Graham Nash - Live Songs For Beginners, Wild Tales - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Graham Nash Live is the unique project on which Nash revisits his first two classic solo albums, Songs For Beginners and Wild Tales, recorded live in concert. The live albums were recorded in 2019, each in their entirety with their songs in familiar sequence. Nash was joined on stage by a seven-piece band led by his longtime collaborators, Shane Fontayne (guitar and vocals) and Todd Caldwell (keyboards and vocals), The album was mixed by Grammy Award winner Kevin Killen and mastered by Grammy Award winner Bob Ludwig. An extraordinary Grammy Award winning renaissance artist - and self-described Inchsimple manInch - Nash was inducted twice into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, for his work with CSN and his work as a solo artist, beginning with these two landmark albums, Songs For Beginners and Wild Tales. Nash's lifelong commitment to his work is unwavering. His inspiration is simple InchAll the things we stood for, that love is better than hatred, that peace is better than war, that we have to take care of our fellow human beings, because that's all we have on this planet - those things are still true today. I need to know that I've brought something into the world that was positive and not negative.Inch

2019 . Kicks is an eclectic album of ten cover songs - from InchMack The KnifeInch written in 1928 for a German musical (known in the U.S. as The Threepenny Opera) that became a jazz standard, to InchBad CompanyInch the eponymous theme song for the British rock band written in 1974. The arrangement and instrumentation, by producer Michael Napolitano (Ani DiFranco), provides a fresh and modern sonic infusion on every song. Rickie Lee Jones skyrocketed to fame in 1979 when as a barely known artist she appeared on Saturday Night Live. Performing her biggest hit 'Chuck E's In Love' in her trademark red beret, Time Magazine instantly dubbed her the Duchess of Coolsville. Since then she has gone on to win two Grammy Awards, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone twice, and included in VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.

Graham Nash's tenor is among rock's most recognizable, and as resonant as his voice of conscience as a songwriter. He started The Hollies with his childhood friend Allan Clarke in 1961, before embarking on a lifelong musical journey, solo and with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young. 2023 album from the veteran singer/songwriter. Now is Nash's first studio album in seven years.