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Set I
Disc One (electric)
1 Black Queen - Stills-Young Band - Boston - 1976
2 White Nigger - Manassas outtake
3 Make Love To You - Tulane University - 1976
4 Crossroads - Survival Sunday 3 Benefit - LA - 1980
5 Palace Of The King - (vocal - Michael Finnigan) - Milan, Italy - 1980
6 Shuffle Just As Bad - Rock 'n Roll Tonite - 1983
7 Ole Man Trouble - Oklahoma City - 1983
8 Right By You - Davis, CA - 1985
9 Wounded World - CSN - Rapid City, SD - 2003
10 Go Back Home - Manassas - Amsterdam - 1972
1 Black Queen - Stills-Young Band - Boston - 1976
2 White Nigger - Manassas outtake
3 Make Love To You - Tulane University - 1976
4 Crossroads - Survival Sunday 3 Benefit - LA - 1980
5 Palace Of The King - (vocal - Michael Finnigan) - Milan, Italy - 1980
6 Shuffle Just As Bad - Rock 'n Roll Tonite - 1983
7 Ole Man Trouble - Oklahoma City - 1983
8 Right By You - Davis, CA - 1985
9 Wounded World - CSN - Rapid City, SD - 2003
10 Go Back Home - Manassas - Amsterdam - 1972
Set II
Disc Two (acoustic)
1 Black Queen - Fillmore East - 1970
2 Four Days Gone - Tulane University - 1976
3 Myth Of Sisyphus - Tulane University - 1976
4 Stateline Blues - KBFH - NYC - 1977
5 Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me - Ft. Worth - 1977
6 Uncle James - Washington, D.C. - 1979
7 Come On In My Kitchen - NYC - 1979
8 Midnight Rider - United Nations - NYC - 1989
9 Man Of Constant Sorrow - Switzerland County, IN - 2001
10 Blues Man - Amsterdam - 1972
1 Black Queen - Fillmore East - 1970
2 Four Days Gone - Tulane University - 1976
3 Myth Of Sisyphus - Tulane University - 1976
4 Stateline Blues - KBFH - NYC - 1977
5 Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me - Ft. Worth - 1977
6 Uncle James - Washington, D.C. - 1979
7 Come On In My Kitchen - NYC - 1979
8 Midnight Rider - United Nations - NYC - 1989
9 Man Of Constant Sorrow - Switzerland County, IN - 2001
10 Blues Man - Amsterdam - 1972
Set III
Comment
Liner Notes:
STEPHEN STILLS
Blues Man Play Your Hand
Disc One (electric)
1. Black Queen - Stills-Young Band - Boston - 1976
"This is a song about a card game."
June 26, 1976 - Boston Garden - A Stills original released in 1970 on
the Atlantic LP "Stephen Stills", his first solo effort, as an acoustic
song. The acoustic version that was released was actually a demo, Stills
had envisioned the song in an electric arrangement, but it was decided
that the demo was right for the LP. Performed here by the Stills-Young
band, the song was a constant in the setlists of the eighteen shows
played on that short-lived tour.
----
2. White Nigger - Manassas outtake
An unreleased Stills original, recorded in 1971, an outtake from the
first Manassas LP.
---
3. Make Love To You - Tulane University - 1976
November 7, 1976 - New Orleans - A Stills original released on the
Stills-Young band LP, "Long May You Run", in 1976. This is a solo
performance of the song.
---
4. Crossroads - Survival Sunday 3 Benefit - LA - 1980
May 25, 1980 - Hollywood Bowl - A blues standard written by Robert
Johnson. Performed here with a supporting cast of Joe Walsh, Don Felder,
Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Vitale and Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) on keyboard.
It cooks!!! This song has been recorded by artists such as Clapton,
Trower and Lightfoot.
---
5. Palace Of The King - (vocal - Michael Finnigan) - Milan, Italy - 1980
July 15, 1980 - One of the "missing songs" from the rejected CBS solo LP
of 1979/80 performed by Stills and the California Blues Band. The song
was written by Rock and Rock Hall of Fame member "Duck" Dunn and has
been recorded by artists such as Freddie King and Leslie West. Dave
Zimmer's comments about the song from a 2001 Lee Shore post: "Finnigan
lead vocal, Stills screaming blues guitar, would like to hear it live."
Well, Dave, here it is.......
---
6. Shuffle Just As Bad - Rock 'n Roll Tonite - 1983
Summer, 1983 - NBC's Rock 'n Roll Tonite - The only performance of a
Stills original song released on the CBS LP "Stills" in 1975.
---
7. Ole Man Trouble - Oklahoma City - 1983
September 30, 1983 - A Booker T. Jones original that Stills has
performed for years in many arrangements. This one is Stills on guitar
with the California Blues Band.
---
8. Right By You - Davis, CA - 1985
May 21, 1985 - Palms Playhouse - A solo performance of a Stills original
song which was
the title cut of his 1984 Atlantic release.
---
9. Wounded World - CSN - Rapid City, SD - 2003
April 3, 2003 - An unreleased (to this date) Graham Nash penned song
that Stills adapted into a blues arrangement.
---
10. Go Back Home - Manassas - Amsterdam - 1972
March 22, 1972 - A Stills original released in 1970 on the "Stephen
Stills" LP. This performance is from the first Manassas concert,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
===============================
Disc Two (acoustic)
1. Black Queen - Fillmore East - 1970
June 3, 1970 - As the audience yells for "Carry On", Stills continues
playing acoustic songs in an attempt to impress Bob Dylan, who was in
the audience. According to Zimmer's CSN biography, Stills went out to do
one acoustic song and he did four.
---
2. Four Days Gone - Tulane University - 1976
November 7, 1976 - New Orleans - A Stills original from the Buffalo
Springfield days, released on the LP "Last Time Around' in 1968. This is
a band performance with Stills on piano, Joe Vitale on drums and
"Chocolate" Perry on bass.
---
3. Myth Of Sisyphus - Tulane University - 1976
November 7, 1976 - New Orleans - A song co-written by Stills and Kenny
Passarelli and released on the CBS LP "Stills" in 1975. An ancient Greek
myth speaks of Sisyphus, King of Ephyra, who was eternally condemned in
Hades by having to repeatedly roll a huge stone up a hill only to have
it roll down again as soon as he had brought it to the summit. In
contemporary literature, Albert Camus said that Sisyphus was happy.
Stills uses the phrase "Myth of Sisyphus" in the last verse describing
the burden of emotions in a relationship.
---
4. Stateline Blues - KBFH - NYC - 1977
October 25, 1976 - The Palladium - A performance aired on the King
Biscuit Flour Hour on January 9, 1977. This song is a little ditty that
I like, a Stills original released on "Illegal Stills" in 1976.
---
5. Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me - Ft. Worth - 1977
November 23, 1977 - A medley of a Robert Johnson classic and a Chuck
Berry standard. Atlantic released a version of this arrangement on
"Stephen Stills Live" in 1975. John Lennon used the guitar riff and some
of the lyrics from YCCM for "Come Together". He was sued by Berry and
eventually settled.
---
6. Uncle James - Washington, D.C. - 1979
March 26, 1979 - An unreleased Stills original performed at Constitution
Hall. According to our Euro authors, Stills also performed this song on
June 13, 1979 in Buffalo, NY.
---
7. Come On In My Kitchen - NYC - 1979
July 2, 1979 - Central Park - A great version of the old Robert Johnson
blues standard, backed by Michael Finnigan and Ms. Brooks Hunnicutt.
This song has been recorded by artists such as Eric Clapton and Johnny
Winter.
---
8. Midnight Rider - United Nations - NYC - 1989
November 18, 1989 - Hungerthon Benefit - Stills performs a Gregg Allman
classic, covered on the "Thoroughfare Gap" LP in an electric arrangement
which was released in 1978. Stills alters the lyrics from the original
in his recording and his performances. The song has been covered by
artists including Willie Nelson and Joe Cocker.
---
9. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Switzerland County, IN - 2001
November 15, 2001 - A folk/blues standard popularized in the movie "O
Brother, Where Art Thou?". This song has been recorded by artists such
as Dylan, Baez and Ms. Judy Collins, who released the song under the
title, "Maid Of Constant Sorrow".
---
10. Blues Man - Amsterdam - 1972
March 22, 1972 - The first known performance of a Stills original
written about Jimi "The Fox" Hendrix, Al Wilson and Duane Allman. The
song was released on the first Manassas LP.
Review by Dave Zimmer
Trying to find "the inner Stephen Stills" is a challenging task, given the
broad specter of the man's music, career and life. This search has been dogging
me as a fan, writer and friend of Stephen's for years. Thanks to Eddie Hill,
with assists from veteran collector Al Babcock and mastering maestro Marco
Zanzi, as well as beautiful poker-themed art by Bridget Samuels, a new two-CD
set, STEPHEN STILLS: BLUES MAN, PLAY YOUR HAND, now debuting in circulation via
The Lee Shore, cuts to the core of Stills' musical heart.
Not a comprehensive career-spanning study nor a collection of tunes simply
thrown together, this set has a course all its own that flows in different
directions, but stays on track with a blues pulse that would make Stephen nod and
smile if he ever heard this thing. Some of the selections are obvious and
familiar, others very surprising and rare. The audio quality of the songs, drawn
from different eras and different sources, is surprisingly strong. To
someone who has been engrossed in all things Stills since 1972, this set breaks open
new windows that I continue to enjoy going through. Listening sessions so
far have been akin to sipping some fine Southern whiskey ? warms your innards,
sometimes even burns, sometimes gives you a shiver, but always leaves you with
a lingering glow.
Divided into two CDs, first electric, then acoustic, "Black Queen" kicks off
each one and powerfully sets the table for what follows. I've heard several
electric versions of "Black Queen," but none top the 1976 Stills-Young Band
version from Boston included here. As Stephen opens the song with an extended
solo, I can visualize his fingers bending the strings of his Gibson Firebird, a
cigarette dangling from the corner his mouth, his eyes closed, totally in the
moment. When Neil Young comes crashing in with jagged rhythm strokes on Old
Black and the band kicks in behind them, "Black Queen" lurches forward in
powerful bursts. The next song, a Manassas outtake called "White Nigger," has
never been a particular favorite of mine, but it works in this context, somehow,
offering glimpses into other facets of Stills' vocal colorations and
arrangement skills. "Make Love to You," a smoky vamp in the studio, sounds more real
and desperate in a live setting, as a fall 1976 Tulane University solo version
proves.
While no version of "Crossroads" will ever top Cream's Eric Clapton-led live
version from 1968, Stills, with help from Dr. John and some Eagles, churns
and burns on a Survival Sunday performance of the song in 1980. Also from that
year is a real gem here from Milan, Italy, "Palace of the King," featuring
Michael Finnigan's finest vocal as a member of Stills' California Blues Band,
fueled by some wicked blue Stills guitar. When Stephen pulled out "Shuffle Just
As Bad" for a taping of the short-lived 1983 television show, Rock ?n Roll
Tonite, I was side-stage watching and listening. I had not heard it again until
this CD set arrived. Perhaps inspired by the presence that night of legendary
blues men Willie Dixon and Big Joe Turner, Stephen digs down for a growling,
nasty vocal and some churning blues-rock guitar. When Stills performed Booker
T. Jones' "Ole Man Trouble"during the 2002 CSNY tour, I must admit it was one
of my bathroom break songs. The alternate version included on this set warmed
me to the song, though, probably because Stephen's voice was in better shape
back in 1983 and he's on guitar, with Finnigan on organ. "Wounded World," a
Graham Nash song that Stills put his own brand on, is delivered with great
bluesy authority. Disc One ends with one of my favorite Stills songs of all-time,
"Go Back Home," this live performance from the first Manassas concert ever.
Stills takes his wah-wah guitar and blues-rock vocals into another realm here,
raising chicken skin every time I listen to it.
Some early listeners have suggested that the acoustic Disc Two of this set
should be played first. I disagree. If you listen to the music straight
through, late at night, glass in hand, the songs on this acoustic disc leave you in
just the right state. Though Stills never topped his Tequila soaked version of
"Black Queen" live in the studio on his first solo album, this 1970 Fillmore
East acoustic version rings out with an energy and passion all its own. When
the intro to "Four Days Gone" begins, some in the audience at the 1976 New
Orleans show react with applause like they're about to hear "49 Bye-Byes," but
the Buffalo Springfield chestnut surely moves every one in the room. Same with
"Myth of Sisyphus," which Stills sings from the depths of his personal pain in
the fall of 1976. A sprightly live take on "Stateline Blues,"also from the
fall of ?76 ? when Stephen was still playing his Martin D-45 on stage ? rings
out like a sigh of recreational relief ? just deal the cards! The furiously
picked medley of "Crossroads" and "You Can't Catch Me" never fails to thrill
an audience, as this version from a 1977 concert does on this set, but I've
always preferred Stephen's more deliberate picking approaches, like in the next
song, "Uncle James," an unreleased song, and Robert Johnson's "Come On In My
Kitchen." You don't have to hurry the blues. That's also true of Gregg
Allman's "Midnight Rider," which Stills really savors and milks during this
outstanding 1989 live take. Listeners are then in for a treat with Stephen's
rendition of "Man of Constant Sorrow," with the man making this often covered song his
own in some surprising ways. "Blues Man," the song that closes the 1972
Manassas double album and the song that Eddie picked to close this set, is
delivered with fierce emotion on stage during the Manassas debut concert. It's the
ultimate cry of pain, meditation on loss, and statement of survival..
Until the new Stills solo CD (now more than a decade-plus in the making)
and/or Stills box set arrives, BLUES MAN, PLAY YOUR HAND will intrigue and
delight anyone who appreciates Captain Manyhands. Thank you, Eddie Hill, for
sharing this great music.
DEZ
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booklet .doc
http://bridgetsamuels.com/csn/bluesmanbooklet.doc
or
booklet .pdf
http://bridgetsamuels.com/csn/bluesmanbooklet.pdf
STEPHEN STILLS
Blues Man Play Your Hand
Disc One (electric)
1. Black Queen - Stills-Young Band - Boston - 1976
"This is a song about a card game."
June 26, 1976 - Boston Garden - A Stills original released in 1970 on
the Atlantic LP "Stephen Stills", his first solo effort, as an acoustic
song. The acoustic version that was released was actually a demo, Stills
had envisioned the song in an electric arrangement, but it was decided
that the demo was right for the LP. Performed here by the Stills-Young
band, the song was a constant in the setlists of the eighteen shows
played on that short-lived tour.
----
2. White Nigger - Manassas outtake
An unreleased Stills original, recorded in 1971, an outtake from the
first Manassas LP.
---
3. Make Love To You - Tulane University - 1976
November 7, 1976 - New Orleans - A Stills original released on the
Stills-Young band LP, "Long May You Run", in 1976. This is a solo
performance of the song.
---
4. Crossroads - Survival Sunday 3 Benefit - LA - 1980
May 25, 1980 - Hollywood Bowl - A blues standard written by Robert
Johnson. Performed here with a supporting cast of Joe Walsh, Don Felder,
Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Vitale and Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) on keyboard.
It cooks!!! This song has been recorded by artists such as Clapton,
Trower and Lightfoot.
---
5. Palace Of The King - (vocal - Michael Finnigan) - Milan, Italy - 1980
July 15, 1980 - One of the "missing songs" from the rejected CBS solo LP
of 1979/80 performed by Stills and the California Blues Band. The song
was written by Rock and Rock Hall of Fame member "Duck" Dunn and has
been recorded by artists such as Freddie King and Leslie West. Dave
Zimmer's comments about the song from a 2001 Lee Shore post: "Finnigan
lead vocal, Stills screaming blues guitar, would like to hear it live."
Well, Dave, here it is.......
---
6. Shuffle Just As Bad - Rock 'n Roll Tonite - 1983
Summer, 1983 - NBC's Rock 'n Roll Tonite - The only performance of a
Stills original song released on the CBS LP "Stills" in 1975.
---
7. Ole Man Trouble - Oklahoma City - 1983
September 30, 1983 - A Booker T. Jones original that Stills has
performed for years in many arrangements. This one is Stills on guitar
with the California Blues Band.
---
8. Right By You - Davis, CA - 1985
May 21, 1985 - Palms Playhouse - A solo performance of a Stills original
song which was
the title cut of his 1984 Atlantic release.
---
9. Wounded World - CSN - Rapid City, SD - 2003
April 3, 2003 - An unreleased (to this date) Graham Nash penned song
that Stills adapted into a blues arrangement.
---
10. Go Back Home - Manassas - Amsterdam - 1972
March 22, 1972 - A Stills original released in 1970 on the "Stephen
Stills" LP. This performance is from the first Manassas concert,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
===============================
Disc Two (acoustic)
1. Black Queen - Fillmore East - 1970
June 3, 1970 - As the audience yells for "Carry On", Stills continues
playing acoustic songs in an attempt to impress Bob Dylan, who was in
the audience. According to Zimmer's CSN biography, Stills went out to do
one acoustic song and he did four.
---
2. Four Days Gone - Tulane University - 1976
November 7, 1976 - New Orleans - A Stills original from the Buffalo
Springfield days, released on the LP "Last Time Around' in 1968. This is
a band performance with Stills on piano, Joe Vitale on drums and
"Chocolate" Perry on bass.
---
3. Myth Of Sisyphus - Tulane University - 1976
November 7, 1976 - New Orleans - A song co-written by Stills and Kenny
Passarelli and released on the CBS LP "Stills" in 1975. An ancient Greek
myth speaks of Sisyphus, King of Ephyra, who was eternally condemned in
Hades by having to repeatedly roll a huge stone up a hill only to have
it roll down again as soon as he had brought it to the summit. In
contemporary literature, Albert Camus said that Sisyphus was happy.
Stills uses the phrase "Myth of Sisyphus" in the last verse describing
the burden of emotions in a relationship.
---
4. Stateline Blues - KBFH - NYC - 1977
October 25, 1976 - The Palladium - A performance aired on the King
Biscuit Flour Hour on January 9, 1977. This song is a little ditty that
I like, a Stills original released on "Illegal Stills" in 1976.
---
5. Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me - Ft. Worth - 1977
November 23, 1977 - A medley of a Robert Johnson classic and a Chuck
Berry standard. Atlantic released a version of this arrangement on
"Stephen Stills Live" in 1975. John Lennon used the guitar riff and some
of the lyrics from YCCM for "Come Together". He was sued by Berry and
eventually settled.
---
6. Uncle James - Washington, D.C. - 1979
March 26, 1979 - An unreleased Stills original performed at Constitution
Hall. According to our Euro authors, Stills also performed this song on
June 13, 1979 in Buffalo, NY.
---
7. Come On In My Kitchen - NYC - 1979
July 2, 1979 - Central Park - A great version of the old Robert Johnson
blues standard, backed by Michael Finnigan and Ms. Brooks Hunnicutt.
This song has been recorded by artists such as Eric Clapton and Johnny
Winter.
---
8. Midnight Rider - United Nations - NYC - 1989
November 18, 1989 - Hungerthon Benefit - Stills performs a Gregg Allman
classic, covered on the "Thoroughfare Gap" LP in an electric arrangement
which was released in 1978. Stills alters the lyrics from the original
in his recording and his performances. The song has been covered by
artists including Willie Nelson and Joe Cocker.
---
9. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Switzerland County, IN - 2001
November 15, 2001 - A folk/blues standard popularized in the movie "O
Brother, Where Art Thou?". This song has been recorded by artists such
as Dylan, Baez and Ms. Judy Collins, who released the song under the
title, "Maid Of Constant Sorrow".
---
10. Blues Man - Amsterdam - 1972
March 22, 1972 - The first known performance of a Stills original
written about Jimi "The Fox" Hendrix, Al Wilson and Duane Allman. The
song was released on the first Manassas LP.
Review by Dave Zimmer
Trying to find "the inner Stephen Stills" is a challenging task, given the
broad specter of the man's music, career and life. This search has been dogging
me as a fan, writer and friend of Stephen's for years. Thanks to Eddie Hill,
with assists from veteran collector Al Babcock and mastering maestro Marco
Zanzi, as well as beautiful poker-themed art by Bridget Samuels, a new two-CD
set, STEPHEN STILLS: BLUES MAN, PLAY YOUR HAND, now debuting in circulation via
The Lee Shore, cuts to the core of Stills' musical heart.
Not a comprehensive career-spanning study nor a collection of tunes simply
thrown together, this set has a course all its own that flows in different
directions, but stays on track with a blues pulse that would make Stephen nod and
smile if he ever heard this thing. Some of the selections are obvious and
familiar, others very surprising and rare. The audio quality of the songs, drawn
from different eras and different sources, is surprisingly strong. To
someone who has been engrossed in all things Stills since 1972, this set breaks open
new windows that I continue to enjoy going through. Listening sessions so
far have been akin to sipping some fine Southern whiskey ? warms your innards,
sometimes even burns, sometimes gives you a shiver, but always leaves you with
a lingering glow.
Divided into two CDs, first electric, then acoustic, "Black Queen" kicks off
each one and powerfully sets the table for what follows. I've heard several
electric versions of "Black Queen," but none top the 1976 Stills-Young Band
version from Boston included here. As Stephen opens the song with an extended
solo, I can visualize his fingers bending the strings of his Gibson Firebird, a
cigarette dangling from the corner his mouth, his eyes closed, totally in the
moment. When Neil Young comes crashing in with jagged rhythm strokes on Old
Black and the band kicks in behind them, "Black Queen" lurches forward in
powerful bursts. The next song, a Manassas outtake called "White Nigger," has
never been a particular favorite of mine, but it works in this context, somehow,
offering glimpses into other facets of Stills' vocal colorations and
arrangement skills. "Make Love to You," a smoky vamp in the studio, sounds more real
and desperate in a live setting, as a fall 1976 Tulane University solo version
proves.
While no version of "Crossroads" will ever top Cream's Eric Clapton-led live
version from 1968, Stills, with help from Dr. John and some Eagles, churns
and burns on a Survival Sunday performance of the song in 1980. Also from that
year is a real gem here from Milan, Italy, "Palace of the King," featuring
Michael Finnigan's finest vocal as a member of Stills' California Blues Band,
fueled by some wicked blue Stills guitar. When Stephen pulled out "Shuffle Just
As Bad" for a taping of the short-lived 1983 television show, Rock ?n Roll
Tonite, I was side-stage watching and listening. I had not heard it again until
this CD set arrived. Perhaps inspired by the presence that night of legendary
blues men Willie Dixon and Big Joe Turner, Stephen digs down for a growling,
nasty vocal and some churning blues-rock guitar. When Stills performed Booker
T. Jones' "Ole Man Trouble"during the 2002 CSNY tour, I must admit it was one
of my bathroom break songs. The alternate version included on this set warmed
me to the song, though, probably because Stephen's voice was in better shape
back in 1983 and he's on guitar, with Finnigan on organ. "Wounded World," a
Graham Nash song that Stills put his own brand on, is delivered with great
bluesy authority. Disc One ends with one of my favorite Stills songs of all-time,
"Go Back Home," this live performance from the first Manassas concert ever.
Stills takes his wah-wah guitar and blues-rock vocals into another realm here,
raising chicken skin every time I listen to it.
Some early listeners have suggested that the acoustic Disc Two of this set
should be played first. I disagree. If you listen to the music straight
through, late at night, glass in hand, the songs on this acoustic disc leave you in
just the right state. Though Stills never topped his Tequila soaked version of
"Black Queen" live in the studio on his first solo album, this 1970 Fillmore
East acoustic version rings out with an energy and passion all its own. When
the intro to "Four Days Gone" begins, some in the audience at the 1976 New
Orleans show react with applause like they're about to hear "49 Bye-Byes," but
the Buffalo Springfield chestnut surely moves every one in the room. Same with
"Myth of Sisyphus," which Stills sings from the depths of his personal pain in
the fall of 1976. A sprightly live take on "Stateline Blues,"also from the
fall of ?76 ? when Stephen was still playing his Martin D-45 on stage ? rings
out like a sigh of recreational relief ? just deal the cards! The furiously
picked medley of "Crossroads" and "You Can't Catch Me" never fails to thrill
an audience, as this version from a 1977 concert does on this set, but I've
always preferred Stephen's more deliberate picking approaches, like in the next
song, "Uncle James," an unreleased song, and Robert Johnson's "Come On In My
Kitchen." You don't have to hurry the blues. That's also true of Gregg
Allman's "Midnight Rider," which Stills really savors and milks during this
outstanding 1989 live take. Listeners are then in for a treat with Stephen's
rendition of "Man of Constant Sorrow," with the man making this often covered song his
own in some surprising ways. "Blues Man," the song that closes the 1972
Manassas double album and the song that Eddie picked to close this set, is
delivered with fierce emotion on stage during the Manassas debut concert. It's the
ultimate cry of pain, meditation on loss, and statement of survival..
Until the new Stills solo CD (now more than a decade-plus in the making)
and/or Stills box set arrives, BLUES MAN, PLAY YOUR HAND will intrigue and
delight anyone who appreciates Captain Manyhands. Thank you, Eddie Hill, for
sharing this great music.
DEZ
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booklet .doc
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booklet .pdf
http://bridgetsamuels.com/csn/bluesmanbooklet.pdf
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