![]() Glenn: So if things are going well, how long about would it take you to learn a song? Recording setup – Novem(Photo by Glenn Patterson)he part right. And then I’ll mute the music and I’ll sing it to myself and if I don’t get it right, well I’ll listen to it again and get the part right. Then if that doesn’t work, I’ll just listen to it about a thousand times until I can sing along with it. I’ll read the lyrics and if I can’t remember them, I can see in my head what I saw written down. Nash: Well I listen to it and if I can’t remember it in my head after listening to it three or four times, I go on the Internet because I have a photographic memory. Glenn: How do you go about learning new songs? It seems like you’ve got a tonne of songs and you’ve only been playing two years. My favourites have to be Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, and Buck Owens. I listen to new country but it’s not my favourite. Nash: Well I love country, but the classic country. Glenn: What kind of music are you into and who are some of your favourite musicians? Every night we would sit by the fire out in front of his house and we would play guitar. And I really got to know him then and we always had a good time. Because we were always down where he was staying, because we were always going in the woods during the summer. I did a song with him, “Bring it On.” And then I spent about two weeks with him non-stop. But he came down when he did the Malbay Festival in 2014. I only remember him coming down once or twice when I was a kid. Nash: Well he would come down every now and then. Glenn: Did you know him as a person? Was he around when you were growing up, someone you saw around? Or did you know him through people talking about him? Glenn: Is that where your family is from originally? I don’t know much about where he’s lived. I think he’s only lived here in the summer. Glenn: I get the impression he’s from here but it seems like he doesn’t live here anymore? And I said, “oh, he’s my cousin, I just want to be like him.” ![]() And Johnny always had music videos when I was growing up. Nash: Well I’ve seen them all the time, on video. Glenn: Were there other musicians in the community that inspired you? Glenn: Are you in your final year of high school? And the one time he told me what strings to hit and all that, something clicked in my head and I got it right away. He had been trying to teach me for years by this time, but I never could get it. And I told him there’s a song by George Jones that I really loved called, “Where Grass Won’t Grow,” and could he teach me how to play it? And he taught me the intro, the chords to play, and which strings to hit. My father sat down with me and I asked him to teach me a couple things. But it was only Valentine’s Day of 2014 that I really picked up the guitar. Ever since I was a baby, I always had a guitar in my hand, although I was never really playing it. Nash: I’ve always been interested in playing music. Glenn: Can you tell me how you got started playing music? Nash Stanley at home – Novem(Photo by Glenn Patterson) It was a special moment during our session. ![]() Nash connects with this song’s lyrics and mood so well. At the end of our interview, I asked Nash if he would sing the first song his father showed him, George Jones’ “Where Grass Won’t Grow,” with just him and his guitar. Apart from the third song (by Waylon Jennings), the songs are from George Jones. I’ve selected four of our best takes and provided an edited transcript of our interview below. I’d like to thank Nash Stanley for obliging my request to make these recordings and interview him. I got to know him better during the fall and winter of last year when we found ourselves at the same events like the Terry Fox Run, the Gaspé Cancer Society Christmas Tea, and the Belle-Anse School holiday amateur hour. He’s been very generous lending his talents to various community events since he started performing two years ago last December, he even organized a Christmas amateur hour at the Polyvalent. I first saw Nash at the Malbay Festival in 2014 and was impressed by the maturity of his voice and his stage presence. I provided some lead guitar and fiddle on two of the tracks you’ll hear below. We recorded about a dozen songs and did an interview about his music. Last November, I spent an afternoon with Nash Stanley at his family’s home in York. Here are some recordings and an interview I’ve been wanting to share for a few months.
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