Far Out Magazine asks whether anyone has ever played a more terrifying second gig than Crosby, Stills & Nash. According to the magazine, the ability to overcome the fear of performing in front of a large audience is precisely the obstacle on which many artists stumble on the road to fame. Far Out Magazine ↗
Playing in front of ten thousand people would, in the author's view, be a nightmare for most people, and anything bigger is hard for us to even imagine. Yet that is exactly where the trio found themselves in August 1969 — at their second performance ever, in front of an audience that period estimates put at four to five hundred thousand people. Far Out Magazine ↗
They took the stage at Woodstock at three in the morning on Monday, 18 August 1969, two days after playing their very first concert at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre. Stephen Stills didn't hide it from the audience: "This is only the second time we've ever played in front of people. We're scared to death." Far Out Magazine ↗
David Crosby came from The Byrds, Stephen Stills from Buffalo Springfield and Graham Nash from The Hollies — so this was one of the first supergroup projects in rock history. Their debut album was released less than three months before Woodstock.
Lyrics for Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Helplessly Hoping and Marrakesh Express have been added for the trio on SuperMusic.cz.
Illustrative photo: Crosby, Stills & Nash. Photo: CMA-Creative Management Associates / Atlantic Records, Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Woodstock Was Crosby, Stills & Nash's Second Concert Ever
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