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There’s a certain national pride of knowing those two Canadian musicians were in the forefront of rock n’ roll at that time. They love rock n’ roll up in Canada and you’re obviously proud of Neil and Joni, of course. Do you have any special memories of playing up in Canada? David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young. We tried our best, but they weren’t as good as the others. What did you make of those later CSNY albums? The four of you regrouped twice more, for 1989’s American Dream and 1999’s Looking Forward. I still talk to Stephen and Neil, but I don’t think any of us have spoken to David in a year or so. We have to really like each other and right now we don’t. We have to love each other before we can make music and stand to be in the same room together. Going through this, did you think CSNY maybe has more to say musically? We were selling millions of records and we knew we had a certain amount of power, so we used it.Īrticle content Neil Young Photo by Henry Diltz If I wanted more hi-hat, I didn’t have to go through anyone to do that. We were now completely in control of what we did. But when you sell millions of records, the power shifts. If you wanted more kick drum, you’d have to tell the producer who would tell the engineer. When I was in the Hollies in 1963, you couldn’t walk over to the (mixing) board and bring the bass up.

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We were free and what made us free was selling millions of records. What was it like to make music during a time when you could take chances?

Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and David Crosby. That’s who we were and that’s what we did. We didn’t think about how it would affect our (future), we were just a band with songs to sing and record. So we had all been there before and we knew what we were doing in the studio. I was in the Hollies, Crosby was in the Byrds and Stephen and Neil were in Buffalo Springfield.

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