Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners (1971)

Songs for Beginners is British singer-songwriter Graham Nash's debut solo studio album, released in May 1971, and one of four high-profile albums released by each partner of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970. It peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and the single "Chicago" made it to No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Songs for Beginners est le premier album studio solo de l'auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique Graham Nash, sorti en mai 1971, et l'un des quatre albums de Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young dans le sillage de leur prédécesseur Déjà Vu. album de 1970. Il a culminé au n ° 15 sur le tableau Billboard Top Pop Albums, et le single "Chicago" a atteint le numéro 35 sur le Billboard Hot 100.

Tracks :

Side one

 1.   "Military Madness" 

        Graham Nash - guitar, vocals; Dave Mason - electric guitar; Joel Bernstein - piano; Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels - bass; Johnny Barbata - drums; Rita Coolidge, P.P. Arnold -- backing vocals

 2.   "Better Days" 

        Nash - piano, organ, vocals; Joe Yankee - piano; Sermon Posthumas - bass clarinet; Samuels - bass; Dallas Taylor - drums; Coolidge - backing vocals; Larry Cox - whiskers

3.    "Wounded Bird" 

        Nash - guitar, vocals

4.    "I Used to Be A King" 

        Nash - guitar, vocals; David Crosby - electric guitar; Jerry Garcia - piano, pedal steel guitar; Phil Lesh - bass; Johnny Barbata - drums

5.    "Be Yourself" 

        Nash - guitar, vocals; Coolidge - piano, electric piano; Fuzzy Samuels - bass; Johnny Barbata - drums; Everyone Loose There - chorus

Side two

1.    "Simple Man" 

        Nash - piano, vocals; David Lindley -- fiddle; Dorian Rudnytsky -- cello; Coolidge - backing vocals

2.    "Man in the Mirror" 

        Nash - guitar, vocals; Yankee - piano; Garcia - pedal steel guitar; Chris Ethridge - bass; Barbata - drums

3.    "There's Only One" 

        Nash - guitar, organ, vocals; Coolidge - piano, backing vocals; Bobby Keys -- saxophone; Ethridge - bass; Barbata - drums; Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison - backing vocals; Cox - whiskers

4.    "Sleep Song" 

        Nash - guitar, paper, comb, vocals; Rudnytsky - cello

5.    "Chicago" 

6.    "We Can Change the World" 

        Nash - guitar, organ, piano, tambourine, vocals; Ethridge - bass; Barbata - drums, tambourine; Coolidge, Fields, Matthews, King, Morrison - backing vocals; Cox - whiskers

Enjoy Music :

Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners (LP)

1971