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Naked Lunch

Graham Nash

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Arts, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.9806 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Phil and David have a very, very fine conversation with the legendary singer-songwriter Graham Nash about his strong new solo album called simply, "Now," his long history with The Hollies, his illustrious yet emotionally complex relationship life making music with Crosby, Still & Nash -- and sometimes Young. Along the way, Nash answers fan questions from Adam Levine, Mark Oliver Everett of Eels and The Milk Carton Kids. Hear great stories involving Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty, The Everly Brothers, the "No Nukes" Concerts and so much more. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

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0:00.0

Hey Phil, it's David, and I want to say your house is a very, very, very fine house.

0:10.7

But you're not in it currently because you're on the road filming your show.

0:15.7

Somebody feed Phil.

0:17.2

So it's up to me to introduce our very, very, very, very fine conversation with the legendary Graham Nash.

0:25.3

Let's spill the beans, chew the fat, food for thought and jokes on tap, talking with our mouths full having fun.

0:35.7

A piece of cake and humble pie serving up a slice alive leave the dressing on the side

0:43.3

it's naked lunch clothing optional here i am still living my life right now right now

1:01.3

your new album is called now but the the first thing that right now, and it really is about living in the present.

1:13.4

And I wonder, it's a great album.

1:16.5

It is, you know, in a weird way, it's like the journey you have taken.

1:22.7

It's so great that you've come up with maybe my favorite solo album of yours now, right now.

1:29.3

It's, I have to tell you, I'm very happy with this record. It came, it came together in a very strange way, you know, during the pandemic. I was 80 years old when I made it.

1:40.3

A lot of it was done remotely, meaning that I would put a song down on an acoustic guitar,

1:48.0

put a rough vocal on there. I live in New York, as you know. I would send it to my friend Shane

1:55.0

Fontaine, my guitar player for these 15 years, and he would put on his guitars on a vocal.

2:02.2

He would send it to my friend Todd Caldwell, who's my piano player for a dozen years,

2:07.2

and lives in Brooklyn to put the pianos on, you know, and so it was arranged like that,

2:12.3

every single track.

2:15.0

And it came out beautifully.

2:17.0

It actually feels very, it's a great sounding record, but very intimate, which is, you know, works for the songs.

2:23.6

It feels very personal.

2:24.9

Is it fair to say this is one of your more personal works?

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