Good morning, CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG In response to David Crosby’s list of “5 Albums I Can’t Live Without,” David Berkey noted a great album of his own (which happened to be one of Crosby’s: “David Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' may be the best album few people have ever heard of. Thank you for mentioning this supremely talented artist whose self-inflicted failings have (largely) kept him from the accolades he deserves.”
I very much enjoy Crosby's solo album. Sometimes the pleasure is found not just in the thing-in-itself, but as a period piece embedded in a larger context, the context in this case being the SF scene at the time. It is the latter for me wrt this album. I picture Tamalpais hill (mountain?) when I play the song on this album. It is a SF period piece of the early 70's. But certainly the first two CSN(Y) albums are superior imo. Also nice, capturing the time, is Crosby's Triad. It was first on a Byrds album, later covered by the Jefferson Airplane.
Eleanor Stills was my 6th grade student. Her dad was hilarious at parent teacher conferences!
I very much enjoy Crosby's solo album. Sometimes the pleasure is found not just in the thing-in-itself, but as a period piece embedded in a larger context, the context in this case being the SF scene at the time. It is the latter for me wrt this album. I picture Tamalpais hill (mountain?) when I play the song on this album. It is a SF period piece of the early 70's. But certainly the first two CSN(Y) albums are superior imo. Also nice, capturing the time, is Crosby's Triad. It was first on a Byrds album, later covered by the Jefferson Airplane.