Crosby,Stills & Nash were the sum of their parts, but the man whose name came first was arguably the torchbearer, or not just for the band but for the hippie generation's entire folk scene. He dated Joni Mitchell,helped launch Jackson Browne's career, and in his free time, or he jammed with Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh under the moniker,David & the Dorks.
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