Graham Nash of the Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was born on this day in 1942 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Nash co-founded the Hollies with Alan Clarke in the early 60's. He met Stephen Stills and David Crosby during a Hollies US tour and soon after parted ways with the Hollies to form Crosby, Stills and Nash, taking with him some of his best early songs that other Hollies members weren't interested in recording. In addition to his work in the trio and the quartet that included Neil Young, Nash and Crosby have recorded and toured as a duo over the years.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on February 2 include...
1949 Journey’s Ross Valory born.
1959 Rock pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper play Clear Lake Iowa. The plane carrying all three goes down in the early hours of the following morning killing all on board.
1966 Stone Temple Pilots Robert DeLeo born.
1967 A Fender Guitar belonging to Jimi Hendrix gets stolen after he plays a hotel club in Darlington, England.
1968 Simon & Garfunkel record Mrs. Robinson in New York City.
1971 Counting Crows drummer Ben Mize born.
1974 Pyro malfunction during Emerson Lake & Palmer San Francisco concert injures Keith Emerson.
1976 Genesis releases Trick of the Tail
1976 Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Gimme Back My Bullets.
1976 David Bowie opens a US tour in Seattle.
1979 Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols dies of an overdose in New York City while awaiting trial on the murder of his girl friend four months earlier.
1993 The IRS agrees to settle almost $17 million it claimed Willie Nelson owed in unpaid taxes when he offers $9 million.
1996 The Ramones call it quits.
1998 Pearl Jam releases Yield.
2003 Producer Phis Spector is arrested in the killing of actress Lana Clarkson on his estate grounds.
2014 Seahawks embarrass Broncos and Red Hot Chili Peppers embarrass themselves by playing halftime at Super Bowl in New York without their instruments plugged in.
2024 MC5 co-founding guitarist Wayne Kramer dies at 75...
