DEJA VU STILL POLITICALLY OUTSPOKEN, CSNY BRINGS ITS MESSAGE TO L.A.Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer Age is supposed to make you more accepting. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young apparently didn't get the memo. The foursome is on the road this summer railing against what they believe is an immoral administration that went to war in Iraq under false pretenses False representations of material past or present facts, known by the wrongdoer to be false, and made with the intent to defraud a victim into passing title in property to the wrongdoer. . It's a frequently voiced view, but David Crosby, Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). , Graham Nash and Neil Young (combined age: 250) have some extra muscle in the form of five decades' worth of songs, many of which deal with the very topics they're bringing to audiences across the country in the ``Freedom of Speech '06'' trek. A sense of outrage is evident on stage -- where the individual faces of some of the more than 2,500 American soldiers killed in Iraq are shown on a screen during ``Find the Cost of Freedom'' -- and off. ``Bush and his gang were brilliant at scaring everyone to death with the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , to the point all everyone wants is a blanket and a cup of warm milk,'' says Nash. ``We're out to touch people and present them with an idea that's 230 years old -- that you have the right to speak your mind, to dissent, to address your government. It's patriotic to speak out -- not unpatriotic, as they would have you believe.'' Adds Stills: ``Everyone's pretty much had it -- Iraq, Katrina, the economy, the price of oil, the stem-cell veto -- and we as a nation keep rolling over and taking it. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to rise up as one.'' The evening with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young that comes to Irvine Meadows/Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Sunday and the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the the next night covers a marathon three-dozen songs with no opening act. The set list is built from classic albums like 1969's ``Crosby, Stills and Nash'' and 1970's ``Deja Vu'' (which signaled the addition of Young), as well as love songs and politically charged numbers from each member's individual career. But the centerpiece of the show is the first concert airing of Young's current album, ``Living With War,'' which questions, comments upon and skewers the Bush presidency. Young's previous album, the country-tinged ``Heart of Gold,'' was the subject of a widely acclaimed concert documentary by Jonathan Demme earlier this year. `There's a conscience in the country, and I don't think it's being spoken,'' Young said in a TV interview recently. ``Everyone deserves a chance to be heard. We don't have to believe what our president believes to be patriotic.'' The current ``Freedom of Speech '06'' show represents CSNY's third tour of the new millennium (and only its fourth in 36 years), following the 2000 reunion -- the quartet's first since Young left the group in 1974 -- and its sequel two years later. The group first came together as a trio in 1969 -- at the insistence of Cass Elliot For the member of the Texas House of Representatives, see Ellen Cohen. Cass Elliot (September 19 1941 – July 29 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. of the Mamas and the Papas --debuting at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Young joined the next year. Each member brought a pedigree and sensibility from other formidable bands: Crosby from the Byrds, Nash from the Hollies, and Stills and Young from the Buffalo Springfield. The group, whose lush harmonies and strong guitar work helped move untold millions of copies around the world, became the benchmark for socially aware folk-rock with and without Young. ``They were the ultimate Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. band, coming together in Laurel Canyon Laurel Canyon can refer to several things:
v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. in the city's culture,'' said Michael Walker, author of the recent ``Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood'' (Faber & Faber; $25). ``That first album really started things rolling. It sold like a Beatles record, and it was the first shot across the bow that the record industry was changing and America could produce a band to compete with the British bands. CSNY CSNY Crosby Stills Nash and Young (band) started the shift of the industry from being focused on London to being focused on L.A.'' Reviews of CSNY's current dates mention shimmering shim·mer intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers 1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash. 2. renditions of the airy ballad ``Guinnevere'' by Crosby and Nash Crosby and Nash are David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The pair began performing as a duo after the quartet's initial 1970 split. The Crosby-Nash duo begins ; ``Long Time Gone'' (highlighted by dueling solos from guitarists Stills and Young); the 40-year-old ``For What It's Worth,'' recorded by Buffalo Springfield; and the still-relevant ``Ohio,'' about the government's tragic attempt to stifle student protest at Kent State. The audiences at the shows span multiple generations. ``This tour isn't about playing it safe,'' says Nash, who lives in Encino. ``It's about involving people in the process of rediscovering their power, to awaken people (to the knowledge) that they have the ability to put pressure on their elected officials to start impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. proceedings. They have to realize it could happen.'' Aside from politics, the CSNY dates are also a celebration of some ageless music as well as a famously gnarly (jargon) gnarly - /nar'lee/ Both obscure and hairy. "Yow! - the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang. four-way collaboration that has somehow withstood the years. ``We recognize our strengths and we're amplifying them,'' Nash says. ``We know what happens when we get weak. This is unifying the four of us in a way that hasn't happened before.'' Fred Shuster, (818) 713-3676 fred.shuster(at)dailynews.com CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. When: 7:30 p.m. Monday. (Also 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Irvine Meadows/Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.) Tickets: $48.25 to $259.50. (213) 480-3232; ticketmaster.com. CAPTION(S): 5 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 4 -- cover -- color) CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG together again Photos by Getty Images (5) Stephen Stills, left, David Crosby, Neil Young and Graham Nash are harmonizing once again. Box: WHAT'S IN STORE |
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