CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH "We’ll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Advert that appears in this weeks VILLAGE VOICE December 10-16, 2003 Neil Young & Crazy Horse Winter 2004 Greendale tour Thu 02/19/04 Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre Speaking of 2004 Tours Check out the CPR dates scheduled so far. * * * MOJO Magazine November 2003 issue Featured Article on DAVID CROSBY by Sylvie Simmons In regards to the above excerpted article; take a look at the lyrics for the The Dawntreader * * * That Song About The Midway Another feature in the November MOJO Page 63 November Mojo page 130 Double Standards (uk release only) NOW SHOWING CHRIS STILLS This album features 10 tracks. _friends of suitelorraine_ Please visit this site and enjoy some of their MP3's. In the November 16th, 2003 New York Times - Long Island section RAZOR MAGAZINE www.razormagazine.com ”Another beautiful recording by a timeless artist. Brilliant songwriting and inescapeable artistry. Effortless melodies and though-provoking lyrics.” Stephen Stills appeared @ University of FLA for their lecture series October 2003 The spotlight is on some wonderful photos sent to me by Nancy Philpot © from several shows she attended in the 70's of the one and only STEPHEN STILLS Thank you my dear - these photos rock - indeed! * * * Byrds Song Used for Commercial: "Turn, Turn, Turn" to advertise their Veteran's Day 11/11/03 sales. Byrds Song Used to advertise Film: Release (NY, LA) (Wed) November 26, 2003 ~THANKS BUZZ!~ As appeared in Rolling Stone page 36 Issue 934 October 30th, 2003 Melissa Etheridge Weds - David and Jan Crosby attend. As seen on page 115 of Rolling Stone Issue 935 - November 13th, 2003 From the Inside Flap Thanks Mark. Acts ranked at NY State Fair this year: Toronto Film Fest Greendale poster From CSN's agent's site (The William Morris Agency) Well to clear up the STEPHEN STILLS - "BEST Of" mystery... Hi Lorraine, Chris Stills @ Town Hall - 10/27/03 Leather 60's mod watch. SS-esque raga part open tuning - full sound resonates the whole venue just from one guitar. Crowd got off on raga - the “stolen stills” section. And I mean no disrespect - only a tip of the hat to the ole’ man and a reference to a former proposed SS album. * * * At the show they sold Chris' new self-released sophomore effort PERCY COVERS THE SPRINGFIELD!~ http://www.musicbox-online.com/rp-six.html The latest recipient of The Suitelorraine - Gold Pick Award! A fan site on http://www.wildmansworld.homestead.com/wild1.html
- NEWS -
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses" - WN
Fri 02/20/04 Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
Tue 02/24/04 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium
Sat 02/28/04 Albuquerque, NM - Tingley Coliseum
Sun 02/29/04 Colorado Springs, CO - World Arena
Tue 03/02/04 Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Theatre
Thu 03/04/04 Rosemont, IL - Rosemont Theatre
Wed 03/17/04 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
Thu 03/18/04 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
Sun 03/21/04 Amherst, MA - Mullins Center
David Crosby & CPR 2004 Dates
Sat 02/28/04 Pasadena, CA - Beckman Auditorium
Tue 03/02/04 Plymouth, MA - Plymouth Memorial Hall
Thu 03/04/04 New York, NY - B.B. King's Blues Club
Fri 03/05/04 Wayne, NJ - Shea Auditorium
Sat 03/06/04 Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre
Sun 03/07/04 Annapolis, MD - Maryland Hall
Tue 03/09/04 Greensburg, PA - Palace Theatre
Thu 03/11/04 Westbury, NY - Westbury Music Fair
Fri 03/12/04 Frederick, MD - Weinberg Center
Sat 03/13/04 W. Long Branch, NJ - Pollak Auditorium
Sun 03/14/04 Wilkes-Barre, PA - F.M. Kirby Center
Tue 03/16/04 Erie, PA - Warner Theatre
Thu 03/18/04 Concord, NH - Capitol Center
Fri 03/19/04 Niagara Falls, NY - Seneca Niagara Casino
Sat 03/20/04 Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino
Thu 03/25/04 Lodi, CA - Hutchins St Square Theatre
Fri 03/26/04 San Rafael, CA - Marin Center
Sat 03/27/04 Redwood City, CA - Little Fox
Sun 03/28/04 Escondido, CA CA- Center For The Arts
Tue 03/30/04 Palm Desert, CA - McCallum Theatre
Wed 03/31/04 Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Center
Fri 04/02/04 Sparks, NV - John Ascuaga's Nugget
Sat 04/03/04 Sparks, NV - John Ascuaga's Nugget
Mon 04/05/04 Medford, OR - Craterian Ginger Rogers
Tue 04/06/04 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
Wed 04/07/04 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
Out now - pick up a copy!
I am not transcribing the full articles - just noting pertinent excerpts.
A LONG STRANGE TRIP
pgs 48-54
Excerpts:
page 50 “A key player in the two most influential and successful bands in the golden age of West Coast rock,
Crosby, as Jerry Garcia said, ‘hasn’t ever gotten
the credit he deserves.’”
Q: about CSNY.... Worth all the headaches?
A: “I don’t know about that- haha! No, that’s what we call OWB - outside world bullshit. Once you start playing music, all of that is gone. I think you’ll probably see us one more time.
Q: You stood in for Neil Young in the Buffalo Springfield when they played Monterey.
Did you come close to joining the band?
A: “Very. I really liked Stephen (Stills) - still do. At that point he was just exploding with talent and songs. My group was falling apart around me and his group was falling apart around him and we were drawn to each other. If the Springfield had stayed together I probably would have joined them.”
Q: CSN’s debut album featured two songs about Joni Mitchell - your Guinnevere and Nash’s Lady of the Island.
Two thirds of a band writing songs to the same lover on one album?
A: “I hate to destroy a good myth buf Lady of the Island was written about a different woman. And only one of the three verses in Guinnevere was about Joni - the one about riding bicycles down by the bay- and the other two were about two other women. When I met Joni she was singing in a coffee house down in Miami and we did used to ride bikes by the bay and, of course, like all other male singer-songwriters of our times, I had a crush on her. I loved her. It was very easy to love her. Turbulent, though. Loving Joni is a little like falling into a cement mixer. By the time Nash came into it, Joni and I had finished up, in a kind of spectacular way. There was a girl named Christine Hinton that I had started seeing and was falling for. When she found out I was seeing Christine Hinton, she wrote That Song About the Midway, which is full of Byrd images. Once you know that you can sort it out. That was her goodbye song. Her hello song to me was The Dawntreader.
Crosby related songs by Ms Mitchell:
Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions
Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor
Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where
Never mind their questions there's no answer for
The roll of the harbor wake
The songs that the rigging makes
The taste of the spray he takes
And he learns to give
He aches and he learns to live
He stakes all his silver
On a promise to be free
Mermaids live in colonies
All his seadreams come to me
City satins left at home I will not need them
I believe him when he tells of loving me
Something truthful in the sea your lies will find you
Leave behind your streets he said and come to me
Come down from the neon nights
Come down from the tourist sights
Run down till the rain delights you
You do not hide
Sunlight will renew your pride
Skin white by skin golden
Like a promise to be free
Dolphins playing in the sea
All his seadreams come to me
Seabird I have seen you fly above the pilings
I am smiling at your circles in the air
I will come and sit by you while he lies sleeping
Fold your fleet wings I have brought some dreams to share
A dream that you love someone
A dream that the wars are done
A dream that you tell no one but the grey sea
They'll say that you're crazy
And a dream of a baby
Like a promise to be free
Children laughing out to sea
All his seadreams come to me
© 1968 Siquomb Publishing Co. (BMI)
I met you on a midway at a fair last year
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man’s ear
You were playing on the horses, you were playing on the guitar strings
You were playing like a devil wearing wings, wearing wings
You looked so grand wearing wings
Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing
Can you fly
I heard you can! can you fly
Like an eagle doin’ your hunting from the sky
I followed with the sideshows to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
You were betting on some lover, you were shaking up the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice, once or twice
I heard your bid once or twice
Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price
Pack it in
I heard you did! pack it in
Was it hard to fold a hand you knew could win
So lately you’ve been hiding - it was somewhere in the news
And I’m still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
And a voice calls out the numbers, and it sometimes mentions mine
And I feel like I’ve been working overtime, overtime
I’ve lost my fire overtime
Always playin’ one more hand for one more dime
Slowin’ down I’m gettin’ tired!
Slowin’ down
And I envy you the valley that you’ve found
’cause I’m midway down the midway
Slowin’ down, down, down, down
© 1968 Siquomb Publishing Co. (BMI)
The Mojo Hall of Fame 100
Voted by Mojo readers -
Logging in @ #83 CSNY
World Changing Moment” Deja Vu’ - title track on side two of CSNY’s first studio lp - released March 23rd, 1970.
Excerpt from page 70.
Q by Sid Griffin - Is it easy to take an off-beat song like Deja Vu’ to a group of individuals like Stills, Nash and Young?
A: Crosby - “Nash took to it instantly but then Nash has always been the one to whom my music is the most accessible, he understood it from the beginning. Stills took longer but made a really wonderful contribution on it and played great on it. Neil, you show him something unusual and his eyes grow brighter and he moves closer to you. He likes that, and every night we performed it on the 2000 or 2002 CSNY tour Neil was having fun, man, he liked that.
Page 96 - The Mojo Hall of Fame 100
# 25 THE BYRDS
World changing moment: The opening Rickenbacker riff of Mr Tamborine Man released April 12th, 1965.
Page 104 - The Mojo Hall of Fame 100
#7 NEIL YOUNG
World Changing moment - Young turns his back on success and opens fire on the bloated
Californian 70’s rock idyll with three of his most uncompromising albums - Sept 1973
Time Fades Away
Tonights the Night
On the Beach
Page 83
Advert for the Hollies box set
Record reviews
Lea Delaria - 4 stars
Comedienne creates jazz that’s no laughing matter.
“Her interpretation of Neil Young’s Philadelphia is handled with the kind of tenderness
and delicacy associated with Peggy Lee, like whom she often phrases.”
Fred Dellar
appears on the Parisian Electro-pop group
Tommy Hools
July 2003 release
All Soul's Night
Produced by Markus Dravs it features Richard Archer, Chris Stills, & Hawksley Workman.
* * *
Bio info on Tommy Hools
Tommy Hools members Laurent Bidoli and Nicolas Druel got together in 1996, influenced by a wide range of music from rock to soul, hip hop and electro. “All Souls’ Night” boasts some truly infectious melodies and is testament to their eclectic taste. The album was produced by Markus Dravs (Bjork, Brian Eno, Goldfrapp and Pater Gabriel). Vibrant and varied, the music switches from pop to soul, electro, indie-rock and even has some oriental influences. Vocals from guest artists Hawksley Workman, Christopher Stills and Richard Archer, sung in both French and English, add yet another dimension to the style.
About the Record
All Souls’ Night is their second studio album. It embodies months of encounters, human adventures and spirited-collaborations. Tommy Hools as a composing duo went searching for the voices that would fit their dreams. Hawksley Workman, Christopher Stills (son of Stephen Stills and Veronique Sanson) and Richard Archer (Contempo) were the definitive answers. The record built itself like a patchwork of colours and textures that intertwine as one. Richard’s brit-pop accents, Christopher’s soul music, Hawksley’s indefinable style, all comes together in the hands of producer Markus Dravs (whose previous collaborations include Bjork, Brian Eno, Goldfrapp and Peter Gabriel) and of engineer Bruno Ellingham (New Order, Coldplay,Travis) .
Website: www.recallgroup.com
Chris contributes on cut #2
LOVIN' ARMS
Written by N.DRUEL / Chris STILLS. Lyrics by Chris STILLS.
Vocals by Chris STILLS
Vibraphon & additional strings by David HADJADJ.
There was an article entitled :
Gathering Forces in the Battle on Hunger
by N.C. Maisk
This article featured the work of good samaritan, Syd Mandelbaum and his organization - Rock and Wrap It Up! - an organization that recovers food from the entertainment industry for the needy.
www.rockandwrapitup.org
877-691-FOOD
During the dozen years it has been in existence, Rock and Wrap It Up! has had some 160 acts on its roster. When the bands sign contracts for performances, they include a clause requiring their caterers to give leftover food to the homeless.
CSN Content found in the article:
“At the September 9th, Jones Beach concert by Crosby, Stills and Nash, for example, Rock and Wrap It Up! volunteers were given more than 130 lbs of food and drinks from the band’s backstage dinners and lunches. The fare, which included steak, fish, vegetarian dishes, hot dogs, hamburgers, fruit, bread, and fresh produce, was enough to fill more than 120 plates.”
The December / January 2004 issue-
(out now )
Has some csn y related content.
(page 22)
Top 5 Albums of 2003
Logging in @ #4
GREENDALE
* * *
(Page 54-55) a Profile on JEFF BRIDGES
states that he is working on a new record .
- pg 55 -
“Following his 2000 release of ‘Be Here Soon’ a dynamic album of pop, country, reggae and soul music, he is working on a new batch of songs with longtime friends Michael McDonald and DAVID CROSBY.
photo courtesy of Nancy Philpot ©
photo courtesy of Nancy Philpot ©
photo courtesy of Nancy Philpot ©
photo courtesy of Nancy Philpot ©
Kohls department stores local adverts used a version of
Commercials for the film In America are running on NYC tv with another
version of Turn, Turn, Turn playing behind the advert.
In America
a k a East of Harlem
2002 - UK/USA/Ireland - Drama
In America saw its world premiere at the 2002 Toronto International
Film Festival and played to enthusiastic crowds at the 2003 Sundance Film
Festival.
New Neil Young book available:
Neil Young's Harvest (Thirty Three and a Third series)
by Sam Inglis
Editorial Reviews - From the Publisher
"Thirty Three and a Third" is a new series of short books about
critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. The authors
provide fresh, original perspectives - often through their access to and
relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these
albums. By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the
books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about
music. What binds the series together, and what brings it to life, is that
all of the authors - musicians, broadcasters, scholars, and writers -
are huge fans of the album they have chosen.
"The White Falcon's split pickup might have been just a gimmick from
the early days of stereo, but the way Neil Young uses it on 'Alabama' is
remarkable. His muted picking brings stabbing notes first from one
speaker, then the other, as though we were hearing not one but two
guitarists, playing with an unnatural empathy. The electric guitar has seldom
sounded so menacing, and Young's growling rhythm and piercing lead notes
are tracked perfectly by Kenny Buttrey's bare-bones drumming. The build
to the chorus is beautifully judged, and when Young and his celebrity
backing singers let rip, there's an almost physical sense of release."
Neil Young's 'Harvest' is one of those strange albums that has achieved
lasting success without ever winning the full approval of rock critics
or hardcore fans. Even Young himself has been equivocal, describing it
in one breath as his 'finest' album, dismissing it in the next as an
MOR aberration. Here, Sam Inglis explores the circumstances of the
album's creation and asks who got it right: the critics, or the millions who
have bought 'Harvest' in the 30 years since its release?
Check out this link sent to me by Mark Wegner.
"It was in South Africa of all places that I should find the
best guitar maker in the world. A unique and lovely sound,
he's really one of the best." - Stephen Stills on Maingard guitars,
crafted in South Africa by Marc Maingard.
This was sent to me by ACB - thanks Bud!
From The Syracuse Post Standard newspaper.
Grandstand Shows:
11. Goo Goo Dolls with Sugar Ray and Gavin DeGraw.
10. Def Leppard.
09. Boston.
08. Vince Gill with Brad Paisley.
07. Meat Loaf with Cyndi Lauper.
06. Styx with REO Speedwagon.
05. Alan Jackson with Joe Nichols.
04. Bob Dylan.
03. Brooks & Dunn with Rascal Flatts.
02. Crosby, Stills & Nash.
David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash can still harmonize as if
it's 1969. And they're all still writing new songs with a social
conscience, too. I couldn't think of a better veteran band for so many young
members of the jam-band culture to latch onto.
01. Steely Dan.
© 2003 The Post-Standard.
Check out this site for all things NEIL! Thanks Thrasher.
Thrasher's Wheat - A Neil Young Archives
http://home.earthlink.net/~thrasher1/
From earlier this year.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
June 1 - Sold out the Viejas Casino - Outdoor Facility (1500 cap.) in
Alpine, CA.
Back of the Raven Records SS CD
Seems the release out now on Australia's Raven Records IS a different
compilation than the one that is still tba from Legacy Records. This was
clarified by Management and ICE Magazine.
Thanks for contacting us. I checked with Legacy and was told that the
Raven release is a completely different album than theirs. Legacy is
awaiting track list approval from Stephen Stills, so theirs is not yet
scheduled.
I hope that helps!
Best regards,
Dayna Cramer
ICE Magazine
New Release Editor
Been meaning to put this one up. Plenty of interesting Stills content -
regarding Chris Stills and his axes!
Check it out!
HERE
The webmaster of this site, asked me to pass along their Veronique
Sanson site to you all
Here ya go!
http://www.sansondamour.net/
I was able to sneak out and catch Chris Stills @ his return to NYC @
Town Hall as support talent for Paul Weller - in NYC.
Here are my notes from the show:
CS hits the stage ....
Black long sleeve shirt w/ light blue jeans and his sea foam green Gibson J-200.
01. ABOUT A GIRL
Hair is short, slim. Mature. Sideburns. Bootcut jeans (too long) brown boots.
Hot and much more mature since we last met, as I - indeed.
Has that European look about him.
Clean and bright sound in this revered hall.
02. 100 YEAR THING
This one played on a Martin
New moaning/lament section a la SS during this one.
Doesn’t seem really nervous.
But what the hell- he (CS) can pull if off!
Not full venue.
"I’m from LA" (no response) - CS tells story about living in NY before.
03. HERE COMES THE LANDSLIDE
New song better than 1st song.
He has better poise and control, not as wet behind the ears. Though his stage banter is rusty!
04. STORY OF A DYING MAN
Piano (the real thang) Nice - Killer new song.
05. SWEET CALIFORNIA
Is he taller than SS?
perhaps - but Vero’ is petite
Venue fuller - pretty attentive crowd & receptive.
06. TEARS OF ENVY - Hot!
“I wanna know you...”
07. GOD WON’T MAKE YOU A MAN
Good choice
A showstopper. Extended w/ SS -isms or shall I say CS -isms.
40 mins set
Thank you & g’nite.
lk
"Both 'Hey Joe' and 'For What It’s Worth,'
recorded as demos in 1967 with Band of Joy, are stuffed full of blazing psychedelic blues,
powered by the bashing and crashing of John Bonham."
Country Joe and the Fish
