Crosby/Nash, Live (1977)

Graham Nash’s “Simple Man” followed by David Crosby’s “Foolish Man” at the start of side 2 here summarizes the intertwined careers of these buffoons better than any belabored snark possibly could. There are probably less essential albums out there—Rednex’s 1994 Sex & Violins comes to mind, though even Whale’s 1995 We Care just barely avoids the classification, “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe” and all—but few less interesting ones. This just plods along, not even bothering to grab for the duo’s grade-A material, whatever that might be. If four minutes of Nash’s “Mama Lion” seems interminable, that’s only because you haven’t yet reached the epic closer, nearly ten excruciating minutes of Crosby’s orgy-of-idiocy “Déjà Vu.”