Rick, regarding Graham's comments re skiffle being the catalyst through which a great many musicians picked up a guitar. Billy Bragg has written an excellent book on the evolution of New Orleans trad jazz into skiffle when it first came to the UK shores. Both styles posess a strong sycopation at their core with the substitution of the skiffle guitar to the trad jazz banjo. Highly recommend Billy's book.
Beautiful interview. Thank you Rick for giving Graham the respect, ease & honor he so deserves. Graham Nash you continue to be a rare gem. Elegant & kind. Your music, like you, is magical.
At the time of the British Invasion America was segregated. White radio did not play black artists’ music. The Brits covered it and sent it back to us and that music could be played because they were white. The British Invasion was truly part of what turned the tide, not alone but part of what turned the tide with civil rights here.
Not true. Sorry. 1964 had plenty of great black music on the air. Don't know who you're quoting, but it's revisionist. So... you think ALL the Brits went to the Albert Docks in Liverpool to get the records, played them and covered them. Sure. Right. It was the BBC that didn't play rock - you had to listen to Radio Luxembourg. Get the story right; repeating myths is lazy.
Apparently. Maybe it's as kind as not wanting to speak ill of the deceased? Or maybe there isn't much more to say that hasn't been said? Crosby admitted that he had a history of blowing his relationships up with bad behavior.
To me, as a young teenager in the 60's, I was captivated by what Rick called a "romance" of what all these British guys were doing with music, and it took in all my projected thoughts of the atmosphere of the place, the fog, the wind and rain, and all the historical references unspoken, and in fact the feeling of British bands doing their version of American music -- all that infused sensibility of being drawn to England culturally and having England send back to us their own interpretation of what both of us were feeling. Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Long time since I ever heard anything about David Blue, 55+ years. I heard a track or two of his work, and at the time it sounded like some powerful stuff, but ...........A couple of years ago, Graham expressed some disappointment, even bitterness, over how Croz had offended him, and forever cut off any possibility that CSN would ever sing together again, or that Graham would even speak to David again. I'm going to stick my neck way out and speculate that the outspoken Crosby had something to say about Graham leaving his wife Susan of many years for artist Amy Grantham, since Croz was now an "advocate" for marriage fidelity. Croz also had something to say to NY about getting together with Daryl Hannah, so it wouldn't surprise me that this was the reason for their bitter feud. It was only in the last days of Crosby's life that they spoke of reconciling. Croz was no doubt a hot-cold, passive-aggressive kinda guy.
@@Craig.b.harris And thank you for some riveting music and spoken expression over the years. You see, Crosby, despite his often difficult character, had been the object of my admiration, since 1965. You too had been in the picture of my personal rock Pantheon, only placed a bit in the background -- my own Sgt Pepper group shot. For a while I thought you were a somewhat angry, bitter guy, but this interview (and a few more recent ones) gave me wonderful insight into your life, and it really changed MY attitude toward you. Many, many thanks, GWN.
