songs pouring out, his voice powerful, his guitar playing as good as any of his peers – and better than a lot of them. And live – well the record shows how good he was live at that point. Today’s song is Stills’ biggest solo hit recorded Live at Berkley in 1971, and is taken...
Stephen Stills talks about discovering tapes of one of CSNY's first shows, his renewed relationship with Neil Young, and the memory of David Crosby.
Well, it’s really fun being the only guitar player. That’s my favorite. I must say that touring with my little [solo] quartet was very satisfying, because I could pretty much cover everything myself. Also, because Crosby wasn’t there I actually got to talk, and I found out I’m...
Stills never quit making solo records, but in 2013 he formed the blues-rock supergroup The Rides with guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and keyboardist Barry Goldberg. At every step of his career, Stills has always been about channelling his influences and taking them someplace new. MORE BORN ...
to have an acoustic part first, and then the curtains parted and there was the equipment and we went on to play some rock 'n' roll. We got the reaction, and we got to have all the glorious fun of playing insufferably loud. And, through that, I got a lot better at lead guitar....
more than his voice and a piano. Young attempts several things here: a solo record, a Crazy Horse album and even the spirit of Crosby, Stills & Nash, with whom he was working at the time. Because of this,After the Gold Rushends up as Young's most diverse and greatest album. (...
intermission in what otherwise amounted to his set, leaving Stills to be the sole frontman on his solo hit “Love the One You’re With” and CSN’s “Helplessly Hoping,” with Walsh reemerging to make sure Stills didn’t get too lonesome without a twin-lead-guitar teammate...
Stephen Stills says this year's pair of fall archival releases are part of a master plan that will eventually lead to a full-scale box set of potentially mammoth proportions.
(guitar), and Stephen Stills (guitar) -- all of whom were concurrently "on hiatus" from their most recent engagements. Kooper had just split after masterminding the definitive and groundbreaking Child Is Father of the Man (1968) version of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Bloomfield was fresh from a...
The song choices were wide-ranging, with Young on his acoustic as much as electric during the hour-long set. Young frequently drifted to Stills’ side of the stage to lock into a guitar wind-out with his old partner, with the eyes of one often locked...