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Speaker 1: A real privilege this morning, and man responsible with his

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Speaker 1: through His Majesty's website from Blackpool to Woodstock to Perth,

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Speaker 1: Graham Nash next year.

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Speaker 2: I'm fine. How are you today?

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Speaker 3: Thank you wonderful so much for joining us.

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Speaker 2: You're very welcome.

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Speaker 2: I was just about to remark that one of my

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Speaker 4: Hankle loves it when he hears all the people that say.

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Speaker 3: Oh, you know, I know Hank, he lives in Perth. Well,

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Speaker 2: Neil did that song from Hank to Hendrick, Yes, Hank

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Speaker 3: Dee that and I love that song anything.

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Speaker 1: Well, even the likes of Brian may love Hank so.

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Speaker 4: Much, absolutely, and Gary Camp Yes, spun out ballet. But

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Speaker 4: we digress, Grahame. Your show is called sixty years of

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Speaker 4: Songs and Stories. How hard must it be to narrow

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Speaker 2: That's always a dance, you know, we have. I have

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Speaker 2: so many songs of my in my hands, you know,

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Speaker 2: at a certain place. You know, I want to make

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Speaker 2: want to hear. I know they want to hear our House,

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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yeah, that's tough, absolutely, Graham.

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Speaker 3: I know it's hard.

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Speaker 1: That said a couple of It's been nine or ten

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Speaker 1: How hard is it to wash it away the band

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Speaker 2: That's difficult because there was a lot of good times

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Speaker 4: You would want to see his face. I've always thought

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Speaker 4: Oh, absolutely absolutely no talking about making great music. I

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Speaker 1: It takes you back, but I want to take you back.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about Woodstock. And when I heard

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Speaker 2: It's always honored those times. Obviously. Obviously Woodstock was an

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Speaker 3: There'll never be a Three Days like it.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely? I think Woodstock in nineteen ninety nine was only

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a free concert anyway, so we could

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Speaker 1: It's beautiful. We spoke to an Australian rocker by the

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Speaker 1: I've been a spist as an old man. But how

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Speaker 2: I kind of understood that CSN would get into the

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Speaker 2: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, But my main, my

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Speaker 2: pleased for my gift and Alan Clark, you know, he

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Speaker 3: Oh wow, Graham.

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Speaker 4: We would love to talk to you all day, but

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Speaker 4: unfortunately we do have to wrap it up. I just

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Speaker 4: want to say I just want to say I your songs.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to say change my life, but you

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Speaker 4: will always change my mood. I thank you so much

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Speaker 4: for the music that you've given me over the many, many, many,

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Speaker 4: many many years. I absolutely love it and I look

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Speaker 4: forward to seeing you. Sixty years of songs and stories

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Speaker 4: and his Majesty's Theater on March sixteen. Tickets so through

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Speaker 4: His Majesty's Theater website. It's a beautiful venue, Graham, You're

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Speaker 2: Why don't you bring Honk with you?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, well sure he will be front row at

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Speaker 4: Santa Don't worry.

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Speaker 1: Hank Baby will be there. All the best and you

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Speaker 1: probably realize your amongst fans, so and wonderful to talk

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Speaker 1: to you.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Graham Nash, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: You're welcome bybee bye