Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life by Graham NashMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Honestly, I don't think of myself of a CSN/CSNY/Hollies fan much beyond enjoying the radio hits, so I picked this up out of merely a prurient interest from the "Wild Tales". There is really no salacious tell-all, although there are plenty of on-the-road trysts related by matter-of-fact single sentences. Instead, it is a really humbly, reflective memoir about success in music from developing into an awed pop-rock fan of The Everly Brothers and then a harmonizer with The Hollies and finally a founder of CSN with or without the Y. Probably the most revealing and personal portions come from honest assessments of David Crosby during his long, selfish decline into freebasing as well as the character defects of a difficult, unpredictable Neil Young. Also, Nash's personal journey to becoming an American citizen, father, photography buff, and resident of Hawaii completes this fascinating autobiography.
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