Tony really is an underrated guitarist. That short solo he did on "Hard Hard Year" just blew my mind the first time I heard it. You're not even expecting it, and then he just rips with this distorted Beck/Hendrix style solo.
I think he is still friends with Jimmy Page just as in the 60s when both recorded the solo for that same song, different versions, Hollies / Everly Bros.
Tony Hicks is so under-rated; up there with the best British guitarists of the sixties, yet pulling in the same plaudits. Love his tight sound, without him the Hollies would not have sounded half as good.
Totally agree. Although according to him, when Allan showed them "Long Cool Woman" he did keep 'fluffing" and supposedly said. "You play the intro, I'll fill in with something". I have been trying to mast Long Cool Woman for some time now, not much success.
pilninggas Graham Nash was the other half that made The Hollies what they were in the mid 60's. Nash went on to far greater heights when he connected with David Crosby and Stephen Stills of course.
Jeffrey Marx in a sense Nash was 'rated', my point was that Tony Hicks somehow went under the radar yet was technically so gifted. I really like Nash, but Tony Hicks made the Hollies Rock long after Nash had buggered off to the States.
pilninggas Hicks was great, but The Hollies were afraid to break the mold they were contained in, which was to produce teen pop music. Yes, it made tons of money, but it would not let them stretch their talents to a new level, and that was why Nash broke away from them, despite his love for the group.
@@NoOne-kr4jc Carlos, Total agree! I have asked Elliot about Tony's being an influence (haven't heard back yet)...they are very similar...I love the Hollies and The Cars!
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After Graham Nash the Hollies concentrated on Writing original material. From "HOLLIES SING HOLLIES" (1969) through to "A CRAZY STEAL" (1978) the Albums were filled with 'CLARKE/HICKS/SYLVESTER' songs. They listened too, and absorbed Contemporary sounds, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan and many more. The results were First Rate. Albums such as "CONFESSIONS OF THE MIND" (1970) "HOLLIES" (1974) "ANOTHER NIGHT" (1976) & "A CRAZY STEAL" (1978) were all Excellent LP'S. For me personally, these equal anything the Hollies recorded with Graham.
It's a shame he left the Hollies but I suppose we all have to find our own type of music we want to do. I love the Hollies and their music. A great band very under rated in my opinion. PC. 10. 04. 2023. Thank's to Tony Hicks for telling the real story behind what really happened.
I really don't care if they replace a musician on me, however, if they replace a lead singer like Allan Clarke or any other lead from any 60's or 70's bands for that matter, then it makes all the difference in the world, it's just not the same.
Good buddies with Keith Richards in the 60's, Tony was a fine guitar player and Elliot was one of the best drummers. Tony almost didn't become a Hollie, glad he did
Someone could tell us if solo was by Jimmy Page or by Tony Hicks on "Heart Of Stone" ? Metamorphosis version. Both are listed on the credits and in fact Jimmy Page was friends with Hicks too
This is "Exhibit A" in the value of oral history. Each of us takes our true history and makes myth from the facts. This creates those personal myths which we use to explain our lives to others. We get so comfy in the telling that like in Tony Hicks version above, the truth can be gleaned by both what he includes in his personal myth or alibi and in what he leaves out. Great stuff, thanks!
I’m just staggered that people can say the Hollies weren’t affected by loosing Graham Nash. Marrakesh Express is one of the biggest hits of the 1960’s that the Hollies never recorded. I think that tells you all you need to know about this story. It proves Graham was right.
You can see (and listen) Romany and understand also that Allan was pulling nto another direction. We could imagine if they didn't needed to be back in the top charts, causing Graham to leave and morphing into a more CSNY type of sound as we found in Romany album, definitely influenced by American acts of the earlier 70sdecade,
Imagine how great the Hollies would have been IF Graham stayed. I understand what had to happen, but an alternate reality would have seen The Hollies have a much better 1970's. They did chart, and quite well in the 70's, but they would have been epic with Grahams contributions. In the end, it was the right thing to do, and you could kind of tell that Graham was his own man apart from the band and had to spread his wings- as they say.
Graham Nash was heavily influenced by Mama Cass, and the California drug scene. I still blame her for her part in this sad part of the Hollies history, which saw Nash leave and only to form CSNY. It was Nash and his harmonies that solidified what CSNY became.
From what I see about this, Graham couldn't stay because all of them they, somewhat lost confidence in Graham (who was their leader) after the Michael Cohen incident. I think Allan wanted to play it safely with the Hollies' style/formula for commercial success that had been secured hits for them years ago. In other hand, Tony Hicks wanted to write more original stuff (prob following Graham's desire to make original Hollies music) however Hicks would be at Clarke's side at the end due to his lack of interest of keeping their sound as psychedelic with no hits (Maybe it wil be sound a bit odd but I always see this like a divorce, being the parents - Allan and Graham and their kid - Tony, deciding in which side he wanted to stay lololol
Excellent point. They had the chance to grow their musical interests and styles. I’m sure Graham would have helped them with that. But musical direction is the key point where most bands break. And it did the Hollies no good. Once they’d finished a few years of continued momentum, they were left on the margins. Their “ legacy” is nowhere near as big as Graham Nash. But it could of been. They certainly deserve it as musicians. I just think it was a critical choice of which road to go and they chose a path that became a road to nowhere.
I don't think The Hollies suffered because Graham left the band. Terry Sylvester was a great replacement and they charted their greatest hits ever in the late 60s to early 70s long after Graham was gone.
@@wsv123wsv You really need to listen to some Hollies albums and group composition after Nash left. With great respect Erik, the Hollies grew up "only" after Nash left.
One of the greatest romantic songs ever written period and sung by The Hollies is the song called "All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe (And To Love You)" IMO. And "Long Cool Women (In A Black Dress)" is one of the greatest classic rock song IMO.
I did notice that 'the hits didn't exactly keep on coming' once Graham left the group. Outside of 'He Ain't Heavy', 'The Air That I Breathe' (neither written by The Hollies), and 'Long Cool Woman' (which had outside writers contributions) were their remaining hits. I'd be tempted to say Graham was the main contributor to their early songs.
I stopped listening to the Hollies discography after Nash left. It just was NOT the same anymore for me, No offense to the Hollies. I wish Nash would have never left the group.
Graham's autobiography puts a different slant on it. He made the decision to leave the group, and much to his chagrin in hindsight, took the cowardly way out and did not tell them directly.
The ego is just a component of his abilities. The Hollies could have moved with the times like the Beatles and Stones, but chose not to. It’s fairly obvious from what Graham Nash achieved in America that his talent far outstripped theirs. The Hollies as a band were forever stuck in their Pop Pigeon hole. They still made great music, just never really progressed from 1965. Could have been a lot different. Tony Hicks should be revered as an important Guitarist in the story of popular music in Britain. But he isn’t well known because the Hollies never expanded or changed their repotoire. Graham Nash was proven right to do what he did.
the hollies were one of the great 1960`s groups who operated mainly in the 1960`s , like the beatles, animals, manfred mann, kinks, small faces....they were of their time.
I think Graham wanted another Hollies member to follow - i can't think of another one rather than Hicks - Allan Clarke was never particularly appealed by anything themed the US. Although most of us could have guess Clarke was that one who will follow him through his new journey. In the other hand, Hicks was a driving melodic force for most of Nash Hollies' compositions. The way he said (they remained in contact few years after) he totally digs Grahams albums are telling me it could have been that way - but of course Tony didn't follow, staying loyal to The Hollies for long time up to date. Graham instead seems to have a love/hate thing (or even got that feel) when speaking about Hicks and The remaining Hollies in random interviews
Never had a lot of respect for Graham Nash.. and his Amerian cronies. ( Neil Young was Canadian btw). He left the best behind him with the Hollies..stellar musicians they were.
Creo que Graham como líder y mentor musical los llevó por una muy buena dirección, sin embargo hubo problemas financieros por su asociación indirecta a Dick James Music (por medio de su sello, la Parlophone) que pusieron en cierto grado de riesgo ese magnífico camino experimental que el grupo estaba tomando. No estaban siendo exitosos y necesitaban regresar a la línea POP/Comercial - sí o sí - por eso pienso que todos le fueron desertando en el camino a pesar de demostrar que también tenían esa versatilidad para desenvolverse en temas muy experimentales. Personalmente, los años de Graham Nash en The Hollies me parecen los más interesantes...
This must have been recorded at a time before northerners became caricatures. I lived there briefly and it was full of geezers in big coats saying ya gotta roll with it whilst strangling their vowels.
Also nash was becoming a drug influenced lifestyle and the others werw more down to earth. In his book nash said as much when he described the hollies as strictly a pint after work type
Graham outgrew the Hollies top 40 sound, that's all. They wouldn't let him record Marrikesh Express. The whole world was moving on and the Hollies weren't. They were a great band but they got stuck in time.
+David Evans True, but their sound did change a bit when mickael rickfors was brought in to replace allan clarke, they became a bit more bluesy and rock
i jeff : Jeff , I couldn't agree more ! The Hollies 70's Albums were Great ! From "Confessions of the Mind" right through to "5317704" , they made Superb LP's. They were mostly self composed by the 'Clarke/Hicks/Sylvester' Songwriting partnership, who were writing Contemporary material at the time. My personal faves are "Another Night", "A Crazy Steal", "Distant Light", "Hollies (1974)", and "Confessions" I never understood why they didn't sell more, they were Excellent.
Rubbish! They never asked him to leave, they didn't want him to leave, but they had no say, this is a case of ego defense, making up some bullshit.... Graham simply outgrew The Hollies, and it's a good thing he did, he was meant to link up with Croz and Stills, CSN - CSNY became one of the biggest bands of all time, Graham was wayyyy better off going with his instinct and joining David and Stephen. CSN is STILL one of the greatest bands still playing and delighting us all. Woulda been a damn shame had he just stayed with The Hollies.... didn't see them filling up Wembeley with 100,000 people. God works in mysterious ways. Thank you Graham Nash for all your music!
+Bruce Wendell Nash said he wanted to record his own songs but the record company wanted them to do an album of Bob Dylan songs once these british acts break into the US market they don't want to go back they make more money and pay less tax
I don't think it was Tony, I think it was Allan (married with children, needed stability etc) who didn't want to follow Graham's hype period. In the end all needed to side with AL because of the several contracts and all those things related to in the music industry that make your willpower die in a band
in a way yes, but not really, they apparently carried on and still had a career after Graham left, I dunno how great of a careet, but Graham says they were well off enough in his book.
+xomthood and Sorry Suzanne...Gasoline Alley Bred. I personally loved the Hollies from start to finish. Pop, yes. But very very good pop. In fact, I would challenge that these six songs were as good as anything they ever with the exception of Bus Stop.
Nash was NOT The Hollies... if he wanted to live... good for him but the Hollies survived and even now they are touring. Only two of the originals remain, true... but they still are The Hollies. It's funny that when they were honoured at the rock hall of fame only ex-hollies attended because the reales ones were presenting and touring.
Tony said the problem was Graham's spending too much time in LA. What he didn't say was the group snubbed his music so they left him little choice. Graham went on to write meaningful songs while the Hollies continued making commercial noise. They had no message in an era when message mattered most.
Hicks has been kicking himself in his ass ever since Nash left The Hollies. They made the wrong choices; they should have recorded his songs and they alienated him with their ill fated Bob Dylan music album. Nash was better than they were and they knew it.
+Jeffrey Marx Sorry Suzanne, He ain't heavy he's my brother, The air that I breathe, and many other songs recorded after Nash's departure. They were as good after Nash as with Nash.
+aabacchi The Hollies did manage to overcome his departure, but they couldn't get passed commercialized tunes. I agree, they had great hits, but Nash is still going and The Hollies are no more and I wish they were still with us. In rock history The Hollies will be viewed as one of his former groups and not much more sadly.
exactly, but it's better that things happened the way they did, CSN was meant to happen, those songs would have been horrible done by The Hollies, at least definitely not nearly as good as they were done by CSN
+aabacchi .. +1 brother... those are timeless classics, and whilst I am a big CSN fan, unless you *are* a CSN fan you will be hard pushed to name any of their songs. I doubt there is anyone on this planet over the age of 21 who doesn't know He Ain't Heavy or Air...
+Jeffrey Marx Tony and Bobby are still touring with The Hollies. Allan had to quit due to his voice going, nothing more. I talk about The Hollies a lot on my facebook (personal) page... everybody knows them, even the young uns, but few know who Graham is, or even who CSN are. We tend to judge things from our own viewpoint and can be wide of the mark sometimes... ... but I do also wonder what may have been had Graham stayed and committed himself to The Hollies sound...
I'm enjoying Wild Tales too! And I love the music of Graham Nash. But I also appreciate and admire the Hollies who have kept on touring for 50 years now, and still are a fantastic live act. And He Ain't Heavy is a classic!
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Tony really is an underrated guitarist. That short solo he did on "Hard Hard Year" just blew my mind the first time I heard it. You're not even expecting it, and then he just rips with this distorted Beck/Hendrix style solo.
I think he is still friends with Jimmy Page just as in the 60s when both recorded the solo for that same song, different versions, Hollies / Everly Bros.
1st time I heard look thru any window.i was amazed.one great group after another from england.i loved tony hicks guitars,his unique playing style.
I saw them do the same song on The Red Skelton Show. Probably their part was recorded in England. Been a fan ever since.
saw 'The Hollies' last week and Tony Hick's guitar is still superb
love to watch that kid play. He's probably 20 years my senior but I aged faster.
Tony Hicks is so under-rated; up there with the best British guitarists of the sixties, yet pulling in the same plaudits. Love his tight sound, without him the Hollies would not have sounded half as good.
Totally agree. Although according to him, when Allan showed them "Long Cool Woman" he did keep 'fluffing" and supposedly said. "You play the intro, I'll fill in with something". I have been trying to mast Long Cool Woman for some time now, not much success.
pilninggas Graham Nash was the other half that made The Hollies what they were in the mid 60's. Nash went on to far greater heights when he connected with David Crosby and Stephen Stills of course.
Jeffrey Marx
in a sense Nash was 'rated', my point was that Tony Hicks somehow went under the radar yet was technically so gifted. I really like Nash, but Tony Hicks made the Hollies Rock long after Nash had buggered off to the States.
pilninggas Hicks was great, but The Hollies were afraid to break the mold they were contained in, which was to produce teen pop music. Yes, it made tons of money, but it would not let them stretch their talents to a new level, and that was why Nash broke away from them, despite his love for the group.
@@NoOne-kr4jc Carlos, Total agree! I have asked Elliot about Tony's being an influence (haven't heard back yet)...they are very similar...I love the Hollies and The Cars!
Hollies never really got their due. Great harmonies and strong guitar playing by Hicks.
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Love hearing Tony talk about Graham. Thanks.
Thank you for the love, I will be nothing without a fan like you.
I loooove Tony Hicks!!!
+Jessica Gold Me too. He's lovely. And I am a thoroughly straight, red blooded male. I hope my daughter marries someone like him :)
Same. But granddaughter. :-)
Thank you for the love, I will be nothing without a fan like you.
The Harmonies of Clarke, Nash & Hicks is way up there. They were still very successful after he left. Although not the same.
The BEST harmonies of the British Invasion! I've always thought they were the Beach Boys or Mamas and Papas of England. Love them!!
Tony Hicks is supercool.
After Graham Nash the Hollies concentrated on Writing original material. From "HOLLIES SING HOLLIES" (1969) through to "A CRAZY STEAL" (1978) the Albums were filled with 'CLARKE/HICKS/SYLVESTER' songs. They listened too, and absorbed Contemporary sounds, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan and many more. The results were First Rate. Albums such as "CONFESSIONS OF THE MIND" (1970) "HOLLIES" (1974) "ANOTHER NIGHT" (1976) & "A CRAZY STEAL" (1978) were all Excellent LP'S. For me personally, these equal anything the Hollies recorded with Graham.
Totally agree Gary.
It's a shame he left the Hollies but I suppose we all have to find our own type of music we want to do. I love the Hollies and their music. A great band very under rated in my opinion. PC. 10. 04. 2023. Thank's to Tony Hicks for telling the real story behind what really happened.
I really don't care if they replace a musician on me, however, if they replace a lead singer like Allan Clarke or any other lead from any 60's or 70's bands for that matter, then it makes all the difference in the world, it's just not the same.
Terry Sylvester sounded quite like Graham Nash and they carried on having big hits for five or six years after Nash left The Hollies
The Hollies had such a good thing going. It had to be tough to see Nash leave.
Good buddies with Keith Richards in the 60's, Tony was a fine guitar player and Elliot was one of the best drummers. Tony almost didn't become a Hollie, glad he did
Both really good for sure
Someone could tell us if solo was by Jimmy Page or by Tony Hicks on "Heart Of Stone" ? Metamorphosis version. Both are listed on the credits and in fact Jimmy Page was friends with Hicks too
This is "Exhibit A" in the value of oral history. Each of us takes our true history and makes myth from the facts. This creates those personal myths which we use to explain our lives to others. We get so comfy in the telling that like in Tony Hicks version above, the truth can be gleaned by both what he includes in his personal myth or alibi and in what he leaves out. Great stuff, thanks!
True! I've heard Graham describe this time and it's interesting as to which parts match and which don't!
I’m just staggered that people can say the Hollies weren’t affected by loosing Graham Nash.
Marrakesh Express is one of the biggest hits of the 1960’s that the Hollies never recorded. I think that tells you all you need to know about this story.
It proves Graham was right.
You can see (and listen) Romany and understand also that Allan was pulling nto another direction. We could imagine if they didn't needed to be back in the top charts, causing Graham to leave and morphing into a more CSNY type of sound as we found in Romany album, definitely influenced by American acts of the earlier 70sdecade,
tony seemed to be a cool cat!!!
You did it again, Agneta! Thank you very very much!!
Thank you for the love, I will be nothing without a fan like you.
Thanks for this explanation. Makes the thing not better but more understandable
Tony is an amazing guitarist and oh so cute!
Imagine how great the Hollies would have been IF Graham stayed. I understand what had to happen, but an alternate reality would have seen The Hollies have a much better 1970's. They did chart, and quite well in the 70's, but they would have been epic with Grahams contributions. In the end, it was the right thing to do, and you could kind of tell that Graham was his own man apart from the band and had to spread his wings- as they say.
Graham Nash was heavily influenced by Mama Cass, and the California drug scene. I still blame her for her part in this sad part of the Hollies history, which saw Nash leave and only to form CSNY. It was Nash and his harmonies that solidified what CSNY became.
From what I see about this, Graham couldn't stay because all of them they, somewhat lost confidence in Graham (who was their leader) after the Michael Cohen incident. I think Allan wanted to play it safely with the Hollies' style/formula for commercial success that had been secured hits for them years ago. In other hand, Tony Hicks wanted to write more original stuff (prob following Graham's desire to make original Hollies music) however Hicks would be at Clarke's side at the end due to his lack of interest of keeping their sound as psychedelic with no hits (Maybe it wil be sound a bit odd but I always see this like a divorce, being the parents - Allan and Graham and their kid - Tony, deciding in which side he wanted to stay lololol
@@Harrisonianne Very interesting - thank you!
Excellent point. They had the chance to grow their musical interests and styles. I’m sure Graham would have helped them with that. But musical direction is the key point where most bands break.
And it did the Hollies no good. Once they’d finished a few years of continued momentum, they were left on the margins. Their “ legacy” is nowhere near as big as Graham Nash. But it could of been. They certainly deserve it as musicians.
I just think it was a critical choice of which road to go and they chose a path that became a road to nowhere.
@@Harrisonianne What was the story of "the Michael Cohen incident" ?
I don't think The Hollies suffered because Graham left the band. Terry Sylvester was a great replacement and they charted their greatest hits ever in the late 60s to early 70s long after Graham was gone.
Right. The loss of Graham was never been balanced.
Graham was a pompous asshole and the group was better with Sylvester.
@@billferron6473 Spot on Bill !!!
@@wsv123wsv You really need to listen to some Hollies albums and group composition after Nash left. With great respect Erik, the Hollies grew up "only" after Nash left.
One of the greatest romantic songs ever written period and sung by The Hollies is the song called "All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe (And To Love You)" IMO. And "Long Cool Women (In A Black Dress)" is one of the greatest classic rock song IMO.
If clark had left at that point it would be over, they did well after nash
I did notice that 'the hits didn't exactly keep on coming' once Graham left the group.
Outside of 'He Ain't Heavy', 'The Air That I Breathe' (neither written by The Hollies), and 'Long Cool Woman' (which had outside writers contributions) were their remaining hits. I'd be tempted to say Graham was the main contributor to their early songs.
I stopped listening to the Hollies discography after Nash left. It just was NOT the same anymore for me, No offense to the Hollies. I wish Nash would have never left the group.
Graham's autobiography puts a different slant on it. He made the decision to leave the group, and much to his chagrin in hindsight, took the cowardly way out and did not tell them directly.
So he didn't "Told them to their faces" 😂 that he was leaving
Think GN was shocked that they were a success without him...oops.. see one of his interviews
I heard Graham say "When the Hollies rejected Marrakech Express I knew it was time to leave.
@@gregoryjgarcia3862 The hollies were better without Nash. The guy's ego got in the way of his good sense.
The ego is just a component of his abilities.
The Hollies could have moved with the times like the Beatles and Stones, but chose not to.
It’s fairly obvious from what Graham Nash achieved in America that his talent far outstripped theirs.
The Hollies as a band were forever stuck in their Pop Pigeon hole. They still made great music, just never really progressed from 1965. Could have been a lot different.
Tony Hicks should be revered as an important Guitarist in the story of popular music in Britain. But he isn’t well known because the Hollies never expanded or changed their repotoire. Graham Nash was proven right to do what he did.
Okay, but where can I find copies of these beautiful photos!?
Way underrated musician!
the hollies were one of the great 1960`s groups who operated mainly in the 1960`s , like the beatles, animals, manfred mann, kinks, small faces....they were of their time.
I think Graham wanted another Hollies member to follow - i can't think of another one rather than Hicks - Allan Clarke was never particularly appealed by anything themed the US. Although most of us could have guess Clarke was that one who will follow him through his new journey. In the other hand, Hicks was a driving melodic force for most of Nash Hollies' compositions. The way he said (they remained in contact few years after) he totally digs Grahams albums are telling me it could have been that way - but of course Tony didn't follow, staying loyal to The Hollies for long time up to date.
Graham instead seems to have a love/hate thing (or even got that feel) when speaking about Hicks and The remaining Hollies in random interviews
Never had a lot of respect for Graham Nash.. and his Amerian cronies. ( Neil Young was Canadian btw). He left the best behind him with the Hollies..stellar musicians they were.
You mean American? I'm sure Graham didn't have any regrets with his success. ;)
Graham was a first class guy
And still is
So you don't care for Crosby, Still's & Nash ??? Wow....
Creo que Graham como líder y mentor musical los llevó por una muy buena dirección, sin embargo hubo problemas financieros por su asociación indirecta a Dick James Music (por medio de su sello, la Parlophone) que pusieron en cierto grado de riesgo ese magnífico camino experimental que el grupo estaba tomando. No estaban siendo exitosos y necesitaban regresar a la línea POP/Comercial - sí o sí - por eso pienso que todos le fueron desertando en el camino a pesar de demostrar que también tenían esa versatilidad para desenvolverse en temas muy experimentales. Personalmente, los años de Graham Nash en The Hollies me parecen los más interesantes...
nice, they outgrew one another, time proves that, but I have my insight, Thank You
Hicks is a superstar! No need to expound.
This must have been recorded at a time before northerners became caricatures. I lived there briefly and it was full of geezers in big coats saying ya gotta roll with it whilst strangling their vowels.
Now thats funny!!
Eeee by gum lad!!
Gatinho lindo 😘😘😘
So many talented people and yet so many dysfunctional people in Laurel Canyon. I guess you have to overlook that because there so special. Nuts!
Tony was the best the Hollies had, but I still liked then after the leave
Also nash was becoming a drug influenced lifestyle and the others werw more down to earth. In his book nash said as much when he described the hollies as strictly a pint after work type
Graham outgrew the Hollies top 40 sound, that's all. They wouldn't let him record Marrikesh Express. The whole world was moving on and the Hollies weren't. They were a great band but they got stuck in time.
+David Evans True, but their sound did change a bit when mickael rickfors was brought in to replace allan clarke, they became a bit more bluesy and rock
best way to put it.
David Evans Graham's songs with CSN were just as poppy as his Hollies stuff
captainsoul1953 Hollies were an AM radio band, CSN were an FM radio band. Night and day in the 60's/Early 70's.
David Evans not n the UK
Great band The Hollies but they were mostly a singles band!
rolling stones ruby tuesday
stwads Listen to the Hollies 70s Albums, Amazing Songs !!
I also loved the Hollies 70's albums. Sadly, the public masses either did not agree or never bothered to listen.
i jeff : Jeff , I couldn't agree more ! The Hollies 70's Albums were Great ! From "Confessions of the Mind" right through to "5317704" , they made Superb LP's. They were mostly self composed by the 'Clarke/Hicks/Sylvester' Songwriting partnership, who were writing Contemporary material at the time. My personal faves are "Another Night", "A Crazy Steal", "Distant Light", "Hollies (1974)", and "Confessions" I never understood why they didn't sell more, they were Excellent.
Which is what we loved about them.
Rubbish! They never asked him to leave, they didn't want him to leave, but they had no say, this is a case of ego defense, making up some bullshit.... Graham simply outgrew The Hollies, and it's a good thing he did, he was meant to link up with Croz and Stills, CSN - CSNY became one of the biggest bands of all time, Graham was wayyyy better off going with his instinct and joining David and Stephen. CSN is STILL one of the greatest bands still playing and delighting us all. Woulda been a damn shame had he just stayed with The Hollies.... didn't see them filling up Wembeley with 100,000 people. God works in mysterious ways. Thank you Graham Nash for all your music!
+Bruce Wendell Nash said he wanted to record his own songs but the record company wanted them to do an album of Bob Dylan songs once these british acts break into the US market they don't want to go back they make more money and pay less tax
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どちらも立派ですが個人的にはﾄﾆｰﾋｯｸｽの頑固さが好きです。
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I don't think it was Tony, I think it was Allan (married with children, needed stability etc) who didn't want to follow Graham's hype period. In the end all needed to side with AL because of the several contracts and all those things related to in the music industry that make your willpower die in a band
Hes was the quits lad, in the gross, now he's in his ages 76s yrs ol. Happy birthday. Tony hick,
They didn't need Nash.
Underated...not by me. Overlooked is a better word.
When Graham Nash left the band it was the end of The Hollies.The rest is history,Nash had a carreer and I don't know what happened to the others.
in a way yes, but not really, they apparently carried on and still had a career after Graham left, I dunno how great of a careet, but Graham says they were well off enough in his book.
+03Bikkel well, go read up... cos a hell of a lot more happened to Tony, Bobby, Allan, Bernie and Terry after Graham left :D
+03Bikkel seriously, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, He Ain't Heavy, The Air That I Breathe, Long Dark Road
+xomthood and Sorry Suzanne...Gasoline Alley Bred. I personally loved the Hollies from start to finish. Pop, yes. But very very good pop. In fact, I would challenge that these six songs were as good as anything they ever with the exception of Bus Stop.
Nash was NOT The Hollies... if he wanted to live... good for him but the Hollies survived and even now they are touring. Only two of the originals remain, true... but they still are The Hollies. It's funny that when they were honoured at the rock hall of fame only ex-hollies attended because the reales ones were presenting and touring.
Tony said the problem was Graham's spending too much time in LA. What he didn't say was the group snubbed his music so they left him little choice. Graham went on to write meaningful songs while the Hollies continued making commercial noise. They had no message in an era when message mattered most.
For me personally they went straight downhill after Nash's departure.
After Nash they had many other Nr1.Like ``He ain´t haevy;Blowing in the wind,Long cool woman etc.
Oh yeah. I was just offering my opinion. I believe Nash made the right decision splitting from them and going on to join Crosby and Stills.
True
I meant:true...They did go downhill after Graham ' s departure.Yes indeed.
And I still marvel at how HE evolved as an artist after leaving them. No slam intended to Hollies fans, this is strictly my opinion.
Hicks has been kicking himself in his ass ever since Nash left The Hollies. They made the wrong choices; they should have recorded his songs and they alienated him with their ill fated Bob Dylan music album. Nash was better than they were and they knew it.
+Jeffrey Marx Sorry Suzanne, He ain't heavy he's my brother, The air that I breathe, and many other songs recorded after Nash's departure. They were as good after Nash as with Nash.
+aabacchi The Hollies did manage to overcome his departure, but they couldn't get passed commercialized tunes. I agree, they had great hits, but Nash is still going and The Hollies are no more and I wish they were still with us. In rock history The Hollies will be viewed as one of his former groups and not much more sadly.
exactly, but it's better that things happened the way they did, CSN was meant to happen, those songs would have been horrible done by The Hollies, at least definitely not nearly as good as they were done by CSN
+aabacchi .. +1 brother... those are timeless classics, and whilst I am a big CSN fan, unless you *are* a CSN fan you will be hard pushed to name any of their songs. I doubt there is anyone on this planet over the age of 21 who doesn't know He Ain't Heavy or Air...
+Jeffrey Marx Tony and Bobby are still touring with The Hollies. Allan had to quit due to his voice going, nothing more. I talk about The Hollies a lot on my facebook (personal) page... everybody knows them, even the young uns, but few know who Graham is, or even who CSN are.
We tend to judge things from our own viewpoint and can be wide of the mark sometimes...
... but I do also wonder what may have been had Graham stayed and committed himself to The Hollies sound...
Left to worse group
While technically excellent the Hollies, after Graham Nash, chose worse and worse songs. There is no accounting for taste.
The problem with the Hollies is that they never had a proper lead vocalist, lead guitarist , or harmony singer.
You know absolutely NOTHING about them or probably anything else musical...
@@frandanco6289 And YOU know absolutely nothing about humour !
@@frandanco6289 Clarke, Nash and Hicks were musical greats. And still are. I was being ironic my friend.
A great guitar player technically, but not a creative talent.
Not a creative talent?
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de que está hablando este señor, *Bread* el sonido del softrock setentero es un guiño al estilo de *Tony Hicks*
I'm enjoying Wild Tales too! And I love the music of Graham Nash. But I also appreciate and admire the Hollies who have kept on touring for 50 years now, and still are a fantastic live act. And He Ain't Heavy is a classic!
Songs for Beginners was ok too!
I am reading the book too, though I'm not too happy about what he said about Joni Mitchell. Not nice.
I have the book and read it too, my, what a lot has happened since it was published!