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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "C," and my selection was Crosby & Nash's second studio album, 1975's Wind On The Water.
After Crosby Stills Nash & Young broke up in mid 1970, all four members released solo albums in the following year (and I think I've featured several of those throughout this now-23-month aural journey). David Crosby and Graham Nash decided to collaborate in late 1971, and they put out an album -- the appropriately titled Graham Nash David Crosby -- in 1972.
CSNY reunited for a tour in 1974, and then couldn't keep it together to record new music, so Crosby & Nash decided to give it another go as a duo, writing and recording Wind On The Water. Like their prior album, Crosby and Nash were backed by The Section, a group of excellent session musicians, including keyboardist Craig Doerge, guitarist Danny Kortchmar, bassist Leland Sklar, and drummer Russell Kunkel, as well as slide guitarist and fiddler David Lindley and bassist Tim Drummond. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Levon Helm also contributed to a couple tunes.
Overall, it's not too bad. It's about what you'd expect. There are some slower, folkier, and poppier songs, and there are also some rockers -- and, of course, plenty of harmonies. The album went to #6 on the Billboard album chart, though only one single from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100 -- "Carry Me," which went to #52.
Favorite Song on Side 1: "Mama Lion"
This song is brooding, and it's allegedly about Joni Mitchell, who it seems like was a subject of half of CSNY's group or solo songs around this time.
Favorite Song on Side 2: "Fieldworker"
Levon Helm plays drums on this one, which is heavy and plodding. David Lindley's slide guitar really shines too, permeating the song.
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