toward partners and lifestyles. Their group or individual songs—"Wooden Ships," "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "After the Gold Rush," "For What It's Worth" (with Stills and Young's Buffalo Springfield), "Love the One You're With," "Long Time Gone," "Just a Song Before I Go," "Southern Cross"—became the soundtrack of a generation.

But their story would rarely be as harmonious as their legendary and influential vocal blend. In the years that followed, these four volatile men would continually break up, reunite, and disband again—all against a backdrop of social and musical change, recurring disagreements and jealousies, and self-destructive tendencies that threatened to cripple them both as a group and as individuals.

In Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup, longtime music journalist and Rolling Stone writer David Browne presents the ultimate deep dive into rock and roll's most musical and turbulent brotherhood on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Featuring exclusive interviews with David Crosby and Graham Nash along with band members, colleagues, fellow superstars, former managers, employees, and lovers-and with access to unreleased music and documents—Browne takes readers backstage and onstage, into the musicians' homes, recording studios, and psyches, to chronicle the creative and psychological ties that have bound these men together—and sometimes torn them apart. This is the sweeping story of rock's longest-running, most dysfunctional, yet pre-eminent musical family, delivered with the epic feel their story rightly deserves.

克罗斯比、斯蒂尔斯、纳什和杨的第一本也是最完整的叙事传记，作者是著名的音乐记者和滚石资深作家大卫·布朗

即使在摇滚乐的超现实世界中，也很难想象还有四个不同的人。大卫克罗斯比，固执己见的嬉皮大师。斯蒂芬斯蒂尔斯，永远被驱动的音乐家。格雷厄姆·纳什 (Graham Nash)，一位圆滑的流行工匠。尼尔杨，创造性的不安分的孤独者。但是，很少有团体像克罗斯比、斯蒂尔斯、纳什和杨那样与他们的时代同步。从最初的三人组 1969 年具有里程碑意义的首张专辑开始，该乐队体现了其时代的许多特点：公共音乐制作、反对当权派和理查德尼克松的抗议歌曲，以及对合作伙伴和生活方式的自由态度。他们的团体或个人歌曲——“木船”、“套房：朱迪蓝眼”、“淘金热之后”、“为了它的价值”（与斯蒂尔斯和杨的布法罗斯普林菲尔德合作）、“爱你身边的人， ” “好久不见”，“我走之前的一首歌”，“南十字星”——成为一代人的配乐。

但他们的故事很少会像他们传奇而有影响力的声音融合那样和谐。在接下来的几年里，这四个不稳定的人会不断地分手、重聚和解散——这一切都是在社会和音乐变革、反复出现的分歧和嫉妒以及威胁到他们作为一个群体的自毁倾向的背景下进行的并作为个人。

在克罗斯比、斯蒂尔斯、纳什和杨：摇滚最伟大超级乐队的狂野、权威传奇中，长期担任音乐记者和滚石乐队作家的大卫·布朗在摇滚乐队成立 50 周年之际，深入探讨了摇滚乐队最具音乐性和最动荡的兄弟情谊。对大卫·克罗斯比和格雷厄姆·纳什以及乐队成员、同事、超级巨星、前任经理、员工和恋人进行独家采访 - 并可以访问未发行的音乐和文件 - 布朗将读者带到后台和舞台，进入音乐家的家，录制工作室和心理，记录将这些人联系在一起的创造性和心理联系 - 有时将他们撕裂。这是摇滚史上运行时间最长、功能最紊乱但最杰出的音乐家族的全面故事，以他们的故事应得的史诗般的感觉传达。

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