Covers his childhood and the early days of the Hollies. Includes interview segments with him, his sisters, Allan Clarke, and Bobby Elliott. Sorry for all the audio hiss--this came off an old VHS tape.
I came to know the Hollies just recently when I listened “Long cool woman dress in black” that I had heard once as a little girl, now I am in love with them , they’re nothing to envy the Beatles
The Hollies were as great as the Beatles in the mid 60's - their records are great to listen even know - my favorite album is "Evolution" (1967) - Graham Nash was very important in the band as he was later with CSN&Y
Lawrence Cerf Agreed, u cant compare them. The Stones werent singers. The Beatles were song writers. The Hollies were a funtime band. Nothingheavy or sad. Just a good time and happy sounds. I didnt care for Graham that much. Prima donna. Show off.
listening to graham nash brings back so many memorys for me i lived maybe 100 miles from him at the same time and when he tells about his father going to prison for one year for a 20 pound camara ..i was sent away for 6 months for not going to school all the time and and tapping a telephone without paying ha ha how times have changed.....
Well "Here I Go Again" was the first U.S. album on Imperial in 1964. Their first album in England was "Stay With The Hollies" on Parlaphone in late 1963. Why would this documentary have gotten that wrong?!
..and thankyou to the cargo transports that used tons of old vinyl records and comic bbooks as ballast on cargo ships that unloaded in Liverpool and port of London after ww2.
No mention of Buddy Holly as the inspiration of the group's name? What an omission. (Unless, of course, that wasn't the case. -- doubtful,at best, given their love of early American R&R acts)
Based on what I read in his book, it sounds to me like that was what his Dad said to try and save face. Graham says he doesn't know, but at the time he knew his Dad did not have the money for all of the photography supplies that suddenly appeared.
From what I read....it was Graham's aunt who actually stole the camera and then sold it to William his father!!! So William's sister was the thief and she did that often. William covered for his sister and her husband.
Sad for the zoo animals...😢💔. Thankfully, that foolishness is no more, or not as bad. That being said, thank you for this video. The Hollies were one of my favorite 1960’s era bands. Best music generation ever. His Dad’s friend wasn’t much of a friend letting his Dad go to prison...😡😡
What a welcome to the world! Here you go kid, don't mind WWII going on in the background. Your hospital's birth wing will not be levelled, not on this day at least.
library talking nothing Happens in Athen's. NASH's an 1yrs in Jail died later. deep emotional scar's no 5000.00 Anger Management like me. only mis-deamor how to tell them, JoJo payback song playing in the Airport doing juggling. Kelly walking by downtown "I love your hat Johnny. I love it.", Hank Lawyer yelling "Get inside Johnny. I don't want you outside it's too cold an wet for you.", 12pm juggling, Tiki couple gave me 5.00 Wow, "It's nice out, we like the weather Johnny, good juggling. Wow.".
No you didn't go outside to the toilet in the middle of the night, you went on the "goes under" for a number 1, you only went outside for a number 2. Had to wipe your bum but newspapers, before toilet paper was available/affordable.
Listen carefully...insert 'J, P, & G' on the vocals of "Bus Stop"...and the source of the 'Hollies' first huge American 'hit' becomesvery clear! Graham and Clarke are 'fudging a bit' when it comes to the '62-'67 era...they dead copied every thematic instrumental elementas well as vocal harmony and 'bridge-structuring'...and flat-out lifted every 'Ringo lick' there was! (it reminds me of the 'Romantics' hit-single "What I Like About You"...every aspect of that song was as "Beatle" as "Beatle" can get!) (of course. if you're gonna' copy...who better to 'copy' from?)
A lot of these groups like the Hollies, Kinks, etc were started around the same time as the Beatles. Who influenced whom is open for debate. The Beatles no doubt broke big before the others, but it doesn't mean the others copied them. Its not like the Beatles didn't have American influences too.
Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. They ALL influenced and collaborated and supported each other back then. Luckily for us and our listening pleasure.
Ah this American thing rears its ugly head again. The Hollies had about 8 British and European hits before Bus stop whereas the Americans think Bus stop was the first Hollies hit ? The British groups were all doing covers of the US Rock and Roll before any one of them (Beatles included) had any hit records at all. So they had all developed their own particular sound. BUT, if you want to talk Beatles then listen to how they were influenced (along with many others) by your very own Beach Boys. Most British groups sounded like covers band in the mid 1960's when you compare with Would it be nice, God only Knows, Good Vibrations, California Girls. The production on those four songs alone was a country mile ahead of anything being done in the UK....the Brits had some serious catching up to do.
Yeah, If you're gonna copy, why not the EVERLY BROTHERS, good enough for the Beatles, and the Beatles were good enough for the Hollies! Even Lennon said that "All music is RE-HASH", and king Solomon said there was "Nothing new under the sun"! Get a GRIP, and lose the "GRIPE"!
Don't like him. He. Didn't. Like. Blackpool. I love beautiful Blackpool he's nowt. With out. Clark . Nelson lancs pendle Tony's home my home as well 🇬🇧🙄🙏
