CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
OUT OF DARKNESS INTO DAYLIGHT - LIVE RADIO BROADCAST 1986

The musical partnership of David Crosby (born August 14, 1941), Stephen Stills (born January 3, 1945), and Graham Nash (born February 2, 1942), with and without Neil Young (born November 12, 1945), was not only one of the most successful touring and recording acts of the late '60s, '70s, and early '80s -- with the colorful, contrasting nature of the members' characters and their connection to the political and cultural upheavals of the time -- it was arguably the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles. The group was a second marriage for all the participants when it came together in 1968: Crosby had been a member of the Byrds, Nash was in the Hollies, and Stills had been part of Buffalo Springfield. The resulting trio, however, sounded like none of its predecessors and was characterized by a unique vocal blend and a musical approach that ranged from acoustic folk to melodic pop to hard rock.
The show in New Haven, CT November 6, 1986 was one of only five shows the band performed in 1986. David Crosby had to spend some months in jail before he got out in June 1986. Graham Nash in an interview with the „Chicago Tribune“ from May 24, 1986: „As for Crosby, he`s had recurrent legal problems--stemming from charges for possession of cocaine and of a firearm--and has been in jail for five months. The charge he`s facing now is the charge of being stupid,`` Nash says candidly. ``He won his appeal on a guns and weapons charge in Dallas, but he voided his bail when he walked out of a drug rehabilitation program the judge had put him in.“