Crosby, Stills & Nash - 1988-08-01 - Mansfield, MA (SBD)

Crosby, Stills & Nash

1988-08-01

Great Woods Performing Arts Center

Mansfield, MA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Dark Star

02. Just A Song Before I Go

03. The Lee Shore

04. Nighttime For Generals

05. That Girl

06. Wind On The Water

07. Wooden Ships

08. Tracks In The Dust

09. Compass

10. Try To Find Me

11. Oh Camile

12. Word Game

13. Crossroads

14. Daylight Again

15. Find The Cost Of Freedom

16. Wasted On The Way

17. Guinnevere

18. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

19. Bluebird

20. Monkey & The Underdog

21. Soldiers Of Peace

22. For What It's Worth

23. Long Time Gone

24. Southern Cross

25. Cathedral

26. Carry On

27. Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills & Nash - 1988-08-01 - Mansfield, MA (SBD)

When Crosby, Stills Nash & Young took the stage at Woodstock on August 17, 1969 it was just the 3rd time the band had ever performed live. The first two had come just the day before, in Chicago, where they performed early and late shows at the Auditorium Theater. CSNY was one of the first "super groups", bands composed of artists who had already been successful either as solo artists or with other bands. In CSNY's case, Neil and Stephen had played with Buffalo Springfield, David with The Byrds and Graham with The Hollies. Blind Faith, who did not play at Woodstock (more on that in later posts this month) is the other candidate for the title of first super group, with Clapton and Baker having played with Cream, and Winwood with Traffic. 

Nine years after Woostock in late 1987, the on again, off again quartet reformed to record the album American Dreams. Neil Young and David Crosby had made a pact - if Crosby went into rehab to kick his drug addictions, Young would rejoin his former band mates to work on a new album. That disc would eventually be released in November 1988, and go to #16 on the Billboard charts, though critical reviews were tepid. Once recording was done, Neil went off on his own again, long before the album hit the stores, Despite Neil’s departure, CSN decided to tour in the summer of 1988 in advance of the album’s release. This soundboard recording captures the band on August 1, 1988, 3 dozen years ago today, in Mansfield MA.