909 The Hollies “Bus Stop” 1966

Graham Nash “grew up in Salford and sang in a duo with schoolfriend Allan Clarke before the pair formed The Hollies, one of the most successful chart groups of the 60s. ‘I've been realising just how good The Hollies actually were,’ muses Nash. ‘It was very important, the energy of the early Hollies. The Hollies were basically guitar, bass and drums and three voices. Allan never played guitar and I rarely played guitar -- half the time I wasn't plugged in. 'We were very similar to what the others -- The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield -- were doing with our harmonies...’ The Hollies progressed from inspired covers to writing (Nash, Clarke and guitarist Bobby Hicks) their own material. And yet Nash increasingly found their hit machine mentality provincial compared to what The Beatles, The Yardbirds and others were doing” (Record Collector, August 2018). 

The Hollies “Bus Stop”