Stephen Stills on Celebrating Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Nascent Chemistry With ‘Fillmore East 1969’ Album: ‘There’s a Magic That Can’t Be Duplicated’
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It appears to be a long time gone, but objects in the rear-view mirror may be closer than they appear.
A new live album from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Live at the Fillmore East, 1969,” captures the supergroup near the point of instigation, soon after Neil Young joined the trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, little more than a month after they made a massive impression at Woodstock.
It captures the excitement of a band still finding its way but much too brilliant and in-the-moment to lose it. Stills sat down with Variety to discuss the history of this new release, from CSN’s and CSNY’s most nascent days to the care with which the album was put together.
Stills and Young didn’t just sign off on this archival release; they took charge of the mixing, along with Young’s right-hand guy for bringing out the best in vintage tapes, John Hanlon.
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