Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup

David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young were four of the most individually gifted, individually difficult musicians of their generation, and their collisions and reconciliations across five decades produced some of the most iconic recordings in rock history. Music journalist David Browne traces the full arc of the group from the original trio's 1969 debut through the internal wars, breakups, reunions, and final dissolution, examining how the interplay between their creative genius and their personal volatility produced music that defined an era even as it nearly destroyed them all.

Kevin T. Collins narrates this comprehensive biography with a journalist's clarity, keeping the large cast of musicians, managers, and collaborators distinct and the chronology navigable across the book's considerable length. The music history is rich with period detail, and Collins reads the group's complicated interpersonal dynamics, which often resemble those of a dysfunctional family more than a band, with appropriate wryness. At nearly twenty-two hours, this is a thorough treatment that rewards patience from fans of the era.