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NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
SUITELORRAINE.COM / FLASH BACKS
Stephen Stills Plays at Garden
In His First Solo Concert Here
The New York Times
by Mike Jahn
August 1st, 1970
Stephen Stills, noted for his work with Buffalo Springfield and
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, gave his first “solo” performance
here Friday evening before 21,000 people at Madison Square Garden.
The evening was divided into three sections. First, Mr. Stills
played electric guitar and was backed by a rock quartet on such
songs as the old Springfield tune “Rock and Roll Woman.” Second,
there was an acoustic set beginning with Mr Stills, actually appearing
solo, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, but later joined
by people such as Graham Nash and Fred Neil. The group played
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Love the One You’re With,” Mr
Neil’s “The Dolphin,” and others.
Note:
(The author, Mike Jahn erroneously stated that “Love the One You’re
With” was a CSNY song. Correction, it is a “Stephen Stills solo
effort song, which has been played over the years with CSN, CSNY
and Stills solo.)
LORRAINE
The segment saw Mr Stills backed by an 11 piece band, largely
the Memphis Horns. For this the group played “Ecology Song” and
“Bluebird Revisited,” among others. The level seemed to decline
sharply during the last segment. Mr Stills basically frail folk
voice simply can’t hold up under the glare of so much instrumentation.
His “Bluebird Revisited,” a remake of the old Springfield song
“Bluebird” is so thoughtless, it should be referred to the Audobon
Society.
However for atleast two thirds of the evening, Mr Stills gave
an outstanding performance, far superior to the life-less nature
of his recent recording. The concert was one of the best yet to
be seen at the Garden. A high point was a stunning closed circuit
large screen color TV projection of the concert by Joshua Television,
which ran the light shows at the Fillmore East.
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