The NEW YORK TIMESNIXON RESIGNS
DAVID CROSBY recalls CONCERT
at ROOSEVELT STADIUM Jersey City, NJ
The DAY NIXON RESIGNED
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fans have waited 40 years for a live album from the band's legendary 1974 tour -- and their patience is about to pay off in spades. Coming on July 8th is CSNY 1974, a three-CD, one-DVD set due which chronicles the band’s most extensive tour to that point and despite being halfway through the 1970’s, to many, capped the end of the ‘60s.
David Crosby recalled the infamous tour, which saw the band performing both group and solo sets within a massive show that often broke the three-hour mark, telling The Wall Street Journal, "Our relationships got better and worse at the same time. After that tour, I realized that cocaine has a terrible effect on everything and that all drugs are not the same. If we had just been smoking pot, we probably would have been the same old band. All of us have done better work since the tour. Individually, we didn't peak then -- but the band did."
Two major moments happened to the band during the ’74 trek; "Mama" Cass Elliott, the woman who introduced Graham Nash to David Crosby and Stephen Stills died, and Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace following the Watergate scandal. Crosby recalled the resignation and the show that followed: "The most memorable moment for me was the August 8th concert at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. While we were on, President Nixon went on TV and said he was resigning the next day. When we heard backstage, we went bonkers. Graham announced it to the audience and the place went completely up for grabs. It was a moment of complete and utter joy, that a dark cloud was finally lifting and everyone there had somehow been a part of it. We immediately performed my ‘Long Time Gone.’”
CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG
Performed at ROOSEVELT STADIUM
The DAY NIXON RESIGNED
Jersey City, New Jersey
Concert was on august 8, 1974
Graham Nash announced to the audience that
Nixon was resigning ...
Me, my friend and a crowd of thousands erupted.
NIXON announced on this day he was resigning, the
actual resignation took place the next day August 9th ...
I was at that Historical Concert with my High School Friend Craig Coleman
We also went to the Top of The EMPIRE STATE BUILDING that day ...
To get to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City from Carlstadt New Jersey we had to
first take a Bus to the Port Authority Bus Station in New York in order to catch a
bus to the stadium, so we decided to go to the top of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING first.
It was quite a day for two Teenagers from New Jersey, "to say the least!"
OHIO
"TIN SOLDIERS and NIXON's COMING"
The Crowd erupted at Roosevelt Stadium when
CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG did Anti War Song OHIO
David Crosby, Joni Mitchell, & Graham Nash
on the way to a GIG
David Crosby
on STAGE
WOODSTOCK
The SONG by CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG
It wasn't planned, but it turns out that this song would turn out to be the
\THEME SONG of the WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL
in The CATSKILL MOUNTAINS in UPSTATE NEW YORK
OUR HOUSE
CSNY
Sound Check
STEPHEN STILLS with David Crosby and Graham Nash
at ROOSEVELT STADIUM, JERSEY CITY, New Jersey
August 1974
THE DAY NIXON Announced his Resigning
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Actually, on August 8, they opened with a long instrumental intro, then Stephen Stills dedicated the song to the next President of the United States, Gerry Ford, and they went into "Love The One You're With"...For one of encores Graham Nash shouted "Now that Nixon's gone we can all "Carry On".....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. Gives me a little more detail. You've got a great memory. What a day? I was only 16 years old then. Take care and keep on Rockin. Daniel
Deletethey did not do an encore actually the band got so upset with the crowd movement and noise they warned everyone to silence or they would quit playing so they fans made more noise demanding acoustic songs and csny stoned and drunk quit playing and left the stage leaving fans out to dry on the chilly rainy night
DeleteNot sure what concert you were at. It was a beautiful night. My husband and I remember the beautiful sunset. Fantastic concert!
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ReplyDeleteThis Concert was Monumental. I'll never forget it.
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