Crosby Nash BBC - Guinnevere (2 of 5)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- These videos are from a September 11 1970 half hour television performance Graham and David did for the BBC.
It was right after CSNY had finished their famous...or infamous... four way street summer tour. with stories of epic melt downs and cosmic feedings between them all, the all star endeavor which had only began two years prior had all but imploded on itself.
Fortunately, all of the guys didn't abandon their relationships all together. Neil recruited Stephen, David, and Graham for backing vocals on After the Gold Rush and Harvest. Crosby invited, among other amazing musicians, Nash, and Young to sing and play on his consummate album If I Could Only Remember My Name.
(Interestingly, of all the musicians David invited to play on his album: Nash, Young, Jerry Garcia,Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart,Bill Kreutzmann, Jorma Kaukonen, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, Gregg Rolie, and Michael Shrieve...missing was Stephen Stills)
Of all the members of CSNY David and Graham's relationship seemed to be the one that stayed most friendly. In these videos you can really see how jovial and genuinely humorous they were with each other and with their audience. not to mention their majestic vocal blending. (the two part harmonies, which sound like five part, on Guinnevere and Song With no Words are particularly mind blowing)
If you dig this flavor of Crosby and Nash i would recommend finding a copy of their 10/10/1971 live recording Another Stoney Evening if you haven't already.
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David and Graham play Guinnevere from the first CSN album; it's amazing to hear how well their voice blend. obviously the three part harmony on the album is out of this world, but it's almost another thing to hear just the two of them. voices dancing around like footprints on the beaches.
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"[Following the break up] Crosby and Nash embarked on a successful acoustic tour accompanied only by their own guitars and piano, captured for the document Another Stoney Evening.
On tour, Nash and Crosby rediscovered the joy they had felt with CSN at first, minus the egotistic in-fighting that had made the last CSNY shows so difficult. That enthusiasm led to the studio for their first album as a duo, a mix of abstract introspection from Crosby and concise pop tunes from Nash prosaically entitled Graham Nash David Crosby, which peaked at #4 on the pop album chart."
@3Nomens
I met him in 1973. We were on the same plane from SF to Santa Barbara. I was a twenty year old folk singer and loved CSN and Joni Mitchell. Got out of my coach seat went up to his first class seat and said "you probably get sick of hearing this but I love your music" He said "I never get tired of hearing that" and invited me to sit in the empty seat next to him. We talked until the plane landed. He was gracious and kind to a star struck young fan. One of my best memories.
What a great story ! I remember '73 quite well. The year before that, in '72, I had hitch-hiked from Chicago to L.A. and was living in a commune in Huntington Beach, CA.
I envy you so hard man! ✌️
Thanks for sharing your fabulous memories. RIP, David...
Great story! That’s a memory I’d hold on to hard!!
Amazing story❤❤❤❤
I miss melody, harmony, and lyrics that could pass for actual poetry. Timeless.
unlike the dross churned out today
@@anthonyhudson3136 Had to look up the word, but hell yeah...major drossage, dude.
Jace: 'drossage' is a great word and so applies!
Love
RIP Croz. It’s hard to imagine a world without your voice in it. So influential and talented. You will be so missed 🤟🏻
This song is just ethereal and his voice is absolutely amazing. I come back to this song ove and over again. I'm not into pentagrams, but I can listen to this song like forever. Imagine how many parents named their daughters Guinevere because of this song.
My name is Guinnevere from this song!!
I was at this recording......our youth club got BBC tickets.....magical....Crosby was so funny and totally stoned !
This is so cool to hear! Do you by chance still have the original ticket stubs?
Crosby lived stoned ❤. I miss him. So amazing!
Wow 😊😊
I was only born in the early 90's still my father used to listen to this song all the time when I was still very young. Time erased or conceiled those memories from me, life had its hard changes and for many years never did I hear this song again. Some time ago I found all those old vynils he used to play and I can't discribe what I felt when I heard this song after so many years...suddenly it all came back, all those memories all those small precious moments...and my father.
I was a 90s kid too raised on the 60s Cheers man those were the two best decades for music
Its nice when music can reunite u with your father
Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it.
@@TheGman858 A child of the 70's ..currently watching Dacid Crosby's Remember Me..Such 👌 an excellent Documentary...💕🙏✝️🦋🌷🤺
Quinnevere is one of the MOST Beautiful songs EVER!! I thought that in 1969/70, and still do in 2016. This rendition is particularly
fabulous because of its simplicity. No singers, or groups have ever been able to harmonize like these 2 gentlemen. This is a treat!!
And in August 2019
Totally agree
Do me a favor.. check out Miles Davis' version. The edit is 11min. and the original master is 26min. He does TREMENDOUS justice to it, for me to be seeing THE ORIGINAL VOCAL, AS I SEND YOU THIS! 12/2021
Know wer yer comion from son.My segway into this version was thru miles's guinnevere.So,Miles hears concerto de orange juice,does his gil evans version.crosby hears that.Does his version.Miles hears that,and dosent give Dave the good vibes.Dave goes fuck that miles.Miles kicks him out.Years later,Dave goes Aye maybe miles's shit is good.Pickerout.Take my wife.
I agree with all you say, except respectfully , one thing. Happily, another group did have harmonies this good, maybe even better, before CN. They were the original Byrds, with that same David Crosby usually taking the high notes of the three vocal parts. I recommend the Chimes of Freedom, Bells of Rhyney and Eight Miles High in particular for heavenly harmonies.
Maybe not everybody knows what a mensch, and tremendous good friend Graham Nash is to David Crosby. When Crosby was in the depths of his cocaine misery, he sold the rights to his songs to fund the next round of blow-up. Well David ended up getting caught with a bunch of the stuff, and fame or no, was sentenced to jail. IIRC, he credits jail with saving his life. But that's not why I write today. When Crosby got out of jail, and got settled, it was revealed that (unsure of actual order of details) Graham Nash had bought the right's to David's songs, and held them until David was ready to resume proper ownership.
"No one should own David Crosby's songs but David Crosby", said Nash.
'Nuf Ced.
Have they healed the rift between them yet?
@@RU2AIM healed and burned again and again..at this point Crosby says Nash doesn't
talk to him anymore
@@RU2AIM Since it would have been BIG music news if it had occurred, no. There's no info beyond 2016 that I can find. That can happen with us old men. We get a stiff neck about things. Sometimes we're right. Sometimes we're wrong. But all in all, we wish to spend the little time left only doing that which makes our insides feel right.
@@RU2AIM Which one? It seems to be an ongoing affair. Of course, not so much with David and Graham ...I never did hear what their falling out was over a couple years ago.
@@TheCenteroftheUniverse I hear ya'
- Once I thought I was wrong - but I was mistaken.
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I heard you left us today. RIP David Crosby. In 1969 I was 12 yrs old. Thank you for being in my life.
Often Nash is mixed in at a volume that overwhelms Crosby's natural voice ... and the subtlety of David Crosby is lost. That seems to have happened more later on - when Graham seemed to feel he had to hold the concert performance together. But here they are balanced beautifully. Who can match the rhythmic patterns and pauses and long steady holds of his voice? Joni Mitchell. Only Crosby took her unspoken challenge to make the lyrics and mood variations deeper... until you hear the raga. These are songs that could go on for an hour... each with it's own rasa- or taste- a unique emotion.
David Crosby's voice is just incredibly beautiful.
Rest easy David. One of the greatest voices to ever grace us. Harmonies absolutely unmatched. Got to see CSN play in 2015 and it is a memory I will never forget.
This video captures the true chemistry they had. This magic is something that cannot be forced or manufactured. You either had it or you didn't. The only thing better then this video is seeing them do this live, which I had the please of many times back in the day...
Someone posted that there is no one doing anything at all like this now. It is so true.
Thanx David and Graham for the poetry and hauntingly beautiful harmonies.
Graham Nash…as time has passed, I’m now realizing he was the glue, the musician who kept this trio/occasional quartet sounding like the band we all remember.
I would sell my soul to sing like David Crosby. The tone is awe-inspiring and has the power to bring tears to my eyes and when coupled with Graham.... almost too good :D
Not ashamed to admit that I too cry regularly when listening to this work of art. The talent level is what get's to me. EXTREME talent. Heard Crosby's tone described as : Angelic. So true.
Maybe David himself sold his soul...lol never know
You can't sing like this without a soul and lots of it
@@joemarks5985 just look at Crosby
Divine!
I am always amazed by the quality of the audio on these BBC recordings. I've heard performances by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Crosby and Nash, and others, and the clarity, purity, and richness of sound is incredible--especially when you consider that this intended for broadcast on a television signal and for playback on 1970s t.v. sets that had terrible speakers.
Im agree! ..
I used to work in TV studio in the 70's and 80's and the recording equipment we used then was the best available in the world. Equal to any recording studio.
As Rick J.commented and to expand on it.. the Broadcast engineers were sticklers in every way about requiring the best and cleanest signal paths in their studio gear The consoles are the real unsung gems because of this. Most people think hi end recording consoles are the tops - Well some of them are, but you find a 70s broadcast mixing console for cheap grab it !
The crowds were amazing too. Just in awe of the performances and listening without any distractions. Same is true of the American audiences at those smaller venues.
Some of the best sound engineers in the world at the top of their game
R.I.P. David, thank you for the harmonies and awesome guitar playing. You will be missed but your music will remain 🎸 🎤🎶💔
RIP David Crosby.
Such a beautiful voice.
Saw many, many CSN shows but on one particular night, in East Rutherford, they were on, incredible show, during which Nash and Crosby played this to a crowd that respected Crosby's request to stay quiet. I'll never forget it.
Nothing compares... RIP ✌️ David...😢
two voices. two guitars...... magic.
Who was Guinnevere anyway? I had a girlfriend who had green eyes, golden hair and though she didn't draw pentagramsand her name was nanci this song always, to this day, makes me think of her.
EBDGAD Crosby originally tuning.
Jeffrey Bigger - Guinevere is Crosby's girlfriend who was killed in a auto accident shortly before the performance
@frelywheely no
This song came out back on the first album was written in late 68
RIP, Dave. I will forever love your beautiful music and golden lyrics. 💛
As a old time musician myself, I am always in awe of this performance. Notice how "fat" their sound is, just two part harmony and two acoustic guitars- but they make a sound so full and lush it could fill a concert hall to the rafters. Mormon Tabernacle Choir, take notes... this is greatness.
tiffsaver Stills isn't even 'playing' per se :) Just muffled strums.
+Douglas Buzby That's not Stephen... it's Graham Nash and yes he's just muting the strums. Very complex piece to play. I know...myself and another lad used to play it. How Crosby ever came up with that unusual tuning has to be down to Banned Substances :)
toz71
Yes, thanks I meant Graham :) I agree, it was drugs that led him there. :)
He's doing it for the percussion.
Crosby's angelic vocal tone is a big part of this and Nash is "gone inside the tune".
Amazing that these two people could pull this off so wonderfully considering.
Almost 50 years later the song is just as magical as the first time I heard it.
Today...of All Days I heard Sweet David Crosby has left Us. The Music this country, USA has ever Heard...have lost a singer from one of of the most melodic and creative acoustic/ vocal groups Crosby , Stills & Nash. DAVID CROSBY 💖🙏🏼 May You Rest quietly..Love You , BROTHER ‼️❣️
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RIP David Crosby. You will always be remembered by All.
This is arguably my favorite song Crosby ever wrote. It's just so beautiful and the images his lyrics spark are fantastic. The man did A LOT of drugs, but his genius remained,...and remains, in tact. I'll take Crosby over the other guys, even though they are brilliant too. His songs have this "thing" about them that I can't put into words.
Stephen Stills is definitely the most talented musician of the three, however the harmony of the three (CSN) together gave them the magic of their music. When NASH was with CSN he and Stills were the gasoline powering their music. Sad that Crosby could never control his drug habits and tore them apart. Together they truly had a magic about them.
As a musician and singer... drugs do their job on you! 😂
There's a moment in this song where Crosby alters the lyric.."such a short day.." the expression on his face for brief second makes me wonder if he was thinking about his girl Christine Hinton, who died tragically in a car accident almost a year to the day of this performance.
What a gem is here!
So glad we have music like this to remember what music is supposed to sound like. Rest in Peace David..
This isn't just music but an era put to song.
The atmosphere of the end of the '60s and the beginning of the '70s. Meadows, cedars and pines, creeks, streams, rivers, youth, freedom,
and life was fresh in every way
Our bond was familial, we referred to each other as brother and sister, we shared, we loved we aspired and when throughout a day of so many people looking toward us askance, we'd pass a stranger, yet, a fellow traveler and nod, hello friend.
Your so right !
Absolutely fabulous. What more can you say. LOVELY
I always preferred these two together.
So incredibly beautiful and mesmerizing. Crosby is correct when he is critical of contemporary performers. They don't hold a candle to CSNY. So sad to think Crosby and Nash no longer speak to one another....sigh....
This Song brings me back to 1974 i love this song sitting in a mustang and in love with my friend great Memories of the 70s Janet Woodcock
I've been singing for 4 years.
Haven't watched this video in a while...
Even with years of practice and study I come back and still can't do some of what these two do are doing.
Their articulations, dynamics, volume control, and the subtle differences in lines are all there and performed masterfully.
And one of them is high af. Makes me feel like a potato.
I was there with friends from our Youth Club...we applied for tickets...fantastic night...Crosby was totally spaced !
captainsoul1953 That’s so cool!!! You witnessed something really special there.
It sure didn’t affect his beautiful singing by the way! Crosby’s voice is really something uniquely gentle yet strong,.. so pure, natural and resonant. I’ve never heard a voice quite like his..✨
true...his stonedness just added a great spark to the proceedings...he was very funny
@@captainsoul1953 I believe these were the Heroin years. He was still grieving the loss of his true love.
@@nmax696 I don't think he looks high here, just playing music with his spirit. He could also be thinking about something else.
What a beautiful song by angel voices.
i grew up listening to csny and will always cherish crosby’s impeccable vocal harmonies and poetic timeless songwriting. this video in particular means a lot to me and my father. rest in peace david crosby
I am 26 years old, I live in Canada with my girlfriend. It was my grandfather from France who introduced me to CSN&Y. we have been listening to the LPs on repeat since yesterday. beautiful music from a time that seemed happy and creative. kisses to all
53 years ago! This is one of the best live versions I have heard record. I saw these two together live in the 80's. An unforgettable experience!
I was 10 in 1970..loved them then and now
the sad story behind the song :(
Rest in Peace, David Crosby. (August 14, 1941 - January 19, 2023)
Such a beautiful medieval feel to this song, enhanced by two voices and acoustic guitars. Nothing more is necessary...
real music. real talent. true vocals. will always take me back.
So beautiful...💚
Rest in Peace David..❤️
I am 26 years old, I live in Canada with my girlfriend. It was my grandfather from France who introduced me to CSN&Y. we have been listening to the LPs on repeat since yesterday. beautiful music from a time that seemed happy and creative. kisses to all
RIP David
One of a kind in so many ways
Will miss you ❤️
I am 26 years old, I live in Canada with my girlfriend. It was my grandfather from France who introduced me to CSN&Y. we have been listening to the LPs on repeat since yesterday. beautiful music from a time that seemed happy and creative. kisses to all
Rest in peace, David Crosby
A thing of rare beauty, transcending music, elegant quality. Find anything like this in the charts now? Of course not.
Thank you for posting this video. This takes me right back to those years when I was young and living in Beverly Glen in southern California. "Guinevere" is haunting and their voices are pure magic.
I remember as a teenager I heard about the album deja vu, I went out and bought it and listened to it over and over again. CSNY has always been a huge influence on my life, their music is unsurpassed, never to be copied or equaled. Rest well David you're loved by millions.
I just have to say, that in all it's simplicity, this is by far the best live performance of any song I've heard, EVER. There are no fireworks, yet none are needed. There is simply something about the timing, control, musical inflection, nuance and above all, feeling. Somehow all of the elements in this just came together in such perfect harmony and concentration, without being too stiff or contrived. You can tell that they were both just "in the zone" on this one. This is pure music.
This is what heaven sounds like. they have voices of angels. this song is one of my fav songs ever!! can't tell you just how much i LOVE these two!! may their music live on forever and ever! xXx
Repose in peace David. Thank you for sharing your wonderful healing gift.
I came to CSNY through Neil Young but in hindsight, Crosby was his own, very special kind of genius.
Just about my favorite song from my favorite singers of all-time....I get chills in my spine every time I hear these two sing it live.
Impressed with how well they pulled this off live. Gorgeous song.
Here you can really hear how beautiful and controlled David Crosby's voice was when he was young. Even though Stills and Young wrote great, great songs, it was Crosby and Nash who really have the most polished voices, I think. You almost don't miss Stills' harmony in this version. Amazing!
This was always just David with only Graham on harmony. Done just this wsy at the 4 Way Street tour performance in Portland, OR, even though all members of CSN&Y were there and all did acoustic xnd electric sets.
That’s because Stills wasn’t part of the recording. It was just Croz and Nash.
they best quality...any which way you look at it ....I'll live another day because this is here...xo to you all that get how special this is
they arte all !! inspiration and motivation and everything good !! Nothing compares to them !!!! the best music.....but not only this !!! they are legends and our references forever !!!!
What a fucking jewel this!Seriously. brought back the old memories and for a brief moment this morning I was so happy. Thanks
Two voices meant to sing together...I've always loved this song.
May many watch and learn the beauty.
This song always make me cry. So much beauty in it. Greetings from Argentina.
God what a picture this beautiful song paints...
Grateful to have two of my favorite vocalists at the touch of a button, now as souls depart.
R.i.p. David Crosby!
You need to listen to this in the same headspace at it was created ;)
Adoro questo gruppo compreso stills e young viva la west coast peace and love
Beautiful. After 30 years, still exquisite. Loved it then. Love it now. Nomads Hat.
awesome performance...i just figured this out on guitar....if you want to learn it for yourself, the tuning Crosby uses from low to high is E-B-D-G-A-D. (although it's slightly in the crack tuning wise between E and E flat probably due to fluctuation in tape speed somewhere along the way).
It's kind of like the traditional "DADGAD" tuning with the two lowest strings raised a whole step. Great singing and
playing. In order for a person to perform this well high. they must also practice high.
The world today we need such a inspiration like revelatory.
Last night's tribute on the Grammys, Guinnevere, as haunting as this song ever was, there was something completely transcendent about hearing it in a post-David Crosby world. It gutted me. We miss you terribly, David. Your music goes on forever. Rest peacefully.
It simply just does NOT get better than this. Harmonies from heaven. And the song....speechless.
This song has always put me in a contemplative mood. Scenes in my mind in black and white. Cold gray and misty.
+Jerry Campbell me too...well put !
I WATCHED THEM BACK THEN AND THEY WERE AWESOME,THEY WILL ALWAYS BE.AWESOME.
...Thankyou David for being part of the Soundtrack of my life ......Rock In Peace ✌️ Brother...
I can't think of a more effortlessly beautiful and perfect singer than David Crosby. So smooth and tasteful on his own, with others his harmonies were heavenly. Thanks for the best bits of the Byrds and CSN / CSN&Y. Farewell, Croz.
You're right. Nothing compares to this these days.
So beautiful 🎶
The harmonizing is otherworldly. 🌹🖤
Classic romanticism, 1970's version, as only Crosby could summon it. Thanks for sharing this moment in youthful deja vu.
This is one of my all time favourite songs. I can't put into words why. It just is.
I remember catching this by shear accident late one night after a short 'j' and being completely mesmerised!!! On second listen, I'm not as overwhelmed but absolutely amazing non the less!! Two voices!! - At times you'd swear there were 4 or 5! Such makind of lost their way after Graham Nash left!!
Rest in power, king.
For those of us who grew up in this era, this is a time capsule of wonderful memories. Oh to be able to go back to times like those - a time when people weren't so shallow and stood for something. Where are the demonstrations against the government now - against the piggish spending oin foreign countries whil we have people in poverty here. Come on. the 60's and 70's meant something....lets make it happen again.
Thank you
Dude, just listening to this song will make you fail a drug test.
music reminds me of the ocean, water trees and green green grass..........and love
One of the most beautiful songs ever written imo. Sung by two voices who compliment each other perfectly! Love all of CSN&Y together, separate or in various combinations!
These guys are playing on Oct 10 2011 at Newcastle upon tyne uk. Already have my ticket.. Unmissable.
A song of ethereal beauty that will live on long after the man who wrote it/ RIP David Crosby
I'll miss you David.
Was there.....our youth club got tickets and we went in the minibus.......think it was an afternoon......absolutely magical.......David was stoned big time !
This totally puts me in a dream state. Love this song.
A gorgeous piece no matter how you accept it. Beautiful music, not even listened to the lyrics yet
If you do smoke a joint while listening to this it becomes heavenly in ways not even imaginable
Beautiful....
What a superb performance. Real musicians.
Another thing about Crosby (other than his unbelieveable ability to find lower harmonies) that seems to be rarely mentioned is his guitar chording. It's not like he's covering someone elses songs - these are chords/songs he's assembled, along with S, N & Y, to make such incredible music i.e. Lee Shore, Triad.... Amazing - some of the best ever. Some really haunting and beautiful chord progressions.
pure, clean & beautiful
@vampyros1
Possibly the greatest voice ever on a man.
This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written : the guitar , vocals