The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‘Freedom of Speech' 06 tour has kicked off in Canada with Young performing almost all of his new album ‘Living With War' during the set.
While the ticket is credited as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the band is made up of Rick Rosas on bass and Chad Cromwell on drums, who both played on ‘Living With War'.Young stalwarts Ben Keith (Pedal Steel) and Spooner Oldham (keyboards) are also part of the band.
The show kicked off with ‘Flags of Freedom' from ‘Living With War' but was peppered through-out with C,S,N and solo songs.
With its anti-war, anti-Bush theme, the message of Graham Nash's ‘Military Madness' seemed as appropriate today as it did when it was recorded 35 years ago.
Songs from the setlist seem to have been selected for their lyrical content and relationship to the theme of Young's record.
The political 70's C,S,N&Y classis ‘Ohio' played like a bookend up against Young's new ‘Looking For A Leader'.
The biting ‘Let's Impeach The President' up against the Star Spangled Banner and following another C,S,N&Y classic ‘Find The Cost of Freedom' was equally potent.
The setlist for the start of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‘Freedom of Speech 06' tour was:
Flags Of Freedom (from Living With War, 2006)
Wooden Ships (from Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969)
Woodstock (from D??jà vu, 1970)
Long Time Gone (from Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969)
Military Madness (from Songs For Beginners, 1971)
Wounded World (from Man Alive, 2005)
After The Garden (from Living With War, 2006)
Living With War (from Living With War, 2006)
The Restless Consumer (from Living With War, 2006)
Shock And Awe (from Living With War, 2006)
They Want It All (from Crosby and Nash, 2004)
Feed The People (from Man Alive, 2005)
Immigration Man (from Crosby & Nash, 1972)
Families (from Living With War, 2006)
Intermission
Helplessly Hoping (from Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969)
Our House (from D??jà vu, 1970)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (from After The Gold Rush, 1970)
Milky Way Tonight (from Crosby and Nash, 2004)
Guinevere (from Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969)
Carry Me (from Wind on the Water, 1975)
Treetop Flyer (from Stills Alone, 1991)
Roger And Out (from Living With War, 2006)
Southbound Train (from Crosby & Nash, 1972)
Ole Man Trouble (from Man Alive, 2005)
Teach Your Children (from D??jà vu, 1970)
Southern Cross (from Daylight Again, 1982)
Find The Cost Of Freedom (from 4 Way Street, 1971)
Star Spangled Banner (traditional)
Lets Impeach The President (from Living With War, 2006)
For What It's Worth (from Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
Chicago (from Songs For Beginners, 1971)
Ohio (from 4 Way Street, 1971)
Lookin For A Leader (from Living With War, 2006)
Deja Vu (from D??jà vu, 1970)
Love The One You're With (from Stephen Stills, 1970)
