STEPHEN STILLS ON THE MEND!

Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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Stephen Stills' surgery for prostate cancer on January 3rd was a success and the musical legend is recovering. It seems that every 20 year-old has a familiarity with both the debut album "Crosby, Stills and Nash" (with the hits "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", "Helplessly Hoping", and "Wooden Ships") and their release, "Deja Vu" ("Carry On", "Teach Your Children" & Our House"). The late Cass Elliot of "The Mama's & The Papa's" fame had the guys over at her California house one afternoon when they decided to play some music for fun. Their harmonies were astounding! David Crosby had come from "The Byrds", Stephen Stills from "Buffalo Springfield" and Graham Nash from "The Hollies". A personal favorite in my vinyl collection is the double-album of Stephen's band "Manassas". The opening on Side One: "Song of Love" will attack your stereo (and your neighbors)! Neil Young would later join in occasionally. I was in a Barnes & Noble bookstore the other night and saw Stephen's new CD made from tapes that went missing for 40 years. In 1968 after watching then-girlfriend Judy Collins finish a recording session, Stills slipped $300 to the recording engineer and layed down a stripped-down set list of songs. Also featured is the 1970 Top 40 power hit , "Love the One You're With". Stephen has been inducted twice into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His new release is "Just Roll Tape: April 26, 1968" and was recorded just before the CS&N LP. The guys be touring this year. Here's a cool link: http://stephenstills.com.

The First Album (remastered on CD 2006)
outside Cass Elliot's House