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Someday there will be a blog post about how a Great Moments in Vinyl show goes from one band member’s bright idea to a stage full of musicians taking their final bow.

“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” has been hailed as one of the greatest breakup songs in rock. And given the emotions that surge through the human heart as a relationship comes to an end, it’s not surprising that a talented musician such as Stephen Stills would capture the resignation and the anguish so eloquently in a song.

Joni Mitchell had made her way to California to properly launch her own career. And according to the website TheHollywoodHome.com, Joni explained, “Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they’ll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they’ll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain.” Soon after, Graham Nash moved in to live with her for the next two years.

After he had been tossed out of the Byrds, David Crosby took the cash settlement he got from the band and bought himself a 70 foot sailing boat. And since he now had a lot of free time on his hands, he took that boat and sailed it all over the world. Sometimes his musician friends would join him.