Graham Nash Reminisces on Failed Friendship with ‘Amazing Man’ David Crosby
“You say things in anger, and you try and take them back, and you can’t sometimes,” Nash said on Deep Tracks.
It has been more than two years since the falling out between Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmates Graham Nash and David Crosby. The 45-year friendship ended in a public feud, resulting in the group’s disbandment (they would have been together for 50 years in 2019).
Graham spoke with Paul Schaffer on Deep Tracks at the SiriusXM New York City studios about the status of his relationship with Crosby, his solo career, and CSN(Y).
When Shaffer asked Nash about his comments on Crosby “ripping the soul out of Crosby, Stills & Nash,” Nash responded, “You know, you say things in anger, and you try and take them back, and you can’t sometimes, you know, ’cause words are very powerful.”
Nash continued to reminisce about both the band and his failed friendship, recounting how he first met Crosby through The Mamas & The Papas singer Cass Elliot (Mama Cass).
“I became friends with David ever since. David is an amazing man,” Nash said.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer went even further down memory lane to a 1965 “Soupy Sales” show, for which the band performed.
During the show, he saw a fight between Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix, where he caught Little Richard saying, “Don’t you ever play a guitar with your teeth again!” The fight was so hilarious to Nash that he still remembers it to this day.
