Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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“I must confess that, Carrie Anne started out as a song about Marianne Faithfull, she was unbelievable attractive…we didn’t have the courage to say [Marinne Faithfull] so, we made up this girl’s name, Carrie Anne.”

-Graham Nash

I did not have a video planned for 31 January 2025, as I had a special planned for 3 February, but due to the recent passing of Marianne Faithfull, I felt that I should do a special deconstruction video as the song “Carrie Anne” was written by the Hollies and is about Marianne Faithfull. I had already done the studio master recording, so I deconstructed the 1968 Lewisham live version from the Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years compilation.

Here is the original video: The Hollies: Carrie Anne (Deconstruction) REUPLOAD
youtu.be/mxm5w4i1Fs0

Recorded live at Lewisham Odeon Theatre, London, 24 May 1968. The studio master version was recorded on 1 May 1967 at EMI Studios. Released as a single on 26 May 1967, it reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and number 9 on the US Billboard Chart. Written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash and Tony Hicks about Marianne Faithfull.

0:00 Drums & Orchestra
2:56 Bass
5:55 Guitars
8:44 Instrumental
11:42 Vocals

Allan Clarke (vocals)
Graham Nash (vocals/guitar)
Tony Hicks (vocals/guitar)
Bernie Calvert (bass guitar)
Bobby Elliott (drums)

Rest in Peace
Marianne Faithfull
29 December 1946 - 30 January 2025