The Young Men

The Young Men was a noteworthy Hong Kong folk/rock band in the late 1960s and early 1970s who was featured in the local media as the answer to the super American band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The group comprised of Stephen Lam (lead vocal, guitars), Ralph Wong (vocal, guitar), and Karl Wu ( vocal, guitar, keyboard). They performed in the 1971 Hong Kong Festival and were regularly as featured artist in the Hong Kong TVB variety TV show - Enjoy Yourself Tonight in early 1970's.

Stephen Lam was a troubadour solo artist in the Hong Kong club scene singing cover tunes by Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, the Eagles & the Beatles. Ralph and Carl was in a pop band with a couple of girl singers. The three met in a fund raising concert in a high school. They hitched and hooked up to form the CRS ( Carl (aka Karl), Ralph & Stephen) following the format of the American group CSN (Crosby, Stlls & Nash) style of folk rock music. Their repertoire included covers for CSNY, Beatles, Eagles, Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor,& Joni Mitchell.

They later changed their band's name to The Young Men and became popular in the local music scene. They placed second in the 1971 Hong Kong Music Festival and signed a contract with Hong Kong TVB to perform weekly in the famous Enjoy Yourself Tonight variety show.

They were interviewed by the Hong Kong Standard Newspaper and an article was published with headline "Stephen, Ralph & Karl, Hong Kong's answer to CSNY"

The band was performing in the local music scene between 1968 to 1972, before they broke up for personal reasons.

References

• Kwok, Peter L. "Stephen, Ralph and Karl - Hong Kong's answer to CSNY ", The Hong Kong Standard, Hong Kong, August 1970.

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The Young Men were interviewed by the Hong Kong Standard newspaper in 1970, stating that they were Hong Kong's Answer to CSNY.