David Crosby & Graham Nash

presented by AM Productions
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Location: State Theatre
Tickets: Gold Circle $126.00; P $69.00; A $69.00; B $49.00; C $39.00

As a duo, longtime creative partners David Crosby and Graham Nash bring out the best in each other, their distinct yet complementary styles balancing an equation that delivers a seamless and inspiring musical whole. Two-thirds and one-half, respectively, of Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, these Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are legendary for their airtight and crystal-clear vocal harmonies, as sublime when delivered by simply these two together as they are from the larger configurations. It is a sound that's one of the true touchstones of the rock ‘n' roll era.

Their first joint LP was 1972's Crosby & Nash, of which online music authority allmusic.com wrote, "This self-titled release is one of—if not arguably—the most impressive side projects to arise from CSN." Both spotlighting and weaving together the individual sounds of these two equally literate and melodic singer-songwriters, the disc delivered the Top 40 hit "Immigration Man," as well as the also-Nash-penned classic, "Southbound Train." In 2004, two more albums in tandem and three-plus decades later, comes the pair's fourth-ever studio release, Sanctuary Records' double-disc Crosby-Nash.

Produced by David Crosby and Graham Nash along with the father-son team of Russell and Nathaniel Kunkel, the 2CD Crosby-Nash is their first album of original material in almost 30 years, following up 1976's Whistling Down The Wire (and 1975's Wind On The Water). Time has diminished none of the stars' vocal power or skill at composing insightful and moving songs, and the work is in fact enriched by the friendship and personal and artistic growth these two have long shared. Like the best legacy brands, it is timeless. "It was really strange, and really wonderful," sums up Nash, "that it was so easy. It felt like we'd just carried on where we'd left off 28 years ago."

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