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Jason
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 Posted - 04/15/2002 : 6:59:21 PM
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I have always been a fan of CSN that goes without saying, but just was wondering what my buds at the board thought aboot Mr. Stills as a musician or songwriter or whatever...Sorry if this dates some of us on the board even though I am only 26 I grew up with my dad playing CSN stuff all the time and now we play them together on guitar...(we don't play the same guitar..he plays his and I play mine...that would look pretty silly...sorry my brain is fried and I am ready to go home, but that just gave me a mental picture and made me chuckle)
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Jay
Alien Abductee
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Fluffy
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USA
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Posted - 04/16/2002 : 05:43:53 AM
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I am a huge CSN&Y fan and also a big Stephen Stills fan. My fave of his solo LP's is his first, just called Stephen STILLS. Here is a review of it. Give it a shot how bad could it be with Hendrix and Clapton on it.
Worth it just for Jimi Hendrix's understated, brilliant guest appearance ("Old Times, Good Times") - and Stills follows it immediately with a catchy wah-wah'ed blues that spotlights a smoking Eric Clapton solo ("Go Back Home"). Even the predictable acoustic material is above-average for Stills (the anthemic "Do For The Others"; the drunken, rambling, emotionally gripping "Black Queen"), and at this point he's still in control of his predeliction for bombastic over-orchestration, if just barely (the Top 40 hit "Love The One You're With," with great chorus vocals and a careening organ solo; "To A Flame"). "Ritchie" (surely Ringo Starr) drums on several tracks, Booker T. plays organ on "Cherokee," and the chorus in several places includes Crosby, Nash, Cass Elliot, Rita Coolidge, and John Sebastian.
For lots more info on Stephen Stills, check out:
http://www.stephenstills.cc/
Peace & Keep the Faith
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My_Bad_Side
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 04/16/2002 : 08:32:29 AM
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"drunken, rambling, emotionally gripping..."
I love that.
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Jason
Chatterbox
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Posted - 04/16/2002 : 10:56:56 AM
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I actually have that album...along with his works with Manasas...I liked his Stills Alone album with tree-top flyer on it...That whole album is very good..and all acoustic by the way if I remember correctly...Thanks for yalls opinions on this...I am glad to see other people enjoying his music as well...
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My_Bad_Side
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 04/16/2002 : 12:12:50 PM
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What kinda stuff is it? I mean, if you had to classify it, where would you put it? I'd like to have an idea before I bought, you know?
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BigEyedPhish
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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Posted - 04/16/2002 : 12:19:45 PM
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i am a huge CSN&Y fan also. i haven't had a chance to hear any of Stills' solo work. i listen to a lot of Neil Young solo stuff and him with Crazy Horse. i will have to check out the Stills solo stuff, thanks for the recommendation.
on a side note: what do you guys think of Neil Young's newest album?? i think it is pretty good but nothing spectacular in my opinion. all the hype kind of gave me a false sense that it was going to be something amazing. just wondering what anyone thought 
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Jason
Chatterbox
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Posted - 04/16/2002 : 2:24:16 PM
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What kinda stuff is it? I mean, if you had to classify it, where would you put it? I'd like to have an idea before I bought, you know?
No one understands me.
I believe in any cd store you will find him under rock. He has a pretty good range to him. In my opinion and I could be wrong I have heard everything from folk to blues to country to almost some jazzy type of stuff. Stills Alone is one that I would recommend though...all acoustic and alont of fingerpickin in drop "D". Hope that helps out a little bit...here is a site for you to get info on him MBS....hope that helps
www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:10:16|PM&p=amg&uid=1:10:16|PM&sql=B5535
You're going to have to cut and paste that sorry...Could not get it to work correctly
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Fluffy
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