What caused the rift between Crosby and Nash?

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills, and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash.

When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member, they are called Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY).

CSN is noted for their lasting influence on American music and culture, and for their intricate vocal harmonies, often tumultuous interpersonal relationships, and political activism.

However, the group appears to be in disarray following a spat which was well publicized.

What caused the rift between Crosby and Nash?

In 2016, David Crosby pointed to Graham Nash’s 2013 memoir Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life as one of the reasons behind the pair’s feud.

In March 2016, Nash insisted that Crosby, Stills And Nash were over, saying Crosby had been “awful” towards him over the last 24 months.

Crosby told The San Diego Union-Tribune:

“Graham’s book is full of inaccuracies and chock-full of misinformation. When he handed an advance copy to me, he said, ‘It’s too late to change anything, but here it is.’

“I was very unhappy about it. It’s a very shallow, very self-serving book – and full of BS. Chock-full.”

In the book, Nash wrote:

“Often I would knock on Crosby’s hotel door, which he kept propped open with a security jamb, and he’d be getting oral sex from two women – all while he was talking and doing business on the phone and rolling joints and smoking and having a drink.”

Crosby responds:

“Not true. I don’t drink. I don’t roll joints when I’m getting oral sex. I wouldn’t have left the door open. It sounds good in his book. He did that, repeatedly, and said things that were not true because they would sell the book.”