I would go see Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at any venue and in any configuration so this Graham Nash solo concert was interesting and unusual at the time. I sat in the loge section to the right of the stage and my thoughts at the time were that this was Nash doing his “ Neil Young” thing. I can recall Graham Nash sitting solo at the piano with harmonica and I know that I enjoyed the show at the time. Years later I attended Town Hall in Manhattan to see Graham Nash with band perform two albums in their entirety. I do not always agree with Graham’s politics but I am one of those guys that believes everyone is entitled to their opinion (even if it is wrong). At one point fairly early on in the concert during his between song chatter, Nash said “The NYPD murdered Eric Garner” which took me aback and instantly put me in a foul mood. I think everyone would agree Eric Garner’s death was a tragedy but it was not murder; and to say that the “New York City Police Department” murdered Mr. Garner is just wrong and inflammatory. The Town Hall was pretty quiet after he made his remark and my wife and I were just a few rows back from the left side of the stage so if I had shouted something Nash most certainly would have heard me. My wife would have walked out when Graham went out of his way to demonize the great men and women of the NYPD but when you attend a Graham Nash concert you go expecting some political commentary so I grimaced and watched the rest of the show a little pissed off. While I do love the man and his music, I will always regret not having yelled “it was a tragedy but not murder” to Graham Nash that night.

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