In touch with Crosby Stills & Nash, the trio accepted to share credits with him to become the legendary quartet Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. In the meantime, Neil Young was still building his name, failing to chart with his eponymous debut LP and then peaking at #127 with sophomore effort Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

Their 1969 debut album Crosby Stills & Nash logged 17 weeks inside the US Top 10. It involved aforementioned Stephen Stills along with David Crosby, leader of The Byrds (2 US #1s), and Graham Nash, founder of The Hollies (18 UK top 10s). That busy scene also saw a supergroup appear in 1969. In a busy rock scene where singers were joining and leaving groups from one day to another, both Neil Young and Stephen Stills opted out from the group to debut their solo career while former Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina launched Poco, a band active for 53 years and up to 19 studio albums. Together, they released 3 albums from 1966 to 1968, leaving a mark in rock history thanks to the protest song For What It’s Worth that made the top 10 on US Hot 100. The group featured a friend of Young who was going to accompany him for long in spite of many disputes, Stephen Stills. Now 75, we pay tribute to one of the most influential artists of all-time, the one who’s the prime responsible of the Grunge movement, by reviewing his career as we do best, in numbers!Īfter extensively touring Canada with several bands, most notably The Squires, Neil Young formed his breakthrough band in California, 1966.

The Canadian singer-songwriter is up to 43 studio albums on top of key contributions to multiple bands.Īpart from his amazing musical career, he also directed various movies, founded the annual benefit concert Farm Aid, is a well-known environmental activist, supports many social actions, all of it while taking care of his 3 children who face strong health issues. If the life of some singers is worth a movie, Neil Young‘s journey would better fit into a television series.

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