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Title: Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography by Dave Zimmer, Henry Diltz, Graham Nash ISBN: 0-306-80974-5 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: CSN---Blah,Blah,Blah.......
Comment: OK--I bought this book,because I really do love those guys---but I am sorry to say that the author's sugary treatment of his subjects are probably all that one is ever going to get of CSN. I know that Crosby has written an account. I wish that Graham would write a book--but out of respect for his Bandmates,probably won't---and that's a shame. Because I think he would write an honest account,of how things really went down.But the saddest thing is that Stephen will probably never write an honest,open account---too much pain to re-live,again.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must!
Comment: This book is simply a must for anybody who wants to know what it is really like in the worlds of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. The author, Dave Zimmer, doesn't merely describe events, he takes you there to watch as an insider. In the process, the book captures all the vibrance of the best of their live concerts. I have met both Crosby and Stills, and can say that Zimmer hits the mark with these guys, time after time, including some little-known stories never before told. My favorite is Stills' reaction to Nash stealing his girlfriend -- well, you just have to read it for yourself! The photos are outstanding, showing the evolution of the rock stars in the past generation, but what really works is the way Zimmer has crafted the work, along with his intimate knowledge and ability to make Stills, Nash, Crosby, as well as Neil Young and others, to open up and spill their guts. This book is like a great movie. You keep going back to it, over and over, because of the way it makes you feel.
Rating: 3
Summary: disappointing
Comment: The book was particularly interesting in describing the early history of the members of my favorite band, including each man's separate childhood and previous musical ventures, the story of their coming together and falling apart in the early '60s and '70s. But I found it frustratingly superficial in following CSN after about the mid-'70s; too much quoting the band and not enough talking to other people in their orbit, surprisingly circumspect on some of the problems of those times, notably those of David Crosby, both medical and legal. And different parts of the book are inconsistent - early on, the boys' enthusiastic embrace of the drug culture is presented as they expressed it at the time, w/o any recognition of later changes in viewpoint. While Zimmer and Diltz have had access to the band for a long time, a little more sense of historical overview would seem to be in order after more than 30 years - not simply undigested and un-reflected upon statements dating from the times of the original events.
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Title: Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by James McDonough ISBN: 0679750967 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Prisoner of Woodstock by Dallas Taylor, David Crosby, Graham Nash ISBN: 1560250879 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Long Time Gone by David Crosby ISBN: 0385245300 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title:The Best of Musikladen Live - Stephen Stills & Manassas ASIN: B00007JZW3 Publisher: Geneon Entertainment Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.98 |
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Title: Stand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making History: The Dramatic Story of the Artists and Causes That Changed America by David Crosby, David Bender ISBN: 0062515748 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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