Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far [22]

Title: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1974, Folk Rock, Classic Rock, Los Angeles, California 10/26
Matrix #: SD 18100 (Atlantic, US, red/green label); runout not legible in photo
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: David C (41' - 23'), Stephen S (45' - ), Graham N (42' - ), Neil Y (45' - ) | Producer: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Cultural Facts: [22]

1. Too Rough for the Monkees: In 1965 Stephen Stills auditioned for The Monkees and was turned down, with the producers saying his hair and teeth were not photogenic enough for TV. He told them to try his Greenwich Village friend Peter Tork instead, and Tork got the part. A year later Stills was in Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young.
2. A Boy With a Toy Grenade: Graham Nash got Teach Your Children from a gallery wall. He saw Diane Arbus's 1962 photo of a boy in Central Park clutching a toy hand grenade hung near a portrait of German arms maker Alfred Krupp, and the pairing made him think about what adults hand down to their kids. He had written the tune back in the Hollies, and CSNY turned it into a country song with Jerry Garcia on pedal steel.
3. Joni Drew the Cover: The sketch of the four on the front was drawn by Joni Mitchell, who had been involved with both Crosby and Nash. Atlantic put this collection out in August 1974 in the middle of the band's reunion stadium tour, the one Crosby nicknamed the Doom Tour, and it was the first LP to carry the studio versions of Ohio and its B-side Find the Cost of Freedom. The same drawing ended up on tour merchandise like plates, pillowcases and luggage tags.