Graham Nash

Here's the great Mr. Nash,

Graham Nash,

he of Crosby, Stills and -

he of "Teach Your Children"

and "Our House" and so many

classic songs, he who completed

the trio when Crosby and Stills

were still a new duo, singing

Stephen's "You Don't Have To

Cry" in two-part harmony

in Cass "the catalyst" Elliot's

Laurel Canyon home,

when Graham, he of

old Britania and the

magic Hollies, asked to hear

it again and then

just once again

and then as if providence

itself wrote out the parts,

sang the perfect complementing

harmony part, the third part,

the one that made it golden

and there it was,

a little miracle.

And here it is still

as great as ever. And there

is Graham, always the most

warm and smiling man, at

the great party for my pal

Henry Diltz and his book

"California Dreaming" to which

I proudly contributed

along with Mr. Nash

and Joni. And it was, of course,

his home that he shared with

Joni, in that very Laurel Canyon,

that was "our house" as it was

their house and is now ours

always

and here he smiles

now, in this century,

for my camera,

as Henry signs his book,

a reluctant superstar,

famous cause he was

always Henry, smiling,

a friend among friends,

a musician among

musicians, the spirit of

the sixties forever alive

in his spirit and his song

and his photographs.

Done