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Happy birthday to Graham Nash! This member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young did a lot of duo work with David Crosby, but only one duo single with Neil Young. Name it.
Answer: War Song
Here’s the rest of the Rock N’ Roll Diary for Groundhog Day, February 2:
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Happy Birthday: Singer/songwriter Graham Nash of the Hollies, and of course, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
1973: at an Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert in San Francisco, Keith Emerson was burned and injured his hand when a keyboard specially rigged to shoot fireworks exploded prematurely.
1973: “The Midnight Special” premiered on NBC-TV.
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1978: Van Halen signed with Warner Brothers Records.
1987: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live 1975-1985 went gold and platinum on the same day. The box set entered the charts at #1.
1994: Rock promoter Sid Bernstein announced plans for a 25th anniversary Woodstock festival. The eventual concert lost millions of dollars.
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2001: The city of Detroit, which was going to give Ted Nugent the keys to the city, decided not to because of Ted’s controversial views on race and immigration.
From the WZLX Ticket Stash… KISS rocked the Providence Civic Center in 1977 all night, and partied every day.
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