{"id":2851,"date":"2026-06-16T16:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:16:40","slug":"why-crosby-and-nashs-vocals-were-removed-from-the-stills-young-bands-1976-hit-long-may-you-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/why-crosby-and-nashs-vocals-were-removed-from-the-stills-young-bands-1976-hit-long-may-you-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Crosby and Nash\u2019s Vocals Were Removed From The Stills-Young Band\u2019s 1976 Hit \u201cLong May You Run\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before there was Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young, there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/crosby-stills-nash\" id=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/crosby-stills-nash\">Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash<\/a>. And before that, four bands helped define 1960s pop rock. David Crosby of The Byrds, Graham Nash of The Hollies, and Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield formed a group after discovering they harmonized well during a performance in 1968. Together as Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash, they released a self-titled album on May 29, 1969. It generated two hits, &#8220;Marrakesh Express&#8221; and &#8220;Suite: Judy Blue Eyes&#8221;. Following this release, the new group anticipated touring and recruited Stills former Buffalo Springfield bandmate, Neil Young. In August 1969, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/crosby-stills-nash-young\" id=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/crosby-stills-nash-young\">Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young<\/a> performed together at the historic music festival, Woodstock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group released a second album, <em>D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu<\/em>, in 1970, which was their first with Young. It hit No. 1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> 200 and generated three hit singles. They followed up with a live album in 1971, <em>4 Way Street<\/em>. In 1974, they released <em>So Far<\/em>, a compilation of singles and B-sides that hit No. 1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Top Pop Albums chart. CSNY embarked on a stadium tour in 1974 and anticipated another album, but it never materialized. At the time, the guys weren&#8217;t getting along, so they aborted the tracks for the new record. Crosby and Nash continued working together, while Stills and Young focused on their own solo careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then in 1976, Stills and Young decided to pick up where they left off with Buffalo Springfield. The two started working on a new set of songs together. Surprisingly enough, Crosby and Nash were interested in the material and decided to join. After two years, it appeared CSNY were now working on a reunion record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the CSNY Reunion Record Was Abandoned, Along With The Stills-Young Band Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Long May You Run (2016 Remaster)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dVM8_jAL86w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crosby and Nash were contractually obligated to finish their own record by a deadline. They left the recording sessions in Miami to finish their album <em>Whistling Down The Wire<\/em>, which was released in 1976. Stills and Young responded to this by removing their vocals and musical contributions from the <em>Long May You Run <\/em>tracks. In response to this, Crosby and Nash vowed never to work with either again. Ultimately, this wouldn&#8217;t be the case as a mere two years later, Crosby, Nash, and Still reunited and released <em>CSN<\/em> in 1977. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stills-Young Band released <em>Long May You Run<\/em> on September 20, 1976. It peaked at No. 26 on the <em>Billboard <\/em>200. The album&#8217;s lead single, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/neil-young\/long-may-you-run\" id=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/neil-young\/long-may-you-run\">&#8220;Long May You Run&#8221;<\/a>, peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and No. 28 in Canada. This would be the only release by the duo, as the supporting tour was a disaster. Tensions flared, which led to Neil Young&#8217;s tour bus unexpectedly heading in a different direction in South Carolina. He sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrasherswheat.org\/tnfy\/e2f-neil-young-long-may-you-run.htm\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thrasherswheat.org\/tnfy\/e2f-neil-young-long-may-you-run.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stills a telegram to Atlanta<\/a>, stating, &#8220;Funny how things that start spontaneously end spontaneously. Eat a peach, Neil.&#8221; Stills was then forced to finish the tour alone, and their friendship was tarnished in the years following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stills and Young have since mended their relationship and reunited many times. In April 2025, the two reunited at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for the <em>Light Up The Blues<\/em> benefit concert. Together they performed the Buffalo Springfield classic &#8220;For What It&#8217;s Worth&#8221; and the CSNY song &#8220;Helpless&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot\/Redferns<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1976, Stephen Stills and Neil Young released &#8216;Long May You Run&#8217;, which nearly became a CSNY reunion album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595065,"featured_media":2857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":52,"post_id":228}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot\/Redferns","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[127,364],"byline":[52],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-1970s","tag-csny"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Features","term_id":12,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/features\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"1970s","term_id":127,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/1970s\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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