GRAHAM NASH ( SONGS FOR BEGINNERS ) U.S. SOLO LP w/ NEIL YOUNG, JERRY GARCIA NM

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GRAHAM NASH  1971 U.S. ATLANTIC Records vinyl LP      The cover has light wear the labels and the vinyl  are in NEAR MINTcondition.   Tracks Include:   1. Military Madness
2. Better Days
3. Wounded Bird
4. I Used to Be a King
5. Be Yourself
6. Simple Man
7. Man in the Mirror
8. There's Only One
9. Sleep Song
10. Chicago
11. We Can Change the World

MUSICIANS 

DAVE MASON - Guitar 

RITA COOLIDGE - Backing Vocals, Piano 

NEIL YOUNG – Piano, Guitar 

SEEMON POSTHUMA - Clarinet 

DALLAS TAYLOR - Drums 

JERRY GARCIA - Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar 

PHIL LESH - Bass 

DAVID CROSBY - Electric Guitar 

DAVID LINDLEY - Fiddle 

DORIAN RUDNYTSKY - Cello 

CHRIS ETHERIDGE - Bass 

BOBBY KEYS - Saxophone 

VANETTA FIELDS, SHIRLEY MATTHEWS, CLYDIE KING, DOROTHY MORRISON - Backing Vocals 

"Songs for Beginners is Graham Nash's solo debut apart from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Released in 1971, it is a collection of songs that reflect change, transition, and starting over. The set was recorded in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, in the immediate aftermath of Nash's traumatic breakup with Joni Mitchell. Unlike the colorful dynamism of Stephen Stills' eponymous debut recording, or the acid-drenched cosmic cowboy spaciness of David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, Nash's album is by contrast a much more humble and direct offering. It is a true, mostly introspective songwriter's album full of beautifully performed and wonderfully recorded songs that reflect transition, movement, the desire to look backward and forward simultaneously. Like the aforementioned offering, this one is star-studded in its choice of players and singers: Crosby, Chris Ethridge, Jerry Garcia, Rita Coolidge, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Dave Mason, Neil Young (under the pseudonym "Joe Yankee"), David Lindley, Bobby Keys, Phil Lesh, Dallas Taylor, and drummer John Barbata reflect some of the personnel on this heady yet humble session." - Thom Jurek & allmusic.com