Crosby, Stills & Nash PDX Show

May 7, 2012, 6:00 am

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 8pm
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
All Ages

Presale tickets available May 9 & 10, 2012
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On sale to the general public on Friday, May 11, 2012
Tickets available through Ticketmaster.com (866-448-7849)  

Folk rock/rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) feature the intricate vocal harmonies of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. Initially formed by the trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, the genesis of the group lies in two 1960s rock bands, The Byrds and The Hollies, and the demise of a third, Buffalo Springfield. Steven Stills and David Crosby began meeting informally and jamming, the results of one encounter in Florida on Crosby’s schooner being the song “Wooden Ships,” composed in collaboration with another guest, Paul Kantner.CSN's music unerringly reflected the tastes and viewpoints of the counterculture as the sixties changed into the seventies. By 1970, with protest against both the establishment and the Vietnam War gearing up, the group made no secret of their political leanings, Crosby in particular.

The collective talents allowed the band to straddle all the flavors of popular music eminent at the time, from country-rock to confessional balladry, from acoustic guitars and voice to electric guitar and boogie. Indeed, with the Beatles break-up made public by April 1970, and with Bob Dylan in reclusive low-key activity since mid-1966, CSNY found itself as the adopted standard bearers for the Woodstock Nation, vouchsafing an importance in society as counterculture figureheads equaled at the time in rock and roll only by The Rolling Stones. The band has continued to be associated with political causes throughout its existence.

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1111 SW Broadway Portland OR 97205. http://www.pcpa.com

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