The Hollies - Graham Nash Documentary Pt. 1/2

Covers his childhood and the early days of the Hollies. Includes interview segments with him, his sisters, Allan Clarke, and Bobby Elliott. Sorry for all the audio hiss--this came off an old VHS tape.

[@cherylb2008]

Love the Hollies Wonderful voices

[@elizabethsullivan4560]

I came to know the Hollies just recently when I listened “Long cool woman dress in black” that I had heard once as a little girl, now I am in love with them , they’re nothing to envy the Beatles

[@mariashaffer-gordon3561]

I accidentally watched part 2 before part 1. Thanks for the documentary. For anybody who's interested, his autobiography, Wild Tales, is a great read.

[@patriciacollier128]

Thanks, I'll check it out!

[@TheCatalunya]

listening to graham nash brings back so many memorys for me i lived maybe 100 miles from him at the same time and when he tells about his father going to prison for one year for a 20 pound camara ..i was sent away for 6 months for not going to school all the time and and tapping a telephone without paying ha ha how times have changed.....

[@hugovallenas]

The Hollies were as great as the Beatles in the mid 60's - their records are great to listen even know - my favorite album is "Evolution" (1967) - Graham Nash was very important in the band as he was later with CSN&Y

[@lawrencecerf4986]

Very good...but the Beatles and Stones were great.

[@ziblot1235]

Lawrence Cerf Agreed, u cant compare them. The Stones werent singers. The Beatles were song writers. The Hollies were a funtime band. Nothingheavy or sad. Just a good time and happy sounds. I didnt care for Graham that much. Prima donna. Show off.

[@mns8732]

True, but hollies had bad mgmt.

[@hugovallenas]

@@mns8732 Sure indeed.

[@malcolml309]

I agree; Evolution was their best album.

[@lorrainebennett7528]

Graham's sister looks so like him!

[@SouthBayRick]

Thank you for sharing this documentary.

[@dadisaliveandwell]

From a VHS tape, this is actually pretty good. The content matter is wonderful.

[@robertwalker818]

GROWING UP WITH THE GREATEST BAND, THE HOLLIES"!! THEY WERE THE BEST" I'M STILL LISTING TO THEM NOW, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS"!!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

When you’ve listed so long you can end up actually being on your side. 😂

[@CheshireCatband]

Thank you for this...nice. I thought there's gotta' be more to Dad's story than they touched on here.

[@katc5051]

Thanks for posting!

[@clarkewi]

Love the Hollies.

[@PaulButtrill]

Look up the The Hollies singles and albums charts stats. It's impressive.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

..and thankyou to the cargo transports that used tons of old vinyl records and comic bbooks as ballast on cargo ships that unloaded in Liverpool and port of London after ww2.

[@tedmartin5239]

Both my mother's parents were born, raised and married in Salford.

[@tedmartin5239]

Ordsall.

[@brendanaschinski-bp9dj]

Graham Nash looks so good in this video

[@johnyards5911]

The Hollies didn´t cover the Searchers . The Searchers covered The Hollies .

[@simonac688.]

They just dont make them like them anymore sadly ❤️

[@terrysfreefoodtv]

I remember that air song when I was 12.

[@matthatter2849]

Well "Here I Go Again" was the first U.S. album on Imperial in 1964. Their first album in England was "Stay With The Hollies" on Parlaphone in late 1963. Why would this documentary have gotten that wrong?!

[@MultiJeangenie]

It was the Biography Channel so it's by-the-numbers.

[@nextsongs4god480]

That’s not a friend that lets you go to jail for him.

[@LG-kl3co]

Well known "defence" in legal proceedings....blame it on someone else ! (In some cases the person never actually exists....)

[@Townshend90125]

Their first album was actually “Stay With The Hollies”

[@gerr2035]

His sister Elaine looks just like him.

[@josephamego1528]

can't understand why there was a repeat of girls, girls and more girls at the end of the video.

[@w9x7cv3vg6]

josephamego1528 hee hee cause girls girls wanna be with the guys to get high end goodies

[@khtyson1]

Graham Nash's wife Susan was on the TV show Ozzie's Girls

[@arthurlockwood8735]

Up the Liverpool people love them xxx

[@PieterPrinceMusic]

Graham's dad friend wan't really a friend. If you knew your friend was going to go to prison for something you did, would you let him go to prison?

[@JimDorman]

Based on what I read in his book, it sounds to me like that was what his Dad said to try and save face. Graham says he doesn't know, but at the time he knew his Dad did not have the money for all of the photography supplies that suddenly appeared.

[@PieterPrinceMusic]

Oh I see... maybe it wasn't a friend.. perhaps a bloke in the pub? Maybe he nicked the stuff himself? :)

[@ambrosearts]

From what I read....it was Graham's aunt who actually stole the camera and then sold it to William his father!!! So William's sister was the thief and she did that often. William covered for his sister and her husband.

[@rustyhguitar1]

3:43 is that a Maton El Toro?

[@musicbymark]

Is that narrator Kevin Bacon?

[@chrisbacos]

yes

[@ChefGregEnriquez]

Sounds like Ray Liotta doing his Goodfellas voiceover.

[@greenbeagle13]

Sad for the zoo animals...😢💔. Thankfully, that foolishness is no more, or not as bad. That being said, thank you for this video. The Hollies were one of my favorite 1960’s era bands. Best music generation ever. His Dad’s friend wasn’t much of a friend letting his Dad go to prison...😡😡

[@tedthesailor172]

A year in the slam for the "crime" of not ratting on your friend...

[@michellelambert8729]

His mom was very beautiful.

[@ginocandia5770]

😊😊I'm very pleased to know I'm not the only one that loves the song but when last did you play it?

[@DeniseFactor]

My Dad , God bless him was born in Salford in 1933

[@burlingtonbill1]

Love Graham Nash's songs but never that big of a CSN(Y) fan. Hollies, yes, solo, yes.

[@jerryhayes2351]

I'm Alive!

[@teddtarr]

No mention of Buddy Holly as the inspiration of the group's name? What an omission. (Unless, of course, that wasn't the case. -- doubtful,at best, given their love of early American R&R acts)

[@tedmartin5239]

Not true that folk did not "live together" . many did.

[@backach1]

hollies were good but doubt if they could beat the Beatles as out of all the groups the Beatles had the realist sound

[@boffeycn]

All sound is real dear.

[@CheshireCatband]

6:50 mag's called OASIS....mmmmm.....

[@vampyros1]

@7:15 LOL

[@williamblair9597]

What a welcome to the world! Here you go kid, don't mind WWII going on in the background. Your hospital's birth wing will not be levelled, not on this day at least.

[@TheRobertino2001]

You don’t go to prison for a year for stealing a camera. He must have had a bit of previous 🤔

[@Kaiserbill99]

His father was either lying or is an idiot. No man should put a friend, least of all one guilty of theft, before the well being of his wife and kids.

[@georgescarlett2320]

That's what I thought as well!

[@georgescarlett2320]

Do you not notice a "Loop" at the end of this??????????

[@lamper2]

why does it say the cavern-manchester

[@w9x7cv3vg6]

ummmm thats the name of the night club in manchester

[@aaronsmith5954]

How would I know 🙄🤔

[@mikeheap7978]

No you didn't go outside to the toilet in the middle of the night, you went on the "goes under" for a number 1, you only went outside for a number 2. Had to wipe your bum but newspapers, before toilet paper was available/affordable.

[@Nacho66]

Sounds like Kevin Bacon narrating. I know a Philly accent anywhere.

[@m.walker8302]

Dirk Diggler ok, "Dirk Diggler"

[@lawrencecerf4986]

Yes Kevin... a Philly? Oh no!

[@johnleffler52]

library talking nothing Happens in Athen's. NASH's an 1yrs in Jail died later. deep emotional scar's no 5000.00 Anger Management like me. only mis-deamor how to tell them, JoJo payback song playing in the Airport doing juggling. Kelly walking by downtown "I love your hat Johnny. I love it.", Hank Lawyer yelling "Get inside Johnny. I don't want you outside it's too cold an wet for you.", 12pm juggling, Tiki couple gave me 5.00 Wow, "It's nice out, we like the weather Johnny, good juggling. Wow.".

[@m.walker8302]

John Leffler drugs are bad for ya

[@fmmaj9noname332]

Does anything you said make sense on your planet? Just curious.

[@josephweaver335]

graham was awesome, but without Crosby and nash, he was just graham, my opinion!

[@WestVirginiaPatriot]

What?????Read your post please clarify!

[@janinebolton1915]

Graham is Nash. Crosby, Stills, Young (sound familiar?) are the balance of the group.

[@lamper2]

ha ha graham was awesome but he needed nash?

[@neilemac]

Friend and I just laughing our collective buns off at the absurdity of 'jw's comment. Thanks for clarifying all. ;-)

[@gerr2035]

I just saw Graham for 2 solo shows...he was awesome!

[@kenjohan]

Later, in the US of A, he became a celebrated dopey.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

Listen carefully...insert 'J, P, & G' on the vocals of "Bus Stop"...and the source of the 'Hollies' first huge American 'hit' becomesvery clear! Graham and Clarke are 'fudging a bit' when it comes to the '62-'67 era...they dead copied every thematic instrumental elementas well as vocal harmony and 'bridge-structuring'...and flat-out lifted every 'Ringo lick' there was! (it reminds me of the 'Romantics' hit-single "What I Like About You"...every aspect of that song was as "Beatle" as "Beatle" can get!) (of course. if you're gonna' copy...who better to 'copy' from?)

[@ogam5]

......NO coincidence that, as Graham GOULDMAN had ALWAYS been influenced in his songwriting by the Fabs.....

[@ijeff2005]

A lot of these groups like the Hollies, Kinks, etc were started around the same time as the Beatles. Who influenced whom is open for debate. The Beatles no doubt broke big before the others, but it doesn't mean the others copied them. Its not like the Beatles didn't have American influences too.

[@wascawywabbit0987]

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. They ALL influenced and collaborated and supported each other back then. Luckily for us and our listening pleasure.

[@LG-kl3co]

Ah this American thing rears its ugly head again. The Hollies had about 8 British and European hits before Bus stop whereas the Americans think Bus stop was the first Hollies hit ? The British groups were all doing covers of the US Rock and Roll before any one of them (Beatles included) had any hit records at all. So they had all developed their own particular sound. BUT, if you want to talk Beatles then listen to how they were influenced (along with many others) by your very own Beach Boys. Most British groups sounded like covers band in the mid 1960's when you compare with Would it be nice, God only Knows, Good Vibrations, California Girls. The production on those four songs alone was a country mile ahead of anything being done in the UK....the Brits had some serious catching up to do.

[@georgescarlett2320]

Yeah, If you're gonna copy, why not the EVERLY BROTHERS, good enough for the Beatles, and the Beatles were good enough for the Hollies! Even Lennon said that "All music is RE-HASH", and king Solomon said there was "Nothing new under the sun"! Get a GRIP, and lose the "GRIPE"!

[@XavierKatzone]

In "Graham-er" school! 😉

[@anthonymorano3255]

This only picks up local channels in your area . Nothing special about this . Remember no CNN or CNBC TV land you get what you pay for .

[@arthurlockwood8735]

Don't like him. He. Didn't. Like. Blackpool. I love beautiful Blackpool he's nowt. With out. Clark . Nelson lancs pendle Tony's home my home as well 🇬🇧🙄🙏