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Singer, songwriter, Grammy winner Graham Nash

Graham Nash, a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, two-time Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee, and Grammy Award winner, is coming the Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, at 8 p.m. Sept. 21 for an intimate evening of songs and stories.

Nash's remarkable body of work, beginning with his contributions to the Hollies opus from 1964-68, including "Stop Stop Stop," "Pay You Back With Interest" and "Carrie Anne," continues to This Path Tonight (2016), his most recent solo album.The original classic union of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) lasted but 20 months. Yet their songs are lightning rods embedded in our DNA, starting with Nash's "Marrakesh Express," "Pre-Road Downs" (written for then-girlfriend Joni Mitchell) and "Lady Of the Island," from the first Crosby, Stills & Nash LP (1969). On CSNY's Déjà Vu (1970), Nash's "Teach Your Children" and "Our House" beseeched us to hold love tightly, to fend off the madness that was on its way.Overlapping CSNY, Nash's solo career debuted with "Songs for Beginners" (1971), whose "Chicago/We Can Change the World" and "Military Madness" were fueled by the Long Hot Summer, the trial of the Chicago Eight, and the ongoing Vietnam War.His next album, Wild Tales (1974), addressed (among other issues) unfair jail terms for minor drug offenses ("Prison Song"), unfair treatment of Vietnam vets ("Oh! Camil"), the unfairness of fame ("You'll Never Be the Same") and his muse, Joni ("Another Sleep Song").The most resilient, long-lived and productive partnership to emerge from the CSNY camp launched with the eponymously titled Graham Nash/David Crosby (1972), bookended by Nash's "Southbound Train" as the opening track and "Immigration Man" as the closer. The duo contributed further to the soundtrack of the '70s on their back-to-back albums, Wind on the Water (1975) and Whistling Down the Wire (1976).On the CSN reunion studio LP (1977), Nash took top honors with "Just a Song Before I Go" (written in the space of one hour, and a Top 10 hit single). Lightning struck once more on CSN's Daylight Again (1982), on which Nash penned their second (and final) Top 10 hit, "Wasted On the Way," lamenting the energy, time and love lost by the group due to years of internecine quarrels.Nash's passionate voice continues to be heard in support of peace, and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events.For tickets, visit

www.shermantheater.com,

www.ticketfly.com or the Sherman Theater Box Office. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday

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