Life in Big D: CSNY - Four Way Street

Originally Released: April 7, 1971

Featuring: David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Neil Young

Best Lyric: "Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry. So just look at them and sigh and know they love you." -Teach Your Children

Best Line: "Here's a new song thats guaranteed to bring you right down, it's called Don't Let it Bring you Down, sort of starts off real slow then fizzles out all together." -Neil Young

Best Song: David Crosby's "The Lee Shore"

Personal Review: From the view of a CSNY fan this album is everything I love about the group. While still playing such CSNY favorites as "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Teach Your Children" the group finds a way to incorporate each member's own personal work: Crosby sing his song "Laughing" from his debut solo album If I could only remember my name, Crosby and Nash team up to sing their song "The Lee Shore" (which I believe to be the best song on the album), Graham Nash pays tribute to his previous group, The Hollies, by playing "King Midas in Reverse" from the group's 1967 album Butterfly (this tune is only found on the 1992 re-issue of the album) and finally Stephen Stills plays his song "Black Queen" of his 1970 self-titled album.

So while the average CSNY fan gets their fill of good hits, they also get a look into the quality of works that each musician has created as a solo artist.

As a fan of all types of music I find it almost breathtaking to listen to these four guys sing and harmonize together - especially the work of Nash and Crosby, those two sound like they were meant to sing together: here is a link from YouTube of Nash and Crosby playing the song the Lee Shore - I DEFINATELY recommend you to check out the other parts from their BBC performance, it really is musical genious - these guys sound even better here than they do on their albums that have meticulously put together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdNO9Qa5rzI&feature=user

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