Leave a Comment | Posted by Derek Moore on September 3, 2010
CSN Cover Beatles, Stones on New Album
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According to Graham Nash, Crosby, Stills and Nash’s new album is about one-third done. Helmed by producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin, the untitled release will feature an array of classic rock covers. During their summer tour, CSN has been giving audiences the first taste of some of their reworkings, including a version of The Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday.”
Nash and Stephen Stills have revealed other songs that will be part of the album: The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” Bob Dylan’s “Girl From the North Country,” The Allman Brothers Band’s “Midnight Rider,” the Grateful Dead’s “Uncle John’s Band,” Jackson Browne’s “Lives in the Balance” and Tim Hardin’s “Reason to Believe.” Nash told Billboard.com that he’s not sure when the album will be finished and released.
“It’s a lot slower than it’s ever taken us to do an album, because we’ve been on the road since May, and we don’t quit until October,” Nash said. “We all want it to be right – Rick, too – so we’re taking our time to make sure it is.”
Nash said that working with Rubin has been “very interesting. It’s hard to tell CSN what to do in the studio after almost 40, 50 years, but it’s an interesting experience. We’re certainly opening to listening to him. He has good ideas, of course.”
The singer and former member of The Hollies also is working on a live album that will compile tracks from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s 1974 tour. He said he’s enjoyed listening to the old tapes.
“We were really a fine band,” he said. “It’s very obvious when you play the tracks that we’re listening to each other, not stepping on each other’s toes, not overblowing. It’s really, really good.”
He said he hopes the live release will come out in 2011.


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