{"id":1566,"date":"1988-02-04T11:00:09","date_gmt":"1988-02-04T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2026-02-07T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:08:00","slug":"matr-crosby-stills-nash-young-and-springsteen-teach-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/02\/04\/matr-crosby-stills-nash-young-and-springsteen-teach-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach Your Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: At Neil Young&#8217;s inaugural Bridge School Benefit in 1986, Bruce joined Crosby, Still, Nash and Young for a beautifully loose rendition of &#8220;Teach Your Children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Don Henley, Tom Petty, and Robin Williams(!) join in as well, and while Danny and Nils are only visible for a moment, you can hear them throughout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bA_cmqYfwFI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The original, of course, can&#8217;t be topped. In his autobiography, Graham Nash recalled:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The origin of the song came from my recent infatuation with art. I had begun collecting photographs around that time, powerful images that had an emotional effect on me. One, in particular, was a Diane Arbus image of a boy in Central Park. It spoke volumes to me. The kid was only about nine or ten years old, but his expression bristled with intense anger. He had a plastic grenade clenched in a fist, but it seemed to me that if it were real the kid would have thrown it. The consequences it implied startled me. I thought, &#8220;If we don\u2019t start teaching our kids a better way of dealing with each other, humanity will never succeed.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuBGEoxbFN4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Although first written it while Nash was a member of The Hollies, it was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young who first recorded and charted with it in 1970. It only reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, but it&#8217;s remained a timeless classic thanks to its important message.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>35 years later, Bruce reprised &#8220;Teach Your Children&#8221; with Steve Earle, Willie Nile, and Rosanne Cash at Earle&#8217;s benefit show in New Yor City.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lwy6jhemprw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Teach Your Children<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> October 13, 1986 (Mountain View, CA)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> December 13, 2021 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 April 14, 2018 \/ February 7, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: an all-star ensemble performs a CSNY Classic at the first Bridge School benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3609,5],"tags":[700,701],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-little-help","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-crosby-still-nash-and-young","tag-teach-your-children-well"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/teach-e1523714424222.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-pg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22144,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/08\/27\/matr-neil-young-bruce-springsteen-and-nils-lofgren-helpless\/","url_meta":{"origin":1566,"position":0},"title":"Helpless","author":"Ken","date":"August 27, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"One time only: Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and Nils Lofgren perform a beautiful acoustic rendition of Neil's \"Helpless.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/helpless.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/helpless.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/helpless.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/helpless.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/helpless.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61112,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/13\/kingdom-of-days-october-13-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1566,"position":1},"title":"Kingdom of Days: October 13","author":"Ken","date":"October 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy birthday, Charlie Giordano and The River! 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