IF YOU GOWhat: Crosby, Stills & Nash.When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.Where: Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie AveAdmission: $49.50 -$80.Phone: 642-TIXS.Website: www.etix.com.
They have been household names in folk rock since 1969, both as a group and as solo artists, and next week, Crosby, Stills and Nash are coming to our house.
On Tuesday, the band will play Memorial Auditorium.
Following a debut at Woodstock, the band, joined for a time by Neil Young, has undergone four decades of ups and downs. Personal and interband strife -- including a prison stint for Crosby in the mid-80s -- caused the band to undergo several reconfigurations.
From their late '60s beginnings, Crosby, Stills and Nash became known as politically active musicians, using their music to show support of varying causes -- from the 1970 tune "Ohio," written in response to the shootings at Kent State University, to a 2011 performance in New York's Zuccotti Park for the Occupy Wall Street protestors.
Each band member has performed with CSN and with at least one other group. David Crosby was a founding member of The Byrds; Stephen Stills was a member of Buffalo Springfield; and Graham Nash played with The Hollies. Each member has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once with Crosby, Stills and Nash, and once with his respective other group. Nash recently announced that he will publish a memoir in 2013.
Hits for the band have included "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "Teach Your Children," "Our House," "Just a Song Before I Go" and "Wasted on the Way." Their self-titled 1969 debut LP was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.