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The VERY first outdoor concert I went to was at Mile High Stadium in Denver. I saw Jesse Colin Young and the Beach Boys. And then, the headliners stepped onto the stage. That began a lifetime love affair with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. It was 1973. I was 15.
Reading this book was an eye-opener for me. Mr. Nash let it all fly in his book and I found it to be quite a story. A story worth publishing and a story definitely worth reading.
From his early years in North England through his life in California to the present time as a revered True Rock-n-Roll legend, somehow his memories of the how, the why and all of that wonderful music he is personally responsible for is crystal clear. Mr. Nash, you have a unique and wonderful way of telling a story. Thank you for a lifetime of truly great music and this truly great read.


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Wild Tales A Rock Roll Life Graham Nash 9780385347549 Books Reviews

In this book Graham Nash writes about more than his life. He writes about his legendary musical partners from Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Lots of stories and musical history there!
Another intriguing aspect of this book is Mr. Nash's connection with The Hollies. There really isn't much available about that band. This is the first book I have found with any history about The Hollies. I wondered why Graham Nash left that band and he answers that question candidly in his book.
There are lots of photos in the book.
Mr. Nash writes about some of the women in his life. The early musical influences and some of his contemporaries.
More than anything else, this book is one that "reads fast." It's written well and it's entertaining.
Seemingly one of the most lucid accounts of two great bands in the 60s & 70s--The Hollies and CS&N(Y). Well-written and nicely paced, Graham recounts his years from childhood through to his years of stardom, and now as an emeritus member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Insightful background as how songs, albums and album covers came to be created.
I really enjoyed Nash's temporary display at Cleveland's Rock Hall that I had the good fortune to visit in July 2016, which prompted me to finally spring for his book to get the full story on this masterful musician. I was not disappointed! His background stories give new meaning to me for his fine body of work through the years. Love that he's such a Buddy Holly fan, as am I.
I wish I could find the photo of me taken with him at a CS&N concert in the mid-80s. I got invited backstage and onto Stephen Stills' bus, after meeting Graham for a brief interview for my radio station--he was so gracious and accommodating. I was so naive--no idea how much drugs there must've been around there!
This is a great read! Graham Nash takes you on a journey through the early years from Rock-n-roll to Rock and the history is amazing; both his personal history and the history of the industry. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
This is an easy book to buzz through because it's so superficial. Everyone in it is mostly happy and productive despite massive drug and alcohol use...except, eventually, David Crosby. Even Nash couldn't gloss over Crosby's body sores or his incarceration in Texas on drug and weapons charges. And let me tell you, that part of the book should scare anybody straight.

Nash does write entertainingly of his life and music. He's clearly impressed with his considerable talents which, he says, include photography and fine art printing. He doesn't fail at much, by his own reporting. Though likeable throughout, Nash is definitely humility-free.

I was disturbed by the shallow way Nash treats his famous relationship with Joni Mitchell. He's very generous with praise for her talent, calling her a "genius" to whom he's no equal. He stresses their cozy domestic bliss (memorialized in "Our House"). So it's inexplicable when a sentence suddenly pops up to say "I am afraid I have given my heart too soon." He moves out on her and on to the next woman without much explanation. Mitchell's version in the biography "Reckless Daughter" makes clear Nash devastated her by his abrupt departure. In his tale of the relationship he's almost, but not quite, guilt-free.

Less disturbing and more entertaining are Nash's stories about Neil Young who comes across as very talented but sly and disloyal. Nash reveals he alone disapproved the Young addition to Crosby, Stills & Nash though he grudgingly admits it gave the group a desirable "dark edge." Nash then makes it clear that he thinks dark edges are overrated.

Surprisingly Nash ends the book by stating that neither Crosby, Stills & Nash nor CSN&Y ever formally broke up so both bands continue to exist with the possibility they may one day play together again. And who wouldn't love to hear them? Melting harmonies, memorable songs.
The VERY first outdoor concert I went to was at Mile High Stadium in Denver. I saw Jesse Colin Young and the Beach Boys. And then, the headliners stepped onto the stage. That began a lifetime love affair with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. It was 1973. I was 15.
Reading this book was an eye-opener for me. Mr. Nash let it all fly in his book and I found it to be quite a story. A story worth publishing and a story definitely worth reading.
From his early years in North England through his life in California to the present time as a revered True Rock-n-Roll legend, somehow his memories of the how, the why and all of that wonderful music he is personally responsible for is crystal clear. Mr. Nash, you have a unique and wonderful way of telling a story. Thank you for a lifetime of truly great music and this truly great read.