Crosby Nash BBC Simple Man - Marrakesh Express (1 of 5)

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These videos are from a September 11 1970 half hour television performance Graham and David did for the BBC. It was right after CSNY had finished their famous...or infamous... four way street summer tour. with stories of epic melt downs and cosmic feedings between them all, the all star endeavor which had only began two years prior had all but imploded on itself. Fortunately, all of the guys didn't abandon their relationships all together. Neil recruited Stephen, David, and Graham for backing vocals on After the Gold Rush and Harvest. Crosby invited, among other amazing musicians, Nash, and Young to sing and play on his consummate album If I Could Only Remember My Name. (Interestingly, of all the musicians David invited to play on his album: Nash, Young, Jerry Garcia,Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart,Bill Kreutzmann, Jorma Kaukonen, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, Gregg Rolie, and Michael Shrieve...missing was Stephen Stills) Of all the members of CSNY David and Graham's relationship seemed to be the one that stayed most friendly. In these videos you can really see how jovial and genuinely humorous they were with each other and with their audience. not to mention their majestic vocal blending. (the two part harmonies, which sound like five part, on Guinnevere and Song With no Words are particularly mind blowing) If you dig this flavor of Crosby and Nash i would recommend finding a copy of their 10/10/1971 live recording Another Stoney Evening if you haven't already. ------------------------------------------------ This first clip opens with Nash playing Simple Man by himself, then joined by Crosby doing ending harmonies; transitioning to guitars, they play Marrakesh Express. ------------------------------------------------ "[Following the break up] Crosby and Nash embarked on a successful acoustic tour accompanied only by their own guitars and piano, captured for the document Another Stoney Evening. On tour, Nash and Crosby rediscovered the joy they had felt with CSN at first, minus the egotistic in-fighting that had made the last CSNY shows so difficult. That enthusiasm led to the studio for their first album as a duo, a mix of abstract introspection from Crosby and concise pop tunes from Nash prosaically entitled Graham Nash David Crosby, which peaked at #4 on the pop album chart."

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Comments to “Crosby Nash BBC Simple Man - Marrakesh Express (1 of 5)”

  1. BERTRAM, on January 8th, 2009 at 14:38:15 Said:
    Graham Nash told Rolling Stone magazine the story of this song: "In 1966 I was visiting Morocco on vacation to Marrakesh and getting on a train and having a first-class ticket and then realizing that the first-class compartment was completely f--king boring, you know, ladies with blue hair in there — it wasn't my scene at all.
  2. Torrey, on January 8th, 2009 at 15:01:14 Said:
    So I decide I'm going to go and see what the rest of the train is like. And the rest of the train was fascinating. Just like the song says, there were ducks and pigs and chickens all over the place and people lighting fires. It's literally the song as it is — what happened to me."
  3. TABURER, on January 8th, 2009 at 15:24:13 Said:
    future is now!
  4. Braeden, on January 8th, 2009 at 15:47:12 Said:
    Grazie Graham, per questa Canzone...
  5. Gold, on January 8th, 2009 at 16:10:11 Said:
    I love Graham Nash! I wish I was stoned right now. Instead I just have a good Vodka buzz on. :)
  6. Luyu, on January 8th, 2009 at 16:33:10 Said:
    I'm so stoned right now.
  7. LLEW, on January 8th, 2009 at 16:56:09 Said:
    The first song is interesting Graham Nash has some good vocal chops.
  8. AYA, on January 8th, 2009 at 17:19:08 Said:
    Graham Nash wrote both songs: an English citizen until 1978. A pacifying influence in CSN.
  9. Yedidiah, on January 8th, 2009 at 17:42:07 Said:
    Hello boychildnew1, A "colour note" in harmony is the note that sweetens the chord or vocal harmony part. It's usually the happy note, but sometimes it's the most unpredictable and hard-to-find note. Unless you are a trained musician, it can be very difficult to distinguish from other parts. David Crosby is a master of this manipulation.
  10. ROWE, on January 8th, 2009 at 18:05:06 Said:
    As a multi-platinum producer I've heard & produced a lot of singers, but these guys are truly in a class by themselves. All great lead vocalists, but Crosby's harmony is almost always what "we" call the color note (or notes). His parts consistantly exude both a beautiful sadness & an optimism. hi, please explain more about what you mean - im interested, really. "colour notes"?
  11. Hogan, on January 8th, 2009 at 18:28:05 Said:
    eto essonne no misy ahy ary tena mpankafy be an'ireo mpanakanto tononinao reo e. Tsisy hoe mahay mitendry be zany anie fa mba mihirahira fotsiny e lol
  12. Delmer, on January 8th, 2009 at 18:51:04 Said:
    eny e! na antitra aza ry zalahy mbola ao ihany ny talentany, izaho anie tsy dia tena mahay mitendry fa tena mpakafy fotsiny e!fa mbola mianatranatra eny e! fa ianareo aiza ho aiza? fa izaho aty paris(sèvres) aty ka !
  13. Azurine, on January 8th, 2009 at 19:14:03 Said:
    eny e! na antitra aza ry zalahy mbola ao foana ihany ny talentany, izaho anie tsy dia tena mahay mitendry fa tena mpakafy fotsiny e!fa mbola mianatra ihany aloha e! fa ianareo aiza? fa izaho aty paris ( sèvres)aty e!
  14. Maerewine, on January 8th, 2009 at 19:37:02 Said:
    mbola ao tsara daolo ireo na antitra aza e!! ary aiza no misy anareo, tsy hiaraka hitendritendry kely ve e!!
  15. Bealohydig, on January 8th, 2009 at 20:00:01 Said:
    et simon and garfunkel,bob dylan,carole king, elton john,helas!!! ils sont tous vieuxmais j'y crois encore!
  16. ALICIA, on January 8th, 2009 at 20:23:00 Said:
    et james taylor aussi non ? ahahahah !!!! qui sait, un jour peutètr ...
  17. JAFARI, on January 8th, 2009 at 20:45:59 Said:
    Check out his album "its all coming back to me now" the memories come flooding back.
  18. FREYA, on January 8th, 2009 at 21:08:58 Said:
    I've been emulating their style and harmonies for many years, but for me, the pinnacle of Crosby and Nash's achievements would have to be the 'Wind on the water' album. Sheer genius.
  19. Cianni, on January 8th, 2009 at 21:31:57 Said:
    As a multi-platinum producer I've heard & produced a lot of singers, but these guys are truly in a class by themselves. All great lead vocalists, but Crosby's harmony is almost always what "we" call the color note (or notes). His parts consistantly exude both a beautiful sadness & an optimism.
  20. WAUNA, on January 8th, 2009 at 21:54:56 Said:
    quel talent!mon reve c'est que crosby,stiils,nash viennent à madagascar s'ils savaient qu'ils ont des fans là-bas(pas mal plus qu'ils croyaient)
  21. Darcie, on January 8th, 2009 at 22:17:55 Said:
    These guys just ooze talent..it comes so easily for them. BTW "Another Stoney Evening" is avail in a 5.1 surround mix (I bought it some time ago).
  22. Lssse, on January 8th, 2009 at 22:40:54 Said:
    Crosby had the most beautiful voice of the four: incredibly, 40 years and lethal substance abuse did nothing to it. They all can sing, but Crosby's vocal was best.
  23. Rayman, on January 8th, 2009 at 23:03:53 Said:
    ces cinq video à la bbc sont une pure merveille. si quelqu'un a pu voir un instant plus miraculeux que ceci dans sa vie de tous les jours, qu'il vienne m'en parler!
  24. UPTON, on January 9th, 2009 at 23:26:52 Said:
    I'm taking about "Simple Man"
  25. Chann, on January 9th, 2009 at 23:49:51 Said:
    Isn't this on the first solo album he did around 1971? He was still hot & heavy with Joni Mitchell during this taping

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