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Set of three volumes

Composing a biography about Crosby Stills Nash (and sometimes Young) - founding fathers in the history of Rock - is a huge undertaking.
Consider: these are four musicians who started out in the Sixties, became a supergroup in the Seventies, survived the Eighties, experienced a rebirth in the Nineties, embarked upon the first major American tour of the 21st century and forty years on, are still seeking out their muses...
Successful and famous in their own right even prior to their ground-breaking eponymous debut album of 1969, this no-holds barred account meticulously explores the lives, times and careers - good, bad and ugly - of three (occasionally four) of rock's most enduring superstars from their earliest beginnings right up to the present day.
Their influences. early bands. big breaks. Woodstock. superstardom. gruelling tours. stadiums. millionsellers. girlfriends. conflicts. excesses. egos. abandoned albums. break-ups. reunions with Neil Young. flops. personal tragedies. drugs. ...and there's always the music: nearly four decades of the most harmonious, gorgeous and beautifully crafted music that there's ever been.

The first volume of this project will feature the early years and the story of the Hollies, the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield

The second volume of this project will feature The CSN story from 1968 until the end of 2000.

The third volume contains a detailed discography, videography, videography, a complete guest-appearance list (on other people's albums), an extensive concert chronology (touirs, benefit-concerts, live guest-appearances, set-lists, lne-ups), a "radio and TV Appearance database and a '"cover-version' listing. The set is enriched by many first-hand anecdotes and memories contributed by musicians, producers, managers, photographers, CSN associates, fans and by members of "The Lee-Shore", a CSN internet mailing-list.

The authors conducted a number of exclusive and candid interviews with musicians and associates of CSN, including:
Mike Finnigan, Joe Vitale, George "Chocolate" Perry, Joe Lala, Al Perkins, Dallas Taylor, Chris Hillman, Craig Doerge, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Russel Kunkel, Ian Wallace, Richie Furay, Nels Gustafson, Dewey Martin & Madeline Golter, Bruce Palmer, Bobby Ingram, Jack Casady, Charles John Quatro, Don Gooch, Stephen Barncard, Bill Halverson, Rance Caldwell, Andrew Gold, Ken Weiss, Glenn Goodwin, John Gonzales, Paul Dieter, Jim Seiter, Henry Diltz, Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Kenny Loggins, Mark "Slick" Aguilar, Donovan, Skip Taylor, Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks, Terry Sylvester, Jeff Pevar, James Raymond, Chris Stills, James Taylor, Van Dyke Parks, John Sebastian, John Hall, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Gillette, Graham Parker, Rickie Lee Jones, Jack Tempchin, Judy Henske, Country Joe McDonald, Ian Whitcomb, Mark Naftalin, Sam Andrew, Randy Holden, Ed King, Kipp & Pat Lennon (Venice), Alexis Sklarevski, Bob Vogt, Jac Holzman, Simon Posthuma (Seemon & Marijke), John E. Brown, Essra Mohawk, Barry Friedman, Charlie Wine, Tim Rose, Tom Ross, Tom O'Neal Gundelfinger (D�ja Vu cover-photo), Debbie Meister, Tom Campbell, David and Jan Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.

The three volumes will feature work contributed by California-rock photographer extraordinaire Henry Diltz, top "Brit pop" photographer Harry Goodwin, famous 60's photographer Nurit Wilde, Tom O'neal as well as photos by Ian Astle, Roger Barone, Mike Curcuru, Tom Davis, David Tulsky, A. Marc Shamblin, Leslie Mixon, Laurens van Houten and many others.

"You guys know more about us than we can remember ourselves." (Graham Nash)

Herman Verbeke is the book's main author. Taking the story of Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) from their earliest beginnings right up to the present day, he recounts the musical history of CSN&Y; as seen through the eyes of the main protagonists, their cohorts and friends. Verbeke draws from a myriad of sources, including exclusive and personal interviews with the book's main subjects.

Researcher Lucien van Diggelen has compiled an arsenal information as well as an arsenal of unpublished photographs, and is the contact for many things.
Francesco Lucarelli has chronicled all the radio and TV appearances, and he has produced the most comprehensive chronological performance history of the group to date.
Stefano Frollano has produced a detailed and exhaustive discography.