Various Artists - Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners
As a member of the Hollies, as a solo artist, and especially as one-third of Crosby Stills & Nash, Graham Nash has exerted a strong influence on late-2000s indie rock, acting as a touchstone to scores of earnest young folkies pushing harmonies to the forefront of rustic Americana. Although he was never quite as pervasive as Brian Wilson, Ian Curtis, or Bruce Springsteen-- indie's holy triumvirate of the last decade-- Nash's music has inspired pretty much any recent harmonizing group. In retrospect, it seems inevitable that artists would rally around Nash and especially his 1971 solo debut, Songs for Beginners, his most sustained and personal effort. Grassroots Records and (((folkYEAH!))) Presents have organized a track-by-track tribute to that album, choosing the usual suspects to cover Nash's post-hippie compositions: Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Vetiver, Alela Diane, and Mariee Sioux, among others.
