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Wild Tales by Graham Nash - a classic rock memoir of the legendary Hollies front man and member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Graham Nash, lead singer and principal songwriter of the Hollies, then member of supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, made the incredible and possibly unique journey from 60s Manchester to Swinging London to sunny California. And along the way he created many of the iconic songs which defined a generation that began with the opening salvos of the British Rock revolution and ended with the last embers of Woodstock: 'Bus Stop', 'Carrie Anne', 'Marrakesh Express', 'Teach Your Children', among many others.

In this candid and riveting autobiography Nash tells it all: growing up in poverty in postwar Manchester, founding the Hollies with schoolfriend Allan Clarke and the incredible success that followed, friendships with all the great British bands of the 60s including the Beatles, the Stones and the Kinks, decamping to America and becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell (for whom he wrote 'Our House'),achieving superstardom with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young.

From London to Laurel Canyon, the story is extraordinary: the love, the sex, the jealousy, the drugs, and the magical music-making. With an amazing range of characters including John Lennon, Mama Cass, Janis Joplin, Elton John, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, not to mention Presidents Carter, Clinton and Obama, Wild Tales is one of the great rock and rock stories which befits someone who has been inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This book will be adored by Graham Nash fans and takes its rightful place in the pantheon of classic music memoirs alongside Book Dylan's Chronicles, Keith Richards' Life and Neil Young's Waging Heavy Peace.

Graham Nash was born in Blackpool in 1942 and brought up in Salford. He was cofounder with his schoolfriend Allan Clarke of the Hollies - one of the most successful British pop groups of the 1960s for whom he was lead-singer and one of the principal songwriters. In 1968 he left the UK to live in California, where he became part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash (later, after Neil Young joined, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). Unusually he has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for the Hollies and for CSNY, and in 2010 he received the OBE. He is noted for his political and charity work (he played Occupy Wall Street in 2011), is a serious photographer, and has homes in California and Hawaii.

From Graham Nash - the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash - comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every music fan.

Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll - he's written more than two hundred songs, including such classic hits as 'Carrie Anne', 'Simple Man', 'Our House', 'Marrakesh Express' and 'Teach Your Children'. From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders of Woodstock, he has rock 'n' rolled wherever music mattered. Now for the first time he tells his story: his childhood in run-down post-War Manchester; founding The Hollies with schoolfriend Allan Clarke and the string of hits that followed; the incredible 60s London music scene; moving to the States and becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most important work; meeting Stephen Stills and David Crosby and reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a musician and political activist.

Nash has valuable insights into a world and time many think they know from the outside but few have experienced at its epicentre, and equally wonderful anecdotes about the people around him: the Beatles, the Stones, Paul Simon, Mama Cass, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, and other rock luminaries. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a fascinating account of an extraordinary life - with all the highs and the lows; the love, the sex and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity - and sanity - of a magical era of music.