Allan Clarke on Graham Nash leaving The Hollies

[@sergiohundo7222]

I want to leave a message for Allan Clarke and everyone at The Hollies: Thank you for existing, thank you for being a part of my life, thank you for touching my soul every day, thank you for being who you are, thank you for everything.. .thanks...

[@notbraindead7298]

Amen, Brother, Amen.

[@LG-kl3co]

With you completely, have been a fan since 1964....we all got old together.

[@sergiohundo7222]

@@LG-kl3co I agree with you... our bodies really age, but what we love doesn't, so much that we talk and feel about all this after so many years. It's not a matter of chronological time, It's a matter of feeling, living transcending time. That's what The Hollies songs do, which we feel too.

[@jimhart11]

Do you want to say thanks??

[@sergiohundo7222]

@@jimhart11 That's right. Thanks for sure.

[@bvm3925]

He Ain't Heavy - still one of my favorite songs. Always brings me to tears.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

It has the same effect on me.

[@bengunns]

my Karaoke song

[@bvm3925]

@@bengunns whoa...I'd have to be pretty wasted to even attempt that song in front of a crowd. 😄😄 I hope you do it justice. ✌

[@PaulFormentos]

Me too, lost my little brother in 2019

[@brendanaschinski-bp9dj]

He's so handsome and talented so wonderful and amazing

[@trudyjohnson7893]

Allen Clarke superb singer loved The Hollies one of the greatest groups ever thank you ALL

[@duncanburns9616]

Vocal technique and range was beyond exceptional. What a fantastic era and diversty of music, that still lives on.

[@NareLusinyan]

Նշածներդ ունեցող մեծամասնությունը անհոգի ծլնգոցներ են,հարգելիս,ֆորտեն կապ չունի,շատերն են մատներով եղածն արտագրում ,,տողերին,, գործիքների,բայց հո նվագող չեն?😅լավագույն երգերը մեղմ մրմունջով են ծնվում,դռան տակի ականջ դնողները ,,տեխնիկան,, ' երգը գողանալով' ծյունինգի,կլոնավորման,հոգին մորթելու պահին են ապահովում- երեւի' մտավ😅

[@mrb4886]

We all love you Allan very much. Never forget that. Nice collection of records!!!

[@68blues]

The Hollies were always a class act, those guys shone and no mistake.

[@anthonydavella8350]

Allan Clarke has one of the greatest voices ever, stunning

[@lynneforsyth8231]

Ive always loved The Hollies.. Allan's voice was a stand out vocals wise...I'm from Liverpool and Allan will always be up there next to Beatles to me ❤

[@bjgunn8]

A message for the original Hollies and particularly Graham Nash, when you landed at Shoreham airport in 1963/4 to appear at Brighton this was the nearest they could bring your airplane down and we were queueing. If you can call it a queue it was a massive crowd and the police tried to hold us back when you came down on Shoreham Airport, which is now called Brighton city Airport. But what happened when you landed we all pushed and burst through the police, and rushed your aeroplane chasing all of you all over the airport, which looking back not only dangerous for you but also for us the propellers were still going around!, still running around the plane, chasing you all, all over the airfield., my friend Eileen, who was mad for Graham, cornered him. I was next to her, and all of a sudden she pulled out a great big pair of scissors and cut his tie off, right up to the knot, he ran off. A policeman grabbed my friend. Well, her arm took the scissors. We just run around screaming. It was the best day ever. I want to apologise now, that's if you remember that incident, my lovely Hollies, you all were a massive part of our teenage years, still amongst the best memories of that time, you were fantastic, best time ever, lots of lovexxxx

[@truth1937]

Allan Clark's a legend. True talent.

[@carlt9265]

He was a great singer my fav in all the 60s bands

[@angelawhitmarshfarrar9933]

Allan Clarke ..Best Male Vocalist Ever .The Hollies were a ABFAB Group.And their music still continues to thrill me ❤x Thank you The Hollies .Rock On.. xx

[@derekstocker6661]

Great to see Allan again after so many years, the fabulous sounds these guys created and the performances they did are legendary, especially to Hollies fans. Thanks for this and all best wishes to Allan family!

[@bpivr]

Springfield, Hollies, CSN (and sometimes Y) - such great music.

[@nelidasilviacastro1722]

Toda la Luz del Universo!!!!!!! Hago mucha meditacion!! El poder de la mente!!! Es Hermoso!@LA MUSICA UNE Al UNIVERSO!!!! Soy feliz viendolo tan bien!!!!!!!! Esta hermoso!!! Sea muy Feliz!!!! Se lo ve ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank You !! Lo tendre en mis meditaciones!!!!!! Para la Paz del UNIVERSO!!!! 🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎶🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈Soy Feliz!!! Y@Tienen un ingles puro perfecto!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robbos2611]

Such a hero.....

[@heartofbow]

For me Allan WAS the Hollies despite Grahams massive talent. And personally such a gentle guy who I met a few times when I lived in Hampstead

[@firstvoodoochild]

The Hollies: one of my all time greatest Bands !!!

[@davidcrowe8588]

Mine too buddy.

[@mrleekel]

@@davidcrowe8588 Saw the Hollies on a package tour in CARDIFF ,C'an't remember the other groups .but the HOLLIES were fantastic !

[@paulinefragle3135]

It’s lovely to hear that he’s still with the love of his life & took time out to be with her through her cancer . That’s what Love is . I hear she has now beaten it & that’s just wonderful news ❤

[@gregsavage1880]

At the time of abdication from Hollies to CSN.. it seemed a bit unfair but had he stayed he wouldn't have been happy and now everything turns full circle how they're all great friends later in life and they all respect each other that's quite obvious. but in my personal opinion Alan Clark is one of the best singers, performers this industry has ever seen. If the PA ever broke down I'm sure Mr Clarke could hit the back wall of the auditorium without any amplification. And to just hear him now reminisce about his earlier days is very interesting and bittersweet. I would love to see all of them back on stage just doing their best and they're old songs and having a great time all of them ..Mr Clarke, Nash, Sylvester, Crosby, Stills, Young, All of them and I know I'm certainly not alone in this !

[@duncanburns9616]

Yes, what a symphony of voices. Sheer bejond belief what was created within the relatively short pop era.

[@written12]

Wonderful insights and narrative recall from Allan. I’ll listen to the rest of the interview for sure. Thank you!😊

[@martinlee5604]

You're a wonderful man, Allan.

[@NoviJimB]

'Look Through Any Window' is my favorite Hollies song these days, but for a while in the late summer of 72, around the time I turned 12, I thought 'Long Cool Woman...' was the greatest song ever. Our family lived in Detroit and we were up North staying at a cabin in Traverse City for a week. My next door neighbor and good friend Ricky Jackson was with us and we both loved the song. I have this clear memory of us two going to a Big Boy restaurant and hearing it on a tabletop jukebox. About 40 years later a friend of mine's band was playing at a bar and I sat in on one song with them, it was 'Long Cool Woman'. I did the intro. :)

[@johnnyneverletmedown53]

Long Cool Woman is a great song, but it is Green River revisited. Play them alongside each other and see.

[@genaragaskill915]

I love the AIR THAT I BREATH AND ALL THE SONGS..I listen to it every time i go to wrk..Love the Hollies

[@anthonyshiach5049]

Been a fan of The Hollies since seeing them at Palace Ballroom in Aberdeen in 1963, and went to see Graham Nash in Glasgow recently with The Hollies on same venue the following night, both brilliant shows, Tony Hicks even mentioned the Graham Nash concert so thought he might show at the gig but sadly no

[@philo5096]

This guy is a total rock legend.

[@wagnercabrerisso5986]

*AS AN ELTON JOHN FAN, I CAN SAY VERY CLEAR. AFTER ALL THIS TIME "EVERYBODY IN BRAZIL LOVES ALLAN CLARKE !!💓🇧🇷🙏*

[@MJS-hj1zk]

Not only a great singer, but what an header in the 72 cup final

[@rumien1383]

Thanks to mick Jones 😊

[@MJS-hj1zk]

@rumien1383 who is also a singer, I can see a pattern forming. MOT

[@carlosmascarenhas5121]

The Hollies...Curto muito as músicas deles. Boas lembranças.

[@tessflores785]

No offense to the fab4 fans. I like the Beatles but I LOVE the Hollies. Allan Clarke is in a league of his own as a lead singer.

[@Hal9000ize]

Fair, but Graham really carried the band with his songwriting

[@bernardbaker6803]

@@Hal9000ize King Midas in Reverse? Dear Eloise? etc.... by the numbers Neil Innes type pastiche of Les Beatles I'm afraid..............🦊

[@Hal9000ize]

@@bernardbaker6803 Can't be helped, Graham clearly was influenced by them.

[@barrysmith4999]

Went to see The Hollies at the Golden Garter, Manchester 1970 Nash had already left the group at that stage - they were brilliant that evening none the less

[@BigTimeBoozer]

I'm from Australia, but I have lived and worked in the US and UK. I love America, too, even though many people don't. I was mostly in Detroit and New York City, but I was also in Los Angeles and up in Oakland near San Francisco.

[@pompenner2326]

I love him

[@brendanaschinski-bp9dj]

I love him too

[@scottanderson2458]

I've never bought any of their studio albums but what peerless singles they produced and a fair amount of them written by Graham Gouldman of later 10cc fame. I bought the single of King Midas in Reverse which I loved but it was the b side Everything is Sunshine which I played to destruction, what a gorgeous wee song and hearing it whisks me back to my childhood with a dansette player that I was allowed to take up to my bedroom.

[@draskill1]

Hi Scott, Butterfly and For Certain Because were decent albums. Also The Other Side Of The Hollies which was an album of Hollies B-Sides. If you check out Hollies Sing Hollies from 1969 after Nash had left there is one track written by Allan called My Life Is Over With You. As well as one line I don't want To Hear The Things That You Say there is I've found a new part to play in lifeThere's different actors on my stage. Pretty clear it was aimed at Nash for leaving The Hollies. Interestingly though many years later Graham Nash lamented that he regretted not being part of He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother often regarded as The Hollies greatest song.

[@davidrowbottom9234]

Great underrated band. Brilliant underrated album butterfly by the hollies xxx

[@davidshinn6501]

Highly rated by lots of people. I don't get this "underrated" pose.

[@davidrowbottom9234]

@davidshinn6501 because my friend it's the opposite to overrated as you probably know David and they were a great band that was underrated with there piers as Allan Clark said with the beatles the move the kinks etc. It's only rock n roll banter and chatter David no harm intended. Oh by the way I'm alan of the hollies cousin. But what I've heard butterfly was is that the right word overlooked then

[@tracyjacoby2382]

A true gentleman Allen Clarke is and I've always loved The Hollies music.💕 Graham Nash seems bitter listening to him in a few interviews but I love CSN music too, so their politics is their business.🥺

[@MariaThereseTrademann]

I love you Allan Clarke ,and The Hollies.

[@davidgibbs7232]

Brilliant group.Some great songs.

[@sylviabutler4835]

Love long tall woman in a black dress...thanks for your wonderful music...Sylvia

[@cockshield]

I love long tall women in black dresses too!

[@Officialgrahamnash009]

Thank you so much for your love and support. The support of wonderful fans like you keep me going and strong.

[@luizribeiro4160]

Wonderful. Hollies the best band of the world

[@robertguildford]

My respect for not going into specific details of the split.

[@felroberto]

I am not too young, but just recently l discovered "The Air than l breathe". God, that is the best song ever for me. Thanks Alan, The Hollies, Hammond and Hazlewood🙏🏽

[@normancherry8732]

It just takes a few decades of absence and it makes old faces barely recogniseable, Alan was quite a handsome bloke in his hey day, suddenly seeing him today only serves to remind me of my own mortality.

[@chester_hobbs]

I had no idea until recently that AC did the lead vocal on Alan Parson's Breakdown.

[@markberryhill2715]

Long Cool Woman and He Ain't Heavy will always be on a playlist of mine.

[@allyboy1839]

Allan Clarke one of if not the greatest lead singer this country ever produced he fronted the best band of the sixties in my eyes.

[@mikec3777]

I've seen them live in most of their incarnations. Always a great night. Such an underrated band.

[@davidshinn6501]

Highly rated by lots of people. What's with all this "underrated" nonsense.

[@mikec3777]

@davidshinn6501 Not underrated by me.

[@krakatoa1200]

I have been lucky enough to see the Hollies many times, but after Graham left the band. They always gave a great performance. I train three nights a week to The Hollies Greatest hits.

[@letmetellyalilstory9122]

Legend! Expecting to Fly is one of my favourites too

[@john-fl2qu]

If you have not heard Allan singing WHO from one of his albums give it a listen it is a superb song,very deep and interesting

[@jedworthy]

Hollies were the best group of the 60s!

[@notbraindead7298]

Jackie Edworthy: I'm not sure I agree with that, but I can't think of a reason to disagree with it.

[@markv.5962]

Well ,one of them for sure

[@joanthomas6337]

They were fantastic, up there with the Beatles and Stones for sheer number of hits.

[@liliasgordon3565]

The Hollies they were a brilliant band. I loved "He ain't heavy, he's my brother", "Carrie Ann", "I'm alive", to name a few but my personal favourite is "The air that I breathe" I wail along to that every time. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@terencehernandez9646]

The Hollies made great music and live shows for so many years!

[@Sargebri]

I wonder if the night that Alan was talking about when CSN were practicing in the hotel room was the night that they first sang together.

[@billdescoteaux]

As he was describing his uncertainty at the beginning of the interview, the thought that came to me was "But something's happening and you don't know what it is...... do you, Mr. Clarke?"

[@ubermenchlicheman]

He took the guitar to play "Long Cool Woman" and told us that that was the only song that the group would let him play guitar on! 1976 Germany.

[@wormsnake1]

The Hollies will always be great. What a band.x

[@AndrewMarkely]

The Air that I breath - Massive hit.

[@BackWordsJane]

He became part of an iconic trio Crosby ,Stills &Nash and sometimes Young

[@ynyslochtyn]

Sometimes all you need is the air that you breathe.

[@nelidasilviacastro1722]

Espero haya recibido mensajes!!! Es un milagro!! Jajajajaja❤!! Felicitaciones! Tiene una voz hermosa!!! Ese video es hermoso! 72/75 y estan hoy todos hermosos❤ espero pueda leer ! Que me publiquen!!!!!!❤❤❤!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 soy Felix

[@elisetemaria6371]

Sempre lindo e elegante 😍

[@shauncorless8965]

Thanks for the memories Alan that goal u got against arsenal in final ,was great 😳 didn't know you were a singer though,🤔

[@MichaelEnright-gk6yc]

All I need is the air that I breath.

[@delboyoelmundo4718]

Fantastic band

[@brendanaschinski-bp9dj]

Such a handsome man

[@elisetemaria6371]

Um abraço daqui do Brasil kkk

[@cristinadias8404]

Amo the Hollies.❤️❤️❤️😍😍

[@fs.pureblood]

The Hollies were one of the best bands of the 60s.

[@patmcglone594]

1:39 I think Alan's incorrect, Sgt Pepper released May 26th 1967, Buffalo Springfield Again released November 1967, unless LSD helped The Beatles see into the fiture! 😀

[@davidcrowe8588]

Nash's loss. The Hollies didn't miss him one bit.

[@scottanderson2458]

Maybe not, but then we wouldn't have had the fantastic Crosby Stills and Nash. That first album is absolute gold.

[@mistermousterian]

Tony Hicks was the man.

[@BobK5]

Legend 😎

[@petercurry6222]

Allan Clarke - top guy.

[@domicam100]

I break down, in the middle and lose my thread...........................

[@sblack48]

Who sang the lead vocal on Long Cool Woman?

[@alanmusson8710]

Allways be the group’s,group!

[@rockit6553]

They need to have people who lived that era interviewing these legends. Someone who was there & can totally relate to what the person is actually saying & meaning. It's impossible for that kid to feel or even understand what Allan is saying. He wasn't even around at the time. Like the old saying. You had to have been there.

[@davidsmythe9266]

Better than the Beatles ,classic Alan

[@notbraindead7298]

I not sure the world would agree with you, but your opinion definitely does have merit.

[@LG-kl3co]

@@notbraindead7298 Whilst you cannot knock the phenomenon that was The Beatles, I do say now after all this time when listening to the early to mid sixties Beatles...were they really that good ? Music changes and music appreciation changes, but groups such as Queen, Bon Jovi, The Eagles, U2, Bee Gees, blow them away for complexity and quality in recorded work.

[@notbraindead7298]

@@LG-kl3co Time marches on and after the Beatles came many very good bands. But how much of the output, of the later groups, was given creative license by the Beatles? The biggest change in "pop" music came from the Beatles. All the others copied the format. I look at the bands you listed and I see groups with more the 4 members, groups with the luxury of digital keyboards, groups that had unlimited recording tracks and groups that used studio musicians (session players). None of the groups you listed had the writing skills of the Beatles. Any group can have 1 or 2 hits but the Beatles had DOZENS. I like the groups you mentioned, especially the Eagles, Hollies, and Bee Gees. But I would not say that their overall success was greater than the Beatles.

[@vilmatelemaco7757]

Bom dia, Alan clark fã lindas músicas,bem que,podia ,ter tradução eu n intendo,nada ele ,esta falando pena...

[@arestidesnetoribeirodecast6603]

Muito bom ....seu seu fân

[@paulrocha2014]

Mr. Clarke, with all due respect, is mistaken about the Beatles' 'carnival atmosphere thing' being influenced by the Springfield, whom I adore. On that point, he is most likely referring to Neil Youn'g's "Broken Arrow" from the Springfield canon. That did not appear on their first album (October 1966), their only material released before Pepper. Neither did "Expecting to Fly", which he also cites. They both appeared on The Buffalo Springfield Again, and neither were recorded until Pepper was already in the can, final mixing having been done by April 20. Let me add that I love the Hollies and Allan Clarke's voice; he just happens to be mistaken in his recollection.

[@sandrap6224]

Big Hollies fan.

[@skaybaltimore]

Thanks for this interview. Over the years it's become commonplace to hear Graham Nash talk about how David Crosby tore the heart out of CSN. Yet here, HE'S the one who tore the heart out of The Hollies. So it kind of tempers what he has to say a bit.

[@lurking0death]

Julius Caesar left the Tenth Roman Legion in 61BC. Maximus Commodius hurt his feelings.

[@jenniferwells9032]

Ditto ❤️👍

[@aurajimenez88]

Me gustaría que fuera en Español .

[@ProudtobeEnglish]

Best Manchester band EVER. Oasis don't even come close.

[@JettRink-b8k]

Terry Sylvester was a more dedicated and positive fit for the Hollies. I only watch Hollies concerts where Sylvester is there.

[@claraau3266]

👍👍👍

[@martinrichardhorrocks9869]

Hollies were good but what Graham Nash did next went way beyond

[@bigerichunt9413]

Allan. How did you feel in that infamous training session when Brain Clough said that you won all your medals by cheating....?

[@joea4936]

he didnt say anything about graham. Graham has said that the hollies wouldnt record his songs. so he left. period.

[@truth1937]

Hollies were great.

[@christineh13]

Allan Clarke great voice

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

For those who don't know: Expecting to Fly Turn it up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nquwnWNjl82Bma8

[@davehopping7212]

The Hollies did happy, uplifting, literate, accessible pop-rock, meticulously crafted and exquisitely performed in studio and live. Nash was OK with that success until he hit the Los Angeles drug scene, and all of a sudden his (much like John Lennon's!) dark side came out with things like "King Midas in Reverse". While CSN did do a couple of excellent albums, there was very little gas in their tank afterwards, and their excesses all through their career with and without Young made for an embarrassment to American entertainment. The Hollies, now with Tony Hicks at the helm, continue without missing a beat.

[@ArturoRodriguez-xh3vk]

Bus stop!!

[@PaulSaether]

Wasn't Nash pissed off that The Hollies made a whole album of Dylan songs?

[@johnwatts8346]

the hollies are easily better than c,s & n.