there are people like alex and david crosby, and joni mitchell, who tune differently to spur creativity to play around. there is a great sense of play in that. most of your pieces are in non- standard to make. among those, there are even some standard ones and you do not use those. >> you bring up an interesting point. a lot of times, musicians use these alternate to earnings as a way to escape what we know. sometimes we get trapped. i know that is a c sharp minor court, that is a b flat. where would i go from there? instead of listening to the experience, and the image, the mood, feeling of what you're trying to convey. sometimes, they bump up against each other. when you are doing a good job as a composer, improviser, you are sticking with the image, not bring about what the court is. >> one of the things that i get from your music is a strong sense of place and imagery. when i listen to your music and close my eyes, i see pictures of different things. a lot of people that i have talked to that have heard your music experienced the same thing. what has been said about japanese ink art

during a holli's tour of america in 1966, everything changed for nash when he met and sang with david crosby and steven stills sdmri heard something that moved my soul, you know, for me to move my entire live. >> in 1968, na sh left the hollis at home and country to form crosby, still & nash in america. >> i certainly don't have a favorite. i grew up with the hollis and came of age with daefd and steven. >> today at age 71, nash hasn't slowed down. his creativity comes in many forms besides music. >> it was incredibly decadent, incredibly great, chaotic, crazy. it was a crazy time. >> crazy times he captured on sam ra and now at exchange. >> this is a shot of steven here in -- in the city. >> now, he calls hawaii home when he's not on tour. >> did i think it was going to last 40-odd years? not a shot. am i glad it did? absolutely. >> in san francisco, linda yee, kpix. >> graham nash is in the rock and roll hal of fame, twice. once for being in the hollis, once for being in crosby, stills and nash. photographs will be on display at the san francisco art exchange through september. >>> well, t

electronics for those new electronic guitars in that era and manufactured a repaired guitar and for david crosby's 12 string guitar which is still in the family and still exists. and george hinted and we can take a video of them. and he hinted that joplin's nude with beads photograph, and might have been taken in a studio up on the second floor, and so, okay. and so where is the building with a lot of colorful paths and we keep on researching it, and eventually we will try to get some videos put together and actually dedicate it to a video of a website in the building. and the one last point before everyone disappeared back into the details. in all of the major cities around the world that i have been to, and i have been to a lot of the italy an cities as well. one thing strikes me that they have figured out how to bury the overhead power cable and why can't we do something in the sunset district and why can't we plant the trees and i think that this action alone, because i recently rented a house in the outer sunset, this actual could really change and invying rate the area and i am sure that the

it's the birthday of david crosby, and magic johnson who was diagnosed with h.i.v. looks great now. score one more point for science. and today is the birthday of social security, ever notice the same politicians who tell you that obama is coming for your guns exact ones coming for your social security? stick around. this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ music ] >> john: i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you for much for joining us tonight. he is a prolific brighter having authored three books and 40 plays. he has received five grammy nominations and two wins for his stand up cds. he has appeared in numerous films and on tv. most notably in his feature the segment on the daily show with jon stewart, you might have heard of it "back in black." >> we have a two party system. the democratic party, which is the party of no ideas. the and the republican party which is the party of bad ideas. and the way it works is the republican stands up in congress and says, i got a really bad idea. and then the democrat says, and i can make it [bleep]er. >> just the premise. his special, "old yeller"