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A lot of what David Crosby <\/a>wrote during his prime almost seemed to be second nature to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n He had years of rock and roll practice when working with The Byrds, so when he began working with Crosby, Stills, and Nash and eventually started his solo career, he wanted to venture into other areas that didn\u2019t have to fit into rock and roll. Something more could be done with the medium if they had the right idea, but the best tunes are usually the ones that are driven out of the musicians rather than the ones they have to think about.<\/p>\n And when looking at Crosby\u2019s track record, a lot of his best moments tend to come from when he is working with a song that comes from the heart. \u2018Almost Cut My Hair\u2019 isn\u2019t necessarily one of the most complex works of musical art by any stretch, but the reason why it works is because of how well he sells it. If you look at his ear for harmony singing, though, that was always where he truly excelled in the supergroup. <\/p>\n The arrangement of those voices were so seamless that it was hard to even make out who was singing what, and while that made for a great sound on the debut record, there were bound to be a few raised eyebrows when Neil Young was asked to join. After all, it\u2019s not like Young was out there to win contests as a world-class singer, and even if he did bring an edge to the group, how the hell was anyone supposed to go from the sweet sounds of \u2018Marrakesh Express\u2019<\/a> to listening to Young\u2019s more pointed material?<\/p>\n It was a fair problem to have, but Crosby, Stills, and Nash were already evolving. The whole point of their debut was to break free from their previous groups in a way, so when Young came in, it was like adding another musical flavour to their sound. Young clearly knew how to accommodate himself to the band when making tunes like \u2018Helpless\u2019, but the real classics came when they started looking at the world around them.<\/p>\n Every member of the band was attuned to what was going on with the hippie movement, but once the Kent State shootings happened, they were absolutely devastated. Here were people that most hippies would have called friends they hadn\u2019t met yet, and despite having every right to protest, seeing law enforcement gun them down in cold blood for speaking their minds was a look at the ugliest sides of American culture.<\/p>\n