![]() In order to make the record cover look like an old-fashioned Civil War-era keepsake photographic album, Stephen Stills asked the photographer to take the photo with an old wooden box camera similar to the one used by Matthew Brady, the great Civil War photographer. He also looked uncannily like some Union general from the Civil War, also in a photo from Ebay. With his moustasche, Crosby ended up looking a lot like the real "Bufflo Bill" Cody, a famous showman who travelled the USA with "Annie Oakley" putting on Wild West Shows in the late 1800's. Dallas Taylor (right, drums) got a gun-slinger outfit, and the rest of the guys (from left: Neil Young, Greg Reeves (bass), Graham Nash) rented kind of a mish-mash of cowboy outfits. ![]() Stephen himself got a Confederate army uniform. So, to get the look, the band went to a costume store to get outfits that looked 19th century. Here's one, from about 1870, that I found on Ebay, with a little added sepia tone. Stephen Stills, who is a Civil War buff, wanted the cover to look like an old photo from that era, the 1860's. Tom has designed and/or photographed over 100 album covers and still practices in the San Francisco area. The shot is by Tom O'Neal (who then used the name Tom Gundelfinger). Here's a similar view, but with an outtake from the photo session. Is still growing in sunny California, some 20 miles northeast of San Francisco in the city of Novato.Īnd here is the album superimposed over the tree, over 45 years later. Tom O'Neal's website (the rock section): /2004/randr.html (credits: album cover courtesy of Atlantic Records cover photo: (c) Thomas O'Neal (formerly: Tom Gundelfinger) art direction Gary Burden) ![]() (In the backyard of David Crosby's rental house) ![]() To be notified of new PopSpots entries, follow PopSpotsNYC on Twitter:įor questions or comments you can email me (Bob)Ĭrosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu - Album Cover Location - Novato, California - 1970 ![]()
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