(They did not sit in their name order they had not yet named the group. The cover showed Crosby, Stills and Nash sitting on a couch outside an abandoned house. In exchange for losing Nash, Epic Records got to sign up another Atlantic band, Poco, formed by Richie Furay from the Buffalo Springfield.ĬSN's first album was released in the spring of 1969, and quickly became a hit. A trade was worked out, between Atlantic and Epic. Stills and Crosby were free to work together, and record for Atlantic, but Nash still belonged to the Hollies, who had a contract with Epic Records. They signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Nash moved to California, and the three formed a band. Performing 'You Don't Have To Cry' for Nash, he joined in on harmonies, and the three noticed they had a special sound together. Crosby and Stills had worked together on two songs, called 'Wooden Ships' and 'You Don't Have To Cry'. Nash and Crosby had met earlier in England, and got back in touch in California. Nash went to California, where the others lived and worked, when the Hollies visited there in 1968.

Crosby was fired from the Byrds late in 1967, and the Buffalo Springfield disbanded the next year. Crosby was a founding member of The Byrds, and British-born Graham Nash was a member of The Hollies. In the 1960s, Stephen Stills and Neil Young were members of another band, called Buffalo Springfield.

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