CROSBY, STILLS & NASH'S UNRELEASED DEMOS
The Legendary Group Kicks Off A Summer Tour with The Release Of A
Collection Of Group And Solo Demos, Including Early Versions Of
"Marrakesh Express," "Almost Cut My Hair," "Long Time Gone" And "Love The One You're With"
Album Available from Rhino June 2
 The Mighty Trinity |
As members of one of rock's first supergroups, David Crosby,
Stephen Stills and Graham Nash helped define the Woodstock generation
through their peerless harmonies, resonant songwriting and deep commitment
to political and social causes. The trio will tour this summer in both the
U.S. and Europe, with more dates to be added to the U.S. leg. In between
the late-spring North American and early summer European segments of the
tour, Crosby, Stills & Nash will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame on June 18 in New York City, and before the tour begins, Rhino will
offer a behind-the-scenes look at the group's early days with a collection
of 12 previously unreleased demos recorded between 1968 and 1971. CROSBY,
STILLS & NASH DEMOS will be available June 2 from Rhino Records at all
retail outlets.
While many demos feature members performing solo, the opening cut includes
all three harmonizing on the Nash-penned hit "Marrakesh Express," recorded
four months before the release of the trio's eponymous debut in 1969. Crosby and Stills can be heard on another song from that blockbuster album,
"Long Time Gone." The two recorded the demo in June 1968, just a few weeks
before Nash joined the group.
Neil Young, whose arrival in 1969 launched CSN&Y, performs with Crosby and
Nash on "Music Is Love," a song the three cowrote that appeared on Crosby's
1971 solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name. Crosby flies his "freak
flag" alone on the anthemic "Almost Cut My Hair," a track featured on the
group's 1970 #1 album Déjà Vu. Stills performs unaccompanied on a 1968 demo
of "My Love Is A Gentle Thing." Recorded in 1968, the song was never
released on a studio album, although a 1975 recording of the track did
surface in 1991 on the boxed set CSN.
More than half of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS comprises early versions of
songs destined for solo projects that each member focused on following the
success of Déjà Vu. Stills released his self-titled debut in 1970, which
introduced "Love The One You're With," his biggest solo hit to-date and a
live favorite. Stills recorded this version in April 1970, more than six
months before recording the album version in London. Another Stills demo,
"Singing Call," features a song that would appear on his follow-up, Stephen
Stills 2.
Nearly all of the tracks on CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS were recorded at
Wally Heider studios, a popular recording destination on the West Coast for
everyone from Jefferson Airplane to Creedence Clearwater Revival. Nash
chose Heider's studio to record his 1971 solo debut, Songs For Beginners,
demoing much of the album there as well. This collection includes three of
those demos: "Sleep Song," "Be Yourself," and the politically charged
"Chicago."
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS Track Listing:
1. "Marrakesh Express"
2. "Almost Cut My Hair"
3. "You Don't Have To Cry"
4. "Déjà Vu"
5. "Sleep Song"
6. "My Love Is A Gentle Thing"
7. "Be Yourself"
8. "Music Is Love"
9. "Singing Call"
10. "Long Time Gone"
11. "Chicago"
12. "Love The One You're With"
For a listing of CSN tour dates, click here.
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