David Browne

Crosby, Stills & Nash, later joined by Neil Young, went on to sell over 30 million albums, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of American rock.

Joining us today to unravel the full story is David Browne, author of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Wild Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup.

David is a senior writer at Rolling Stone and a former music critic at Entertainment Weekly.

He's profiled legends like Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, and Sonic Youth.

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Special thanks to our guest today, David Browne, author of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the wild, definitive saga of rock's greatest supergroup.

Thanks to our producers, Amina Faubert and Connor Sampson, our program director, Scott Campbell, creative director, Chad Raymond, and video director, Nigel Campbell.

Déjà Vu was eventually released in 1970.

In this episode, Graham Nash and David Browne, author of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup, reflect on how the album came together.

This is the making of Déjà Vu.

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And, uh, there was a guy in the parking lot fixing a van, and I said, "I don't wanna disturb you, but my name is Graham Nash." And he goes, "Oh yeah, sure, sure.

You wanna come in and see the house?" I said, "Absolutely." So we actually were standing and had our picture taken in, in that house where we started all those many years ago.

Hi, this is David Browne.

I am a longtime music journalist and the author of eight books, including a biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

... yeah.

Entertainment Weekly says, uh, David Browne in 1993 said, "If anyone will be burdened with the next dreaded mantle of the next Nirvana, it'll be this Chicago band." Yes, yes.

Uh, they may have, but they may have stumbled on a whole new stance, which is slackers with a vision.

Now I haven't heard the word slackers for about 30 years, so fair play.