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John Wilson talks with musicians about a career-defining album.

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Mastertapes: Series 6: Graham Nash (A-side)

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Graham Nash talks about his debut 1971 solo album, Songs for Beginners.

Rock and Roll Hall of fame inductee Graham Nash talks about his 1971 debut solo album, Songs for Beginners. From 2017.

Graham Nash talks about his debut 1971 album 'Songs For Beginners'.

Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.

In the A-side, Graham talks to John Wilson.

Graham Nash has twice been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame - once with The Hollies and then with Crosby, Stills and Nash. 

In May 1971 he released Songs For Beginners as a solo project (it was one of four solo albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in the wake of their hit album Deja Vu). 

Made directly following his breakup with Joni Mitchell, many of the songs are about their time together. But it's an album that also reflects his political activism and so the confessional "Simple Man" and wistful "Better Days" sit alongside the still prescient "Military Madness" and the heartfelt "Chicago".

In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.

Producer Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.

Mastertapes: Series 6

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