CSNY : Love The One You're With

"I have known these guys my entire life as a photographer, way before they even formed a group, and so I have photographed them all separately and together for the past almost 60 years." ~ Henry Diltz

"It was scary. But once we knew what we had, you could not pry us apart with a crowbar. We knew we’d lucked into something so special. We could hear it plain as day." ~ David Crosby

"We were eager, young, and hungry. All we needed to do was get it right." ~ Stephen Stills

"How grateful we are that the musical story of CSNY is being celebrated with this beautiful book, which showcases our visual history through Henry Diltz’s camera lens." ~ Graham Nash

"People believe in CSNY. When they see CSNY, even if it is a nostalgia trip, I want them to believe that life is worth living, and that the rest of their life is going to be better than the 1st part. I want people to feel an energy from the band that makes you feel great." ~ Neil Young

With their unique vocal blend and a musical approach that ranged from acoustic folk to melodic pop to classic rock, supergroup CSNY created some of the most beloved songs of the 60's and 70's. The story of one of the world’s most famous vocal harmony groups has been one of extremes, breakups and makeups, sublime musical chemistry and creative conflict, reunions and solo endeavours. Throughout, their enormous cultural impact has remained inarguable.

Documenting it all from the band’s very beginning was renowned rock photographer, Henry Diltz. A fellow musician and a friend, his camera has captured CSNY through 5 decades of collective and individual milestones. With an introduction by Graham Nash and presenting Henry Diltz’s remarkable CSNY archive, Genesis Publications is delighted to announce "CSNY : Love The One You’re With", a celebration of the band and its individual members, documented through more than 1 000 photos and more than 34 000 words from 20 contributors.

Featuring over 1 000 photos, "Love The One You're With" is the 1st time that Henry Diltz's photos of CSNYY have been collected and presented in such number and format. Selected from an immense archive of colour slides, contact sheets and negatives, many are previously unpublished, while others are of iconic status.

The book's photographic journey starts at the roots of CSNY, centred on the sylvan place that was Laurel Canyon in the late 60's. Diltz photographed David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and Neil Young in their previous incarnations in the Hollies, the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield. He was then witness to musical alchemy as CSN discovered their astonishing vocal dynamic, 1st performing to fellow musicians and friends. 

Throughout every decade since, Diltz has shot CSN, CSNY and their various iterations, in recording studios, on concert stages, for album covers, and at benefit concerts.
 
With a foreword by Graham Nash, the 34 000 word manuscript has been garnered by CSNY biographer Dave Zimmer from both new and archive interviews with Henry Diltz and members of CSNY, alongside recollections of fellow musicians, friends, music industry figures, journalists and peers.
 
The list of contributors includes John Sebastian, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, Russ Kunkel, Glenn Frey, Gene Clark, Grace Slick, Arlo Guthrie, Bill Halverson, Ellen Sander, Elliot Roberts, Paul Rothchild, Ahmet Ertegun, Chip Monck, Cyrus Faryar, Bill Graham and Ron Stone.
 
Alongside Henry Diltz's own treasured reflections are his many journal entries, which place the photographs squarely in the context of the times.

Following the sell out success of "California Dreaming", a comprehensive look at the Californian music scene, "Love The One You're With" is Genesis' 2nd book with US photographer Henry Diltz.

Diltz is one of rock and roll's most beloved and respected photographers. A musician himself, he began taking pictures of his friends hanging out in Laurel Canyon, the ground zero of the folk rock explosion. It was there a career was born.

Since the mid 60's, Diltz's iconic images have appeared in Rolling Stone, Life, People, Los Angeles Times and New York Times, and have graced more than 200 album covers, including those of The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor and Eagles. In 2020, he was honoured with the International Photography Hall Of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.

"CSNY : Love The One You're With" will be published by Genesis Publications in June 2023.

"CSN&Y knew how to talk to an audience. Their music and the camaraderie on stage was genuine. It always seemed like the real McCoy to me. A very good feeling band, they'd always get you high." ~ Joni Mitchell