With Crosby Stills and Nash on tour, it’s high time to update my list of every concert and setlist CSN has played, over at http://hempelpai.com/Music/csnylists. In spite of the internet it’s actually harder to update this list today than ten years ago; sadly I think CSN has lost relevance to the hard core concert junkies who tape shows and collect set lists. Only in Europe are people still really crazy about them. Here they play placid set of greatest hits to placid middle aged people anxious to cheer teach your children for the nth time. Which is kind of sad- they’re great musicians, who can still perform awesome shows, but somehow without Neil to goad them, they tend to play it safe. I’m frustrated actually, I’ve seen them so often, and I love their music so much, but in the last decade all the really killer shows I’ve heard from them have either been with Neil or on their European jaunts.
This year they’re doing covers which is fine, but it would be cool if they did more of their own material, especially the lesser known stuff. Anyhow, once again they really nailed it Europe and our friends there have posted some great recordings. So go over to dimeadozen and check them out!
Here’s the setlist from tonight’s killer CSN show at Wolf Trap, Vienna, Virginia 8/14/2009 (which is David Crosby’s 68th Birthday today!)
Helplessly Hoping
Wasted On The Way
Ruby Tuesday
You Can Close Your Eyes
Reason To Believe
Girl From The North Country
Guinniviere
Dream For Him
In Your Name
Uncle John’s Band
Our House
Southern Cross
Love The One Your With
Marrekesh Express
Rock and Roll Woman
Long Time Gone
Just A Song Before I Go
Cathedral
Deja Vu
Bluebird
Allmost Cut My Hair
Wooden Ships
For What It’s Worth
Teach Your Children
Crosy and Nash still sound great, Stills voice has been ravaged but his guitar playing more than makes up for it. Great band including Crosby’s son on keyboards.
Fantastic show!!!
thanks for the play list!!!! I am going to see them this next sat sept 19 at murphys in california. Do you think this will be about what they are gonna play there? Your’s was the most current list date wise i could find. Thanks
Most likely! Their pattern these days is to play almost the same setlist from night to night but allowing it to evolve very slowly, swapping songs in and out.
How accurate was this list at the 9/15 show? I’m going to see them on 10/10/09…Thanks
As you can tell the setlist changes very incrementally from week to week. It’ll be quite similar no doubt.
Thanks for posting the set list. Saw CSN at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, Calif. (yes, they too have been relegated to doing the casino tours!) on Oct. 10th, postponed from the Sept. 25th show due to David feeling “under the weather”. Turned out to be the last show of their summer tour. At times I almost felt like it was “OK lets just do this show and then we can go home for a rest”. The cover songs (Ruby Tuesday, You Can Close Your Eyes, etc.) seemed out of place and unnecessary considering their vast repertoire of original songs. I would have MUCH rather heard 3 more of THEIR songs instead. And of course they closed with “Teach Your Children”. Sorry, but ‘pop rot’. Stephen DID do “R&R Woman”, would have even liked to hear a Hollie song from Graham and a Byrd song from David just to even it up. Graham still seems to be the glue of this trio, if it weren’t for his energy and enthusiasm, they would have gone the way of so many other ‘where are they now?’bands years ago. The harmonies are still good, David hasn’t cut his hair, and they are still stardust and golden.
Set List
June 11, 2010 Chateau St. Michelle, Woodinville WA,
1. Woodstock
2. Military Madness(Graham Nash cover)
3. Long Time Gone
4. Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield cover)
5. Marrakesh Express
6. Southern Cross
7. In Your Name (Graham Nash cover)
8. Long May You Run
9. Déjà vu
10. Wooden Ships
Intermission
11. Helplessly Hoping
12. Norwegian Wood (The Beatles cover)
13. Midnight Rider (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
14. Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan cover)
15. Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones cover)
16. Guinnevere
17. Delta
18. Cathedral
19. Our House
20. Behind Blue Eyes (The Who cover)
21. Rock & Roll Woman (Buffalo Springfield cover)
22. Almost Cut My Hair
Encore
23. Chicago
24. Love the One You’re With
25. Teach Your Children
CSN Set list, Milan, Arena Civica (Milano Jazzin’ Festival), July 16, 2010.
Good show.
Woodstock
Military Madness
Long Time Gone
Bluebird Revisited
Marrakech Express
Southern Cross
In Your Name
Long May You Run
Déjà Vu
Group introduction
Wooden Ships
Intermission
Helplessly Hoping
Norwegian Wood
Midnight Rider
Girl from the North Country
Ruby Tuesday
What Are Their Names
Guinnevere
Delta
Cathedral
Our House
Behind Blue Eyes
Almost Cut My Hair
Love the One You’re With
encore: Teach Your Children