Graham Nash 1972

Graham Nash 1972, hand-drawn holding his Epiphone “Texan” FT-79 guitar, in San Francisco, CA – age 30.

Nash is an English-American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

In the early 1960s, Nash co-founded the Hollies, one of the UK’s most successful pop groups, with school friend Allan Clarke, and was credited as the group’s leader on their first album.
He provided lead/background vocals on hits such as “On A Carousel”, “Carrie Anne”, “Bus Stop”, “Look Through Any Window”, “Stop, Stop, Stop” and “Dear Eloise”.
“He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” and “Long Dark Road” were all released on Epic after Nash’s departure.

In 1968 Nash was introduced to David Crosby by mutual friend Cass Elliott in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.
Nash left the Hollies to form a new group with Crosby and Stills. A trio at first, Crosby, Stills & Nash later became a quartet in 1969 with Neil Young.

He penned many of CSN’s most-commercial hit singles such as “Our House” (about the house in Laurel Canyon shared with his then-lover Joni Mitchell); “Teach Your Children” and “Marrakesh Express” (both of which had been rejected by the Hollies); “Just a Song Before I Go”; and “Wasted on the Way”.
Nash, nicknamed “Willy” by his bandmates, has been described as the glue that keeps their often fragile alliances together. His other hits include: “Chicago/We Can Change The World” and “Immigration Man”.

Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010.

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