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Graham Nash isn\u2019t shy about weighing in on social and political issues. (COURTESY OF AMY GRANTHAM)<\/p>\nThroughout a long and storied career, Graham Nash has seen and done it all.<\/p>\n
From his days in the early \u201960s as a member of the Merseybeat act The Hollies in his home country of England, through high-profile times in Crosby, Stills & Nash and, later, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, he\u2019s always sought to accomplish something.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think CSN and CSNY, particularly, I\u2019ve always wanted to make music that would encourage people to shake their ass and encourage people to think,\u201d he tells Rock Music Menu. \u201cWe\u2019ve always tried to do that.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve always tried to do the best music that we can. And that\u2019s what happens when people come and see me today. In this chaotic world, as it is politically and with climate change, it\u2019s nice for people to come and have an experience of at least a couple of hours of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nash will be hoping to provide a period of tranquility tomorrow night as he kicks off his latest tour at the Lansdowne Theater, the first of a full slate of shows that extend into the fall. Not bad for one of the key singer\/songwriters of the Woodstock Generation, who turned 84 years old recently.<\/p>\n
As part of the vaunted counterculture movement of the \u201960s and \u201970s, Nash has often found himself on the front lines of speaking up for those without a voice. He\u2019s often targeted the corruption in politics or those in charge who take advantage of the regular people just trying to get by.<\/p>\n
The result is a catalog of downright timeless songs, like the 1972 hit \u201cImmigration Man,\u201d which was based on a real-life issue he had trying to enter the United States, something that couldn\u2019t be more appropriate given the current situation in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems to happen to me a lot,\u201d Nash says of his material continuing to resonate. \u201cI mean, \u2018Teach Your Children\u2019 is still incredibly relevant today. And, as you say, \u2018Immigration Man,\u2019 and \u2018Chicago\/We Can Change the World,\u2019 and \u2018Military Madness.\u2019 They\u2019re all incredibly relevant even today.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s both a thrill for me and an honor. At the same time, it\u2019s a pain in the ass that we haven\u2019t learned much from history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham Nash isn\u2019t shy about weighing in on social and political issues. (COURTESY OF AMY GRANTHAM)<\/p>\n
With a cursory look at Nash\u2019s social media it\u2019s obvious he\u2019s not in the habit of holding his tongue, especially when it comes to the current presidential administration.<\/p>\n
Asked if he had more hope now for the future of the world than he did when he was younger, when all of those important, era-defining songs about change were coming from the likes of Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, and, of course, Crosby, Stills &Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, his response was blunt.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Look at what\u2019s happening to humanity, look what\u2019s happening to what Trump is doing,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I really believe that a lot of people that voted Trump in for the second time, they were much more interested in the price of eggs rather than what Trump is doing. I mean, he\u2019s very autocratic. He\u2019s very much a dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not all black and white, though, in some respects. One thing Nash is conscious of is that as a civilization, and the humanity he keeps referring to, we\u2019re all in this together, despite all of the differences.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd particularly with a president that we have right now that is intent on dividing us and making us fear the future rather than embrace the wonderful things about humanity,\u201d he says. \u201cI mean, humanity goes from Jeffrey Dahmer, (who) eats people, to somebody that put us on the moon, and Einstein, this incredible range of humanity is very apparent to me these days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nowadays, there\u2019s so much on Nash\u2019s radar that\u2019s come into view with a much clearer lens. Sober for some time, he says he\u2019s not addicted to anything, \u201cexcept maybe sugar.\u201d Discussing the trend among today\u2019s youth of being \u201csober curious\u201d and abstaining from alcohol but embracing marijuana, he brings it back to one of his most well-known compositions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of like my song, \u2018Teach Your Children.\u2019 We have a lot to learn from our kids, but they have a lot to learn from us, too,\u201d Nash says. \u201cAnd one of the things that they\u2019re learning is that drink really (messes) people up. I don\u2019t know many \u2026 I\u2019ve never heard of many murderers that smoke weed; we\u2019re smoking weed. It\u2019s usually that they\u2019re blind drunk and have no control over their faculties.<\/p>\n
So, there is a lot to learn from our kids, and our kids are learning from us, and it seems to be that they\u2019re taking it in good stride here.\u201d<\/p>\n
A two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee \u2014 with both The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash \u2014 and a recipient of the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, better known as an OBE, Nash certainly doesn\u2019t sound like someone who is nearing the finish line.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m English. I want to get the job done, whatever the job is,\u201d he says. \u201cIf we\u2019re making an album, then let\u2019s make the best album we can right now. And I feel incredibly healthy. I\u2019m 84, and I know that my life is probably coming to an end soon, but I certainly want to stick around until I\u2019m at least 100.\u201d<\/p>\n
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