CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH

< Class of 1997

YEAR

1997

INDUCTED BY

James Taylor

Performers

The voice of a generation sang in impeccable three-part harmony.

Crosby, Stills and Nash took a thoughtful, song-centric approach to music, penning folk hits with messages of change, hope and forward motion.

David Crosby

Stephen Stills

Graham Nash

James Taylor inducts Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills and Nash acceptance speeches

"49 Bye-Byes"

"Teach Your Children"

"Wooden Ships"

Crosby, Stills and Nash, Tom Petty & Bruce Palmer perform "For What It's Worth"

Crosby, Stills and Nash and James Taylor perform "Love the One You're With"

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Chet Flippo

When the unprepossessing album Crosby, Stills & Nash was released in 1969, it flew in the face of the predominant rock & roll wisdom of the day. Gentle folkish harmonies going up against megawattage Telecasters and Strats?

Forget it.

Wistful fairytales about wooden ships on the water competing with smash-your-head- against-the-wall full-blown rock & roll? Not gonna happen, man. No way. Get those wimps outta here!

Then a funny thing happened. CS&N happened, and happened in a big way. To get back in 1969 in the rock & roll world, that year began as the War of the Guitar Giants. Led by Jimi Hendrix’s blistering attack, decibels were crashing through the ceiling. Eric Clapton had just debuted the much-ballyhooed supergroup Blind Faith with a free concert for 100,000 in London’s Hyde Park.