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This gave me a lot of information and insight into Graham Nash and his bands--the Hollies, CSN, CSN&Y--that I hadn't known before. Heck, I hadn't even known Graham was English, or in the Hollies--thought he was another CA guy. His memoir goes through his growing up poor in post-WWII Manchester, his and Allen Clarke's love of nascent rock-n-roll, the formation of the Hollies, his exposure to the 1960's CA music scene, the formation and rise of CSN and sometimes Y, and beyond. Also the contentious
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It was very interesting to read Nash's view on his life in the 1960s and 1970s. He was well-connected as a contributing member of the muscial scene of those times. The memoir includes gems like this one: p. 99: "In December, I went out one night to Blaises, in the West end of London, to see a kid from America whom Linda Keith told me about: Jimi Hendrix. I sat directly behind John, Paul, and George. " WOW!
The post-1975 portion of the book is mainly about the health of David Crosby. After spendin ...more
The post-1975 portion of the book is mainly about the health of David Crosby. After spendin ...more
Read this flying home from Austin -- so a good chunk of it in the Austin airport at 5am -- after a music festival, which was the perfect time to read it. Gorgeous.
