Graham Nash - Live Acoustic, 2010-2016

Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young (CSNY) released a new solo album, "Now," in May 2023. It was such a low-key release that I didn't notice until now, two months later. To celebrate that, here's an album from him.

Nash tends to get knocked as the most lightweight and poppy of the four singer-songwriters in CSNY. And while that is probably true, he is still very worthy as a solo artist. I've fallen in that trap by posting solo albums by Crosby, Stills, and Young but not Nash, but I'll try to rectify that with this post and others.

Nash's last solo album came out in 2016 and was called "This Path Tonight." I think it's a particularly strong album, so you might want to check it out if you've missed it. This album largely focuses on that. The first five songs are from 2010 to 2015, and are generally acoustic versions of CSNY classics, with the exception of a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue." There's also an interesting version of the Neil Young song "Ohio," except sung by Nash. But the other nine songs were done in support of his "This Path Tonight" album, and mostly consist of songs from that album, though there are versions of "Bus Stop," which Nash did with the Hollies, and "Just a Song Before I Go" and "Military Madness" from the 1970s.

The vast majority of the songs here were performed by Nash for in-person radio station appearances. ("Peggy Sue" was done for a small audience at a museum, and "Mississippi Burning" is a "This Path Tonight" bonus track, and the only song officially released here.) As a result, the sound quality is excellent, usually on par with studio recordings. There's a little bit of clapping at the end of a few songs, but not much. I deliberately avoided any actual concert recordings to keep the focus on acoustic versions and to keep the sound quality high.

Nash wrote all the songs for his 2016 album with lead guitarist Shayne Fontayne. On the vast majority of the songs here, it's just Nash and Fontayne on guitars, with Fontayne sometimes singing backing vocals. Note that although "Mississippi Burning" is a bonus track, it sounds like it was recorded live as an acoustic duo in front of a small audience, so it fits in with the others.

This album is 48 minutes long.

01 Peggy Sue (Graham Nash)
02 Chicago (Graham Nash)
03 Ohio [Nash Vocals Version] (Graham Nash)
04 Our House [Guitar Version] (Graham Nash)
05 Teach Your Children (Graham Nash)
06 Mississippi Burning (Graham Nash)
07 Golden Days (Graham Nash)
08 Bus Stop (Graham Nash)
09 Myself at Last (Graham Nash)
10 This Path Tonight (Graham Nash)
11 Just a Song Before I Go (Graham Nash)
12 Encore (Graham Nash)
13 Another Broken Heart (Graham Nash)
14 Military Madness (Graham Nash)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15429728/GrahmN_2010-2016_LveAcoustc_atse.zip.html

The cover photo was taken at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on November 16, 2016.