Stephen Stills 2004-06-01
Various - Wooden Music compilation, misc, misc
Set 1
This is an ideal introduction to Stephen Stills for those unfamiliar
with his music, and the more seasoned fan of "Captain Manyhands" will
love this compilation too. This compilation focuses on his acoustic
music, and is like a box of buried treasure for anyone who has
appreciated Stills' music.
The whole collection is great, but the songs that immediately caught
my attention are Haven't We Lost Enough, Move Around (a magical
version of the Manassas classic), It Won't Go Away, Acadienne,
Everybody's Talkin and a nifty bluegrass version of Thoroughfare Gap.
Lately, I've also really been digging the wonderfully drawn-out and
improvised Daylight Again.
Thanks to Eddie Hill for putting together this collection.
Thanks to Gene "Sleeps With Chainsaws" for sending me the seed disc.
artwork at http://www.mysongbook.org/ah/volume13/vol13.htm
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Setlist:
1. How Have You Been - Winterland - 1969
November 13, 1969 - This is the only known performance of one of the
rarest released CSN songs. It's a solo performance by Stills.
According to the Euro authors book, Crosby strained his voice at a
rally that day and they had to make some quick setlist changes.
----
2. Bluebird - Fillmore East - 1970
June 3, 1970 - Dylan was in the audience and Stills had been drinking
and was showing off for Bob. According to Zimmer's CSN biography,
Stills went out to do one acoustic song and he did four. It pissed
off a certain Englishman. As the applause dies on Bluebird, Stills
says, "I haven't done that ever that way in front of people". These
words were for the benefit of Dylan.
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3. As I Come Of Age - CSN - Fillmore East - 1970
June 6, 1970 - Performed in shows in 1970, 1974 and 1978, one
performance in 1977 and also a tv performance in 1991. Released on
the CBS album album "Stills" in 1975.
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4. Move Around - Manassas - Amsterdam - 1972
March 22, 1972 - The first Manassas concert, Concertgebouw,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the first performance of the song. It
was played only 4 or 5 times.
-----
5. Thoroughfare Gap (Bluegrass Version) - Manassas -
Down The Road
outtake
The song was re-recorded and released as a title cut 6 years later.
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6. Know You Got To Run - ABC's "In Concert" - 1973
("This is a banjo, that is a beer")
An infamous quote broadcast on national tv.
February 21, 1973 - A Manassas show at Bananafish
Gardens, New York City. The airdate was March 30, 1973.
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7. 4 + 20 (Harmony Version) - CSN - Seattle - 1974
July 9, 1974 - The opener for the CSNY '74 tour in Seattle. This was
the first performance of 4+20 as CSN intended for the song to be
released on Deja Vu. Someone at Atlantic, probably Ahmet, stepped in
and decided to release it as a solo song.
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8. See The Changes - CSN - Lakeland - 1977
November 19, 1977 - Lakeland, Florida. I think that See The Changes
is as good, or even better, harmony song than Helplessly Hoping.
Performed only in 1977 and 1982.
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9. One Moment At A Time - Berkeley - 1978
September 4, 1978 - Bread and Roses concert. An
unreleased Stills original song. AKA "When Love Becomes A Trial". The
only performance of the song.
-----
10. In The Way - Afternoon Exchange - Cleveland - 1980
August 18, 1980 - A performance on a local tv station in Cleveland
before a Stills Band show that night. The only performance of the
song.
-------
11. Everybody's Talkin' - Davis, CA - 1985
("sing it twice")
May 21, 1985 - Stills does a little tribute to Freddie Neil in the
middle of the song.
-----
12. Haven't We Lost Enough - CSN - Rockline - 1990
September 13, 1990 - The first and only performance of the song, "not
even in the studio", by CSN. They recorded their parts separately for
the released version. Stills did the song solo, one time, in a tv
appearance on November 30, 1990.
-----
13. Helplessly Hoping - CSN - Rockline - 1990
("her helicopter hovers nearby")
September 13, 1990 - A little twist on a CSN standard.
Stills first used the line in stage banter at Woodstock.
-----
14. It Won't Go Away - London - 1992
October 8, 1992 - A rarely performed song and this was two years
before it's release.
-----
15. Dolphins - Jim Ladd's Living Room - 2001
July 26, 2001 - A Fred Neil song done in tribute,
Freddie died the week before. CSN performed the song, only once, in
the tour opener that year in Clarkston, MI on August 13.
----
16. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Switzerland County, IN -
2001
November 15, 2001 - A folk/blues standard popularized in the movie "O
Brother, Where Art Thou?" Dylan did the song on his debut LP in 1962.
------
17. The Heart's Gate - Rapid City, SD - 2003
April 3, 2003 - An unreleased (to this date) Stills original and it's
beautiful, played in the Hawaiian slack key style.
-------
18. Acadienne - Gainesville - 2003
October 22, 2003 - An unreleased (to this date) Stills original.
Stills has been performing the song in a cajun flavored band
arrangement for several years. This is the first solo performance of
the song that I've heard and it works!!
------
19. Daylight Again/Find The Cost Of Freedom (Complete Version) -
Manassas - BBC - 1972
November 16, 1972 - DA/FTCOF performed in it's
complete arrangement, a seven minute suite. Stills performed this
version several times, each time with different lyrics. Stills
comments about the song from the boxset booklet:
"Daylight Again was actually a precursor to "Find The Cost Of
Freedom", but for years all I had was the tune and the first
line..... I was in Williamsburg, VA, drunk and burnt out and dead
tired. At the end of the concert I began to play the song. I didn't
have any words, but I continued to play. I closed my eyes and went
into a trance and saw a movie. It was a talking dream where I went
back 112 years, to the Civil War. The lyrics just flowed through me
like an automatic poem. I sang them as they came into my head and a
whole story unfolded. When the concert was over I rushed backstage
and madly tried to reconstruct the lyrics. It's a war song, not just
a Civil War song. We lost that war, too: we still have racism, don't
we?"
with his music, and the more seasoned fan of "Captain Manyhands" will
love this compilation too. This compilation focuses on his acoustic
music, and is like a box of buried treasure for anyone who has
appreciated Stills' music.
The whole collection is great, but the songs that immediately caught
my attention are Haven't We Lost Enough, Move Around (a magical
version of the Manassas classic), It Won't Go Away, Acadienne,
Everybody's Talkin and a nifty bluegrass version of Thoroughfare Gap.
Lately, I've also really been digging the wonderfully drawn-out and
improvised Daylight Again.
Thanks to Eddie Hill for putting together this collection.
Thanks to Gene "Sleeps With Chainsaws" for sending me the seed disc.
artwork at http://www.mysongbook.org/ah/volume13/vol13.htm
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------
Setlist:
1. How Have You Been - Winterland - 1969
November 13, 1969 - This is the only known performance of one of the
rarest released CSN songs. It's a solo performance by Stills.
According to the Euro authors book, Crosby strained his voice at a
rally that day and they had to make some quick setlist changes.
----
2. Bluebird - Fillmore East - 1970
June 3, 1970 - Dylan was in the audience and Stills had been drinking
and was showing off for Bob. According to Zimmer's CSN biography,
Stills went out to do one acoustic song and he did four. It pissed
off a certain Englishman. As the applause dies on Bluebird, Stills
says, "I haven't done that ever that way in front of people". These
words were for the benefit of Dylan.
------
3. As I Come Of Age - CSN - Fillmore East - 1970
June 6, 1970 - Performed in shows in 1970, 1974 and 1978, one
performance in 1977 and also a tv performance in 1991. Released on
the CBS album album "Stills" in 1975.
------
4. Move Around - Manassas - Amsterdam - 1972
March 22, 1972 - The first Manassas concert, Concertgebouw,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the first performance of the song. It
was played only 4 or 5 times.
-----
5. Thoroughfare Gap (Bluegrass Version) - Manassas -
Down The Road
outtake
The song was re-recorded and released as a title cut 6 years later.
-------
6. Know You Got To Run - ABC's "In Concert" - 1973
("This is a banjo, that is a beer")
An infamous quote broadcast on national tv.
February 21, 1973 - A Manassas show at Bananafish
Gardens, New York City. The airdate was March 30, 1973.
-------
7. 4 + 20 (Harmony Version) - CSN - Seattle - 1974
July 9, 1974 - The opener for the CSNY '74 tour in Seattle. This was
the first performance of 4+20 as CSN intended for the song to be
released on Deja Vu. Someone at Atlantic, probably Ahmet, stepped in
and decided to release it as a solo song.
-----
8. See The Changes - CSN - Lakeland - 1977
November 19, 1977 - Lakeland, Florida. I think that See The Changes
is as good, or even better, harmony song than Helplessly Hoping.
Performed only in 1977 and 1982.
-----
9. One Moment At A Time - Berkeley - 1978
September 4, 1978 - Bread and Roses concert. An
unreleased Stills original song. AKA "When Love Becomes A Trial". The
only performance of the song.
-----
10. In The Way - Afternoon Exchange - Cleveland - 1980
August 18, 1980 - A performance on a local tv station in Cleveland
before a Stills Band show that night. The only performance of the
song.
-------
11. Everybody's Talkin' - Davis, CA - 1985
("sing it twice")
May 21, 1985 - Stills does a little tribute to Freddie Neil in the
middle of the song.
-----
12. Haven't We Lost Enough - CSN - Rockline - 1990
September 13, 1990 - The first and only performance of the song, "not
even in the studio", by CSN. They recorded their parts separately for
the released version. Stills did the song solo, one time, in a tv
appearance on November 30, 1990.
-----
13. Helplessly Hoping - CSN - Rockline - 1990
("her helicopter hovers nearby")
September 13, 1990 - A little twist on a CSN standard.
Stills first used the line in stage banter at Woodstock.
-----
14. It Won't Go Away - London - 1992
October 8, 1992 - A rarely performed song and this was two years
before it's release.
-----
15. Dolphins - Jim Ladd's Living Room - 2001
July 26, 2001 - A Fred Neil song done in tribute,
Freddie died the week before. CSN performed the song, only once, in
the tour opener that year in Clarkston, MI on August 13.
----
16. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Switzerland County, IN -
2001
November 15, 2001 - A folk/blues standard popularized in the movie "O
Brother, Where Art Thou?" Dylan did the song on his debut LP in 1962.
------
17. The Heart's Gate - Rapid City, SD - 2003
April 3, 2003 - An unreleased (to this date) Stills original and it's
beautiful, played in the Hawaiian slack key style.
-------
18. Acadienne - Gainesville - 2003
October 22, 2003 - An unreleased (to this date) Stills original.
Stills has been performing the song in a cajun flavored band
arrangement for several years. This is the first solo performance of
the song that I've heard and it works!!
------
19. Daylight Again/Find The Cost Of Freedom (Complete Version) -
Manassas - BBC - 1972
November 16, 1972 - DA/FTCOF performed in it's
complete arrangement, a seven minute suite. Stills performed this
version several times, each time with different lyrics. Stills
comments about the song from the boxset booklet:
"Daylight Again was actually a precursor to "Find The Cost Of
Freedom", but for years all I had was the tune and the first
line..... I was in Williamsburg, VA, drunk and burnt out and dead
tired. At the end of the concert I began to play the song. I didn't
have any words, but I continued to play. I closed my eyes and went
into a trance and saw a movie. It was a talking dream where I went
back 112 years, to the Civil War. The lyrics just flowed through me
like an automatic poem. I sang them as they came into my head and a
whole story unfolded. When the concert was over I rushed backstage
and madly tried to reconstruct the lyrics. It's a war song, not just
a Civil War song. We lost that war, too: we still have racism, don't
we?"
Set 2
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