In March 1968, the two musicians first met after a concert by the Hollies in Ottawa, Canada, when Mitchell introduced herself to Nash following the end of the show. That same evening they find themselves back at her hotel room which Nash described as “a seduction scene extraordinaire”.
He later recalled: “She picked up a guitar and played me 15 of the best songs I’d ever heard, and then we spent the night together. It was magical on so many different levels.”
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Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash’s relationship ended in disastrous circumstances for both of them. However, it provided the world with some fine music that came from the high-profile pair falling out of love.
Despite only being an item for two years, their time in the Laurel Canyon changed their respective careers.
In his autobiography Wild Tales, Nash writes about his first memory of Mitchell: “She was the whole package: a lovely, sylphlike woman with a natural blush, like windburn, and an elusive quality that seemed lit from within.”
They soon became inseparable and lived in Laurel Canyon, but the bliss didn’t last forever. Towards the end of their time together, the couple was constantly bickering, and one day Mitchell walked out of the door permanently after deciding enough was enough.
Nash was left heartbroken by Mitchell revealing her exit through a telegram, and he channeled his pain through his songwriting on ‘Our House’. On the track, he blissfully reminisced about the perfect life they built together in the Canyon, which had agonizingly become a distant memory for Nash.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
