| Acknowledgments | xi |
| Acknowledgments II | xiii |
| Foreword | xv |
| Introduction | xvii |
| Chapter 1 | The Early Years | 1 |
| David Crosby: The California Dreamer | 1 |
| Stephen Stills: Southern Rebel | 4 |
| Graham Nash: The English Seeker | 7 |
| Crosby: Traveling Folk Days (1961-1962) | 12 |
| Stills: High School/Latin America/New Orleans (1960-1964) | 14 |
| Nash: From the Deltas to the Hollies (1961-1962) | 16 |
| Crosby: Venice Days/Les Baxter's Balladeers/First Recordings/The Jet Set (1962-1964) | 18 |
| Stills: Greenwich Village/the Au Go-Go Singers/Meets Neil Young in Canada (1964-1965) | 22 |
| Chapter 2 | Rising to Fame | 26 |
| The Hollies: Hits & Tours in England (1962-1964) | 26 |
| The Byrds: "Preflyte"/"Mr. Tambourine Man" | 27 |
| Stills: From New York to California/Early Songwriting/The Monkees/Reunited with Furay (1965-1966) | 29 |
| Buffalo Springfield: Born in Hollywood (1966) | 31 |
| The Hollies: Recording with the Everly Brothers/Tours in Europe/the First Trip to America (1966) | 34 |
| The Byrds: In England/"Turn! Turn! Turn!"/"Eight Miles High" (1965-1966) | 36 |
| Buffalo Springfield: Helped by the Byrds/The First Recordings (1966) | 38 |
| The Hollies: Visit L.A./Nash meets Crosby (1966) | 42 |
| The Byrds: "Younger Than Yesterday" (1967) | 44 |
| Buffalo Springfield: "For What It's Worth"/"Stampede"/Neil Young Quits (1967) | 44 |
| Chapter 3 | Looking for New Partners | 48 |
| Crosby: The Rebel Byrd/Jamming with Stills/with the Springfield at Monterey (1967) | 48 |
| Stills: with Hendrix at Monterey/Malibu/On the Road with the Monkees (1967) | 50 |
| Nash: Drifting from the Hollies (1967) | 51 |
| Crosby: Byrd Spats/at Home in Beverly Glen/Fired from the Byrds (1967) | 52 |
| Crosby: Sailing in Florida/Meets Joni Mitchell/Returns to L.A. (1967-1968) | 54 |
| Stills: "Buffalo Springfield Again"/Stills in Charge/Young on the Edge (1967-1968) | 57 |
| Nash: Conflicts in the Hollies/Nash meets Joni Mitchell in Canada/with Crosby and Stills in L.A. (1968) | 59 |
| Stills: Buffalo Springfield's "Last Time Around" (1968) | 61 |
| Stills: Heads East/More Jams with Hendrix/Judy Collins/"Super Session" (1968) | 62 |
| Crosby: Solo demos/"Wooden Ships" (1968) | 63 |
| Crosby: in Laurel Canyon/"Long Time Gone" (1968) | 65 |
| Stills: Back in L.A./Reunited with Crosby (1968) | 68 |
| Crosby and Stills: "The Frozen Noses" (1968) | 69 |
| Chapter 4 | Crosby, Stills & Nash (1968-1969) The First Union | 71 |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Sound Is Born in Laurel Canyon (1968) | 71 |
| CSN: Nash Leaves Hollies/CSN Record for the first time (1968) | 75 |
| CSN: Together in London on Moscow Road (1968) | 77 |
| CSN: Christmas in L.A./Rehearsals in Sag Harbor, New York (1968) | 78 |
| CSN: Find Managers/Sign with Atlantic Records (1969) | 79 |
| CSN: The First Album (1969) | 81 |
| Chapter 5 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: And Then There Were Four (1969) | 92 |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Neil Young Joins Up/Getting Set for the Road/First Live Performance (1969) | 92 |
| CSN&Y: Woodstock (1969) | 99 |
| CSN&Y: The Greek Theater in L.A./Big Sur (1969) | 103 |
| Graham and Joni (1969) | 106 |
| CSN&Y: Egos Clash at the Fillmore East (1969) | 107 |
| CSN&Y: Tragedy Strikes in Marin (1969) | 109 |
| Chapter 6 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Deja Vu and the Road to Freedom (1969-1970) | 111 |
| CSN&Y: Recording "Deja Vu" (1969) | 111 |
| CSN&Y: The "Carry On" Tour (1969-1970) | 116 |
| Stills: Moves to England/Records First Solo Album (1970) | 120 |
| Crosby & Nash: Sail Away (1970) | 123 |
| CSN&Y: United in L.A., Divided in Chicago (1970) | 123 |
| CSN&Y: "Ohio" (1970) | 127 |
| CSN&Y: "The American Beatles" (1970) | 127 |
| CSN&Y: Political Voices (1970) | 131 |
| CSN&Y: The End of the Road (1970) | 132 |
| CSN&Y: "Cowboy Movie" (a.k.a. "The Break-up of the CSN&Y gang) (1970) | 136 |
| Chapter 7 | Solo and Duo Careers: Passing Ships on the Water (1970-1973) | 139 |
| Crosby: Moored in Marin/Records First Solo Album (1970) | 139 |
| Nash: Life with Rita/the Painted Artist/"Songs for Beginners" | 140 |
| Stills: Changing Partners and Places (1970) | 142 |
| CSN&Y: "4 Way Street" (1971) | 146 |
| Stills: "Stephen Stills 2"/The Drunken Memphis Horns Tour (1971) | 148 |
| Crosby & Nash: Pair up in Detroit/Harmony and Comedy (1971) | 151 |
| CSN&Y: A Brief Coming Together (1971) | 153 |
| Stills: Miami Marathons/"Manassas Junction" (1971-1972) | 154 |
| Crosby & Nash: First Duo Album/Nash and Young's "War Song" (1972) | 156 |
| CSN&Y's Rising Offspring: The Eagles and America | 158 |
| Stills: Manassas "Down the Road"/Cooling Out in Colorado | 160 |
| Crosby: New Byrd Tracks (1973) | 162 |
| Chapter 8 | The Road Back to CSN&Y (1973-1974) | 164 |
| Crosby, Nash & Young: Faithful Friends Don't Fade Away (1973) | 164 |
| CSN&Y: The "Human Highway" Leads to Maui (1973) | 165 |
| CSN&Y: Combos Fall and Rise/Nash's "Wild Tales" (1973) | 166 |
| CSN&Y: The Anatomy of a Reunion (1974) | 170 |
| CSN&Y: Rehearsals at Young's Ranch/"Practice Makes Perfect" (1974) | 171 |
| CSN&Y: Into the Stadiums (1974) | 173 |
| CSN&Y: Studio Breakdown (1974) | 177 |
| Chapter 9 | More Solos and Duos (1975-1976) | 179 |
| Crosby & Nash: "Wind on the Water" (1975) | 179 |
| Stills: New Solos Lead to an Old Partner/The Stills-Young Band (1975-1976) | 181 |
| Crosby & Nash meet Stills-Young (1976) | 184 |
| Crosby & Nash: "Whistling Down the Wire"/A Visit from Stills (1976) | 187 |
| Chapter 10 | CSN Again (1976-1978) | 190 |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash: Together in Miami/CSN on Vinyl (1977) | 190 |
| CSN: Three for the Road (1977) | 194 |
| CSN: Stills Jams/Nash Marries/CN&Y at Benefit (1977) | 196 |
| CSN: In the White House (1977) | 197 |
| CSN: Tension Breaks on the Road (1977) | 198 |
| CSN: Sessions Abort/CSN's Hollywood Star/Stills's Solo Dance (1978) | 200 |
| Chapter 11 | Alone ... Together (1979) | 206 |
| Nash: "Nuclear Madness"/A Break with Crosby (1979) | 206 |
| Stills: "Havana Jam"/"Costello Knock Out" (1979) | 209 |
| CSN: M.U.S.E./A Cause Unites (1979) | 211 |
| Chapter 12 | Separate Journeys Cross (1980-1981) | 214 |
| Chapter 13 | "Daylight Again" (1981-1982) | 228 |
| CSN: Tracking Together/The Hollies Return/Crosby Arrested ... Twice (1981-1982) | 228 |
| CSN: A Record at Last/"Peace Sunday" (1982) | 232 |
| Chapter 14 | Back on Top (1982-1983) | 239 |
| CSN: On the Road Again/"Daylight Again" video/Crosby Arrested ... #3/"Allies"/The Hollies Come Around (1982-1983) | 239 |
| Chapter 15 | CSN"s Last Stand | 255 |
| CSN: Live in Europe/Crosby Gets Five Years (1983) | 255 |
| Chapter 16 | Where Do They Go From Here? (1983) | 258 |
| CSN: Crosby in People/Nash in Hawaii/Stills Keeps Playing/Young Raises a Voice/The Open End (1983- ) | 258 |
| Chapter 17 | The Legacy Continues | 262 |
| Discography | 295 |
