\n The one-time Hollies founder and member of Crosby, Stills and Young has stories to tell and he clearly loves the job.\n<\/p>\n
\n At 83 years of age he enjoys his work travelling the world with his intimate shows full of memories and hits from the many stages of his illustrious career.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is laid back in his delivery with little trace of his Blackpool childhood.\n<\/p>\n
\n Graham lived in California and is now New York based apparent in his endearing trans-Atlantic phraseology.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was a night to celebrate his legacy especially his part in the mould-breaking ‘British invasion’ of America – musically, that is.\n<\/p>\n
\n But opening for him on stage (after Graham’s surprise introduction for his supporting artiste) was\u00a0 Peter Asher- a joy to see and hear.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter was one half of the Everly Brothers-inspired duo Peter and Gordon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n He later became a top record producer and is still a major figure in the music industry.\n<\/p>\n
\n He talked warmly of his actress sister Jane – one time girlfriend of Paul McCartney.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter’s 40 minute set was a beautifully put together ‘documentary’ styled account of an emotional flashback with Peter joined by violin and piano accompaniment.\n<\/p>\n
\n We lost Gordon in 2009 but he is with every\u00a0 performance via a tape recording of World Without Love written by Paul McCartney.\n<\/p>\n
\n Beatles fans in the audience were treated to an actual demo tape played of Paul singing the song which went on to be a hit in 31 countries topping the charts in the UK and USA.\n<\/p>\n
\n Not bad for a song rejected by John Lennon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n There was also a magical version of True Love Ways –\u00a0 the Buddy Holly classic.\n<\/p>\n
\n After the interval, Graham, in cool black t-shirt and jeans topped by a full head of silver hair looks every inch the elder statesman of 60s pop and later the West Coast music sound.\n<\/p>\n
\n He sat down for the whole gig revealing a fall in the Big Apple led to a knee operation\n<\/p>\n
\n “But I didn’t fall on my voice,” he smiled.\n<\/p>\n
\n With guitars to hand he only switched to piano on a song dedicated to Rita Coolidge- the optimistic Better Days.\n<\/p>\n
\n His emotionally-draining ballad A Simple Man about his split with Joni Mitchell echoed throughout the Hall.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n One of many highlights in a stage adorned by candlelight.\n<\/p>\n
\n Graham talked about his love of Liverpool and how the Hollies were discovered after playing a lunchtime concert in the Cavern in 1962.\n<\/p>\n
\n Look Through any Window and Bus Stop were Hollies hits penned by Graham Gouldman of 10cc fame which received rapturous responses.\n<\/p>\n
\n Graham Nash appearing at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Image: Peter Grant)\n<\/p>\n
\n Each CSNY period song was also a master class in how to create and perform unforgettable melodies and lyrics.\n<\/p>\n
\n Marrakesh Express, Our House, Love The One You’re With and Teach\u00a0Your Children all soared – aided every now and then by audience harmonies.\n<\/p>\n
\n There was a wonderful Woodstock and a dazzling final encore with Judy Blue Eyes.\n<\/p>\n
\n This was show where you sat back and enjoyed songwriting of the highest quality from a musician with a big heart and talent to match.\n<\/p>\n
\n 5 Stars<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n Timeless Troubador<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The one-time Hollies founder and member of Crosby, Stills and Young has stories to tell and he clearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115338207814905206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}