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But wrap your head around this: not only did CSNY make an appearance on an episode of the Tom Jones TV show, they served as Jones’ backing band as he sang the living daylights out of one of their songs!

You think of Crosby, Stills & Nash as a folk rock group. But according to David Crosby, the song “Pre-Road Downs” is a tune that Graham Nash put together “after he realized he could write fierce rock and roll.”

“For What It’s Worth” is a classic. A moving message song written by Stephen Stills that married a sinister arrangement to a set of lyrics that perfectly summed up the anxiety of the uncertain ‘60s.

Someday there will be a blog post about how a Great Moments in Vinyl show goes from one band member’s bright idea to a stage full of musicians taking their final bow.

“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” has been hailed as one of the greatest breakup songs in rock. And given the emotions that surge through the human heart as a relationship comes to an end, it’s not surprising that a talented musician such as Stephen Stills would capture the resignation and the anguish so eloquently in a song.