Graham Nash
Kent Stage
Kent, OH
August 23, 2024
(JoeRay Master Series Volume 46)
16/44

Recording: Schoeps mics MK4�s > NBOX preamp > Sound Device Mix Pre 3-ii

Transfer: Master .wav (24/96) > iZotope RX / ozone (mastered) > 16/44 > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Wasted on the Way
02 Marrakesh Express
03 Military Madness
04 I Used to Be a King
05 Right Between the Eyes
06 Bus Stop
07 To the Last Whale...A. Critical Mass - B. Wind On The Water
08 Immigration Man
09 Better Days
10 Love the One You're With
11 Simple Man
12 4 + 20
13 Wounded Bird
14 Taken at All
15 Prison Song
16 Just a Song Before I Go
17 Cathedral
18 Our House
19 Teach Your Children
20 Find the Cost of Freedom
21 Ohio

Known Faults:
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Graham Nash still going strong and sounding as good as ever at 82, JoeRay gives us more details and thoughts around the night and his excellent capture.

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At 82 and still touring, Graman Nash is a survivor. He started off with the Hollies and then fell in love with the sounds of David Crosby and Stephen Stills. Soon, in 1969 and then 1970, he was part of the supergroup, CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG. Graham has been touring solo or with his own band since 2013 after CSN stopped touring. In the last 12 years, Graham has been touring and performing up to 143 shows a year.

This concert featured a mix of Graham�s own songs and those of CN, CSN, & CSNY. It was a strong concert that ended with the local favorite, OHIO which was inspired in Kent, OH at Kent State University. I was in high school and playing hockey in Kent the day the 4 Students were shot by the Ohio National Guard after a fascist president (Nixon) cracked down on college protests. Today, we face echoes of that era. Fifty-five years ago, it was Nixon. Now, it�s Trump. Five years ago, David Crosby played his last concert at the Kent Stage. This day, Graham kept David's spirit alive by performing many of the songs that they made famous during the last 55 years.

I was accompanied to the concert by my dear mom, Betts Skrha, age 95 who attended the first CSNY tour of Cleveland with me back in 1969. I recorded the concert using a matched pair of Schoeps mics MK4�s, NBOX preamp and Sound Device Mix Pre 3-ii 32 bit recorder.

Thanks for listening...Joe Ray

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