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Yes, they were very fortunate to catch Stills' cancer early. Failure to get checked cost Dan Fogelberg his life as we would tell people after it was too late.

All but very rare prostate cancers are utterly treatable and very slow moving so periodic testing is all it takes to avoid tragedy. Two seconds of discomfort is a bargain. One it leaves the prostate the whole picture changes. OK, boys - get checked.

As far as Stills being the most talented, I will say that he's got the most versatile talent. That is to say he can sing well, write great tunes and play better than either Crosby or Nash (with all due respect neither Crosby nor Nash would get very far if all they could do was play).

That said, Nash writes some wonderful stuff. The first thing I heard these guys do was Marakesh Express, which is a great tune and Teach Your Children is, of course, a standard.

Crosby is pretty unique. He's a decent writer but not up with the other two. He's an adequate guitar player. However, he has the best pipes for harmony of anyone in the business and an insanely good ear for just what works. I'm most impressed with how he can pick between singing as high a tenor part as you'll want or finding the perfect middle ground when Nash (or anyone else) sing up high. Joe Walsh once commented on that. You'll hear this beautiful ringing harmony and there's a voice you don't hear separately but it's what makes the whole thing work. That's Crosby.

It's very nice that later in life David has become a nice human being. It took a long time and the very long road.

Oh - and once you throw Neil Young in teh whole equation changes but that's for another day.