Graham Nash shares life stories with Anthony DeCurtis

From Graham Nash-the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies-comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan. Here, he talks with music critic Anthony DeCurtis about some of the stories in his memoir.
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll-he's written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as "Carrie Anne," "On A Carousel," "Simple Man," "Our House," "Marrakesh Express," and "Teach Your Children." From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders of Woodstock, he has rocked and rolled wherever music mattered. Now Graham is ready to tell his story: his lower-class childhood in post-war England, his early days in the British Invasion group The Hollies; becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most introspective and important work; meeting Stephen Stills and David Crosby and reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist. Nash has valuable insights into a world and time many think they know from the outside but few have experienced at its epicenter, and equally wonderful anecdotes about the people around him: the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Cass Elliot, Dylan, and other rock luminaries. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a revealing look back at an extraordinary life-with all the highs and the lows; the love, the sex, and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity-and the sanity-of a magical era of music.
Joining Graham for the evening is Rolling Stone, New York Times, and Relix contributor Anthony DeCurtis. Besides extensive work with Rolling Stone's official album guides, Anthony also won a Grammy for his album notes accompanying Eric Clapton's Crossroads box set. He was an editorial consultant and the primary interviewer for the PBS American Masters documentary Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound.
September 30, 2013

[@tommeredith7079]

Graham Nash is a remarkable talent and human being. I don't agree with his political beliefs but I can easily set that aside and enjoy him as an accomplished artist.
Graham deserves a high five having left his home and career in the United Kingdom
and coming to America into the arms of the beautiful Joni Mitchell.
The Hollies took a hot steaming shit on Graham by rejecting his talent in songwriting.
Graham was able to foster a productive and successful relationship with Steven Stills and David Crosby and the rest is history. Not to forget his occasional collaboration with Neil Young along the way.
The formation of CSN&Y turned out to be a very important and lucrative career opportunity and Graham Nash deserves all of the credit and praise.
Anytime Graham Nash is interviewed he is consistent with being open,honest and transparent with no facade.
A very rare attribute not often seen in our current time.
Graham Nash, an exceptional talent an extraordinary man.

[@stevelevine2768]

Great job Graham. Always puts a smile on my face to hear these stories, again and again. I think we were together the afternoon you finished signing those 4000 books! Counting the days until July. See you soon my friend.

[@hanra057]

I LOVE how candid he is!! sooooo interesting

[@RustedTelevisione]

sensational session by Graham Nash!

[@tommeredith7079]

Graham Nash is a passionate man. Give me a few months and I'll elaborate more.

[@ernestlee5288]

What book is Nash refering too_

[@LG-kl3co]

He asks Nash to "talk" ......Nash never needed to be asked to talk......!!

[@th1scharmingmanc176]

Great musician.
Nevertheless, a pity he espouses a completely cliched impression of Salford and its people. The people of Salford are largely hard-working, family orientated and decent individuals. He should challenge himself to look at Salford afresh, and his own family and upbringing, that get swept up in such generalisations.

[@alessandrofavale782]

actually in the book he states that salford was plenty of honest and hard-working people, but it was so hard at the time to raise children and have a proper family that people in salford didn't have time to look at foreign cultures or at other interests except their own jobs.

[@hanra057]

Moz makes Salford/Manchester sound much worse than Nash does. Graham is obviously very fond of Salford, you can tell that he genuinely respects his background. If he didn't then he wouldn't talk about it- he is far too intelligent.

[@floydbennett6936]

do you graham admit to a subculture?

[@floydbennett6936]

and did you wear beads way back when ? and actually live for any length of time with the hippies?

[@Clodhopping]

Wow, Nash is way off with his anti-nuclear powerplant ideology. It's literally the cleanest lifecycle technology ever that can bring heat and light to the poor. Just play songs mate, forget technology and politics.