Graham Nash reveals things Neil Young did that pissed him off

Crosby, Stills and Nash was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1968 and were one of the most influential and successful trios in the history of music. However, Neil Young also was part of the band during some years. He joined them in 1969 to 1970, 1973 to 1974, 1985 to 1988, 1991, 1999 to 2006 and for the last time in 2013.

But not always the relationship between the members of the supergroup were good and in an interview with The Rockonteurs podcast Graham Nash revealed things that Neil Young did that pissed him off.

Graham Nash reveals things Neil Young did that pissed him off

“I know Neil’s a decent writer and I know he’s a decent singer, but I’ve never met him. I don’t know whether I can be his friend, whether I could tell him secrets, whether I could hang with him. I’ve got to meet this guy before we fucking invite him into this band.”

“So I had breakfast with Neil on Bleaker Street here in Manhattan. And at the end of the breakfast, I’d have made him king of the world. He was funny. He was self-effacing. He was very smart. I mean, the truth is that, in a way, that Deja Vu album should have been the second Crosby, Stills and Nash record”.

“We already had ‘Almost Cut My Hair’. We already had ‘Teach Your Children.’ We already had ‘Our House.’ We already had ‘4 + 20.’ We already had ‘Carry On.’ We only got two songs from Neil and he never played one note or sang a note on ‘Teach Your Children’ or ‘Our House,’” Nash continued. “So in a way, the best thing that ever happened to CSN was Neil, and the worst thing that ever happened to CSN was Neil.”

He continued:

“I have great respect for Neil. I know he’s a wonderful musician, you know, but he does things occasionally that really piss me off,” Nash confessed. The singer pointed to Young’s refusal to travel with his bandmates as one such infuriating move.

“He always traveled alone. He never traveled in the buses like me and David and Stephen on that entire 1974 tour. He never joined. He never traveled with us,” Graham Nash said (Transcribed by Ultimate Classic Rock).

Nash has many scheduled tour dates in 2025 across the United States and Canada.