CROSBY STILLS NASH
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Updated 12/01/01
THIS WEEK:
"Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones
an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing."
BOB DYLAN©
Welcome to
NOVEMBER!
DECEMBER NEWS
*FOR GEORGE*
Stephen Stills, explains the impetus behind the 2002 tour this
way:
"Neil called and said 'Come on, let's go. Let's go now.'
You see we originally thought we were gonna go out in August.
When
Neil called I said, 'Yeah we're ready to go out and play. When
do you
want to do that?' He said 'Now.' I said, 'Now?' He said, 'Yeah,
the
time's right. The people need this. Let's go.'"
Bono @ the Garden wearing an
Artcraft, Ltd tee
Engine #24 NYC
Was the first fire department @ the WTC
9 - 11 - 01
They lost 11 men, including their beloved chaplin
Father Myke Judge.
GRACE SLICK
Why Keith????.... just because!!!!.....
Photo's sent exclusively to suitelorraine.com by Tim Ryan©
Excellent - More great shots!!!!
Thanks so much Tim, for sending them to the site for everyone
to enjoy!!!!
Photo's sent exclusively to suitelorraine.com by Gregory Bladecki©
Greg you RULE! Thanks so much.
GREAT photo of Stills prowling the aisles!!!! Just like I pictured
it!!!
LORRAINE
* * *
So friends it seems like it was a "winning" weekend at the casino's
for
Stills during his 3-fer Casino Run in Indy and MS.
Reports coming into the site, say that Stephen was in fine form,
along with his regular cast of characters
Joe Vitale - drums and vocals
Joe Vitale Jr!!! - percussion
Gerald Johnson - bass and vocals
Michael "Kelly" Finnigan - hammond B3 and vocals
and of course
Mssr Stills.
They performed excellent sets of the usual recent (1998-1999)
solo fare,
Woodstock
Love the One You're With
Helplessly Hoping
49 Bye Bye's
Make Love to You
Can't Get Next To You - Finnigan on Lead Vocals (Temptations song)
Johnny's Garden
Acadienne
Southern Cross
Death Letter (Son House song, with Finns again on lead vocals)
Finns covered this song back on the Finnigan and Wood Record.
For What It's Worth
Dark Star
and the he threw in was a *traditional song*,
Man Of Constant Sorrow
First published in 1913 by the blind Richard Burnett.
Also recorded by the Stanley Brothers and others.
Played by Bob Dylan on Bob Dylan (1962)
Most recently is has been featured prominently in the hit film
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
* * *
Man Of Constant Sorrow
I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I'll say goodbye to Colorado
Where I was born and partly raised.
Your mother says I'm a stranger
My face you'll never see no more
But there's one promise, darling:
I'll see you on God's golden shore.
Through this open world I'm about to ramble
Through ice and snows, sleet and rain
I'm about to ride that morning railroad
Perhaps I'll die on that train.
I'm going back to Colorado
The place that I started from
If I had known how bad you'd treat me honey
I never would have come.
* * *
It was also reported that Stephen did a rehearsal / sound check
on keyboards for one tune, but did not play it at the shows.
I missing stuff like this.
I have 4 words for this
Who has the tape?
My consolation is that I was seeing Jefferson Starship on Saturday
night
who were in full musical psychedelic regalia.
What a show! Slick Aguilar, who at one time played with Croz in
the early 80's
was absolutely on fire. Mssrs Kanter and Balin where pretty good
themselves!!!
;-D
As well as the rest of the gang.
It was a hell of a setlist - 2nd set for the night
(Marty dedicated Good Shepherd to *KEN KESEY*)
11/18/01
Jefferson Starship setlist @ IMAC - NY
There Will Be Love
Crown of Creation
Good Shepherd
Young Girl Sunday Blues
Triad
Hey Frederick
St Charles
Miracles
Only One You
Hearts
Kantner reads poem by Otto Rene Castillo into >>>Shadowlands
She Has Funny Cars
You're Bringing Me Down
Hyperdrive
Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil
Coming Back To Me
Have You Seen The Stars Tonight into>> Volunteers
I have to say that in this post WTC world we are living in
people are playing with more passion than ever.
It was glorious.
Shout out to: George at IMAC
Glad to hear you are enjoying "the suite."
See you on the road in 2002!
All the best,
Lorraine
From the 11/23/01 Issue of POLLSTAR Magazine
The "Furthur" bus carries the rainbow colored casket of Ken Kesey
following a memorial service in Eugene Ore. November 14th. More
than 1,000
people attended services for the 66-year-old hippie impresario
best-selling
author filmmaker actor farmer and teacher. The author of "One
Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest" and "Sometimes a Great Notion" died November 10th
from
complications following cancer surgery. In the crowd of mourners
were members
of the Grateful Dead and the Merry Pranksters the band of revelers
who rode
with Kesey on an LSD- fueled cross-country bus ride that was immortalized
in
Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test."
Also in the 11/23/01 Issue of Pollstar
This week CSN are now up a notch, at #26 in the top 50 GrossingTours.
NEW Book just released in France last week on Veronique Sanson.
Véronique Sanson : Doux dehors, fou dedans
de Jean-François Brieu
Lattès (Libel. Pas Inst) ; ISBN : 2709620960
Veronique Sanson: Soft Outside, Insane Inside by Jean-François Brieu Lattès
GALYAN'S a Sports and Outdoor Adventure Store
In the Castleton, Indianapolis location
it is rumored to have a special guest appearance this Monday
11/19/01
by
STEPHEN STILLS
Appearing on the TV Show
Colts Live with Jim Irsay at Galyan’s
which is broadcast there live every
Monday night throught December from 7:30-8:00 p.m.,
The climbing wall is transformed into a live television studio.
WRTV-6 televises a live pre-game show
that leads into Monday Night Football.
“Colts Live with Jim Irsay at Galyan’s” is hosted by Jim Irsay and Dave Furst, and
features ‘special guests’ and ‘special offers’.
* * *
Anyone in INDY that will tape this - please contact me!
Thank you. - Lorraine
MOJO Collections Issue
(For vinyl junkies,rarity freaks, and cult connoisseurs)
Autumn 2001 is here.
It's a seasonal realease, other than the monthly issue's.
Inside is Crosby content!
a 5 page Article titled:
The Crosby Show
It's been a long strange trip for David Crosby with plenty of
success (The Byrds, CSN)
and excess (drugs, liver transplant) along the way. He tells Mark
Paytress about the famous
friends who kept him company through it all.
He discusses his musical friends including:
Fred Neil
Paul Kantner
Bob Dylan
Roger McGuinn
Hugh Masekela
Jerry Garcia
Joni Mitchell
et al....
Excerpt:
PAUL KANTNER:
Sci-fi loving Jefferson Airplane man
"Kantner is a truly unusual human being. He's an extremely bright
man, very opinionated and great fun. He and I spent a great deal
of time
together, and to this day he's one of my favorite people because
he's
never compromised. He doesn't give a shit about making money.
He loves to
make music and he loves to stir up trouble.
We share a love of science fiction, which is why we did things
like
'Have You Seen the Stars Tonight? and 'Wooden Ships.' We wrote
that right after I got tossed out of the Byrds. It's still one
of my
favorite pieces of writing. We both felt it was mankinds destiny
to grow up, stop beating each other over the head with sticks
and go
out in the stars and find our destiny. We're both iconoclasts,
both very
anti-establishment."
photo by Robert Altman ©
LOST ANOTHER ONE
KEN KESEY
First up this week some POLLSTAR NEWS
from the 11/16/01 Issue
*Gimmee Mick!*
"While The Rolling Stones might venture out for global dates to
celebrate their 40th anniversary, Mick Jagger might do some unplugged
showcases of his new solo album through Asia, Australia and New
Zealand. Jagger is also tipped to holiday in Sydney through the
Christmas break to coincide with the cricket season."
*Cricket anyone?!*
photo by Joanne A. Calitri©
"Produced in conjunction with The Guacamole Fund, the fourth
annual Valley Music Festival in Solvang, Calif., raised more than
$50,000 for local art and music classes. At the October 1-2 concerts
at the Solvang Festival Theater are (L-R) co-producer Jan Crosby
with
her performing hubby, David Crosby, and Clint Black."
Movin' on up!
CSN have moved up on the Top 50 USA Tours chart
As of 11/16/01 they are @ #27
Last week they were @ 31
(This is based on the stats of 17 shows.)
News items of note
"Gibson Guitar Corp. has signed a letter of intent to purchase
the
financially ailing Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. Terms of the deal were
not disclosed. Gibson will purchase the assets from GE Capital,
Baldwin's largest creditor which secured the right to sell the
company under a recent bankruptcy court agreement. Burdened by
excessive inventory, severance agreements and executive compensation
commitments, Baldwin owed GE Capital nearly $31 million before
filing
Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May. GE Capital bid $17 million for most
of
Baldwin's assets last month, agreeing to sell them by November
15th."
"John Roberts, 56, one of the main investors in the original Woodstock
festival, died in Manhattan November 2nd of cancer. Roberts and
his
friend Joel Rosenman fell into producing the historic festival
almost
by accident. In 1967, the men wanted to write a sitcom about two
young venture capitalists with money but no business plans, so
they
placed an ad in The New York Times seeking "interesting and
legitimate business enterprises" for ideas. After financing
Mediasound Recording Studios in New York, the two formed Woodstock
Ventures with Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld. Borrowing a reported
$1.8 million from his trust fund, Roberts didn't clear the concert's
debts until 1980. He also co-produced the 25th anniversary concert
in
1994."
I ordered the Jennifer Stills EP, and have been awaiting it's
arrival - to no avail.
I received this email today:
"Thank you for your order. Unfortunately, the EP will not be released
at
this time. However, we have mailed you a promotional CD containing
a few of
Jennifer's new songs. Your order has been deleted and your credit
card will
not be charged.
Thanks again for your interest."
Sincerely,
Allen King
Digitalpressure.com
Jenniferstills.com
Start clipping coupons and rolling those pennies....
2002 here we come
I got this message from Graham last week. Sat on this for a few days....
In regards to his new solo effort, his photo book and CSNY he
says the following:
"The 5.1 mixes ( surround sound ) will be out soon on the DTS
label.. the normal stereo will be out
with my book of photographs around April.
CSNY going out in Feb." Graham
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11/12/01
Have you heard the
New CSN song ?
Written by Graham Nash
HALF YOUR ANGELS
It is pure classic CSN
Pristine and regal.
*Beautiful*
Learn more about the song from
BUY it HERE
Follow the link to the Q104.3 website and there you can purchase
the track for $2.50
What that means is you may download it. From there you can burn
it to cd.
It is not currently available as a "cd" that would be shipped
to your home.
You have to download the Liquid Audio player, before you can purchase
the cut.
ALL PROCEEDS
from the sale of this song are going to the
Clear Channel Relief Fund
STEPHEN STILLS
is going back on the road
for 3 gigs in November 2001.
Follow these links to purchase your tickets.
11/15/01 &11/16/01 in Vevay, Indiana
Stephen Stills - November 15 & 16 at 8:00pm
Known the world over for his work in the bands Buffalo Springfield
and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
Stephen Stills has entertained us for over four decades with his
unique guitar style and reflective vocals.
Don't miss the opportunity to see this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
inductee live in the CenterStage Showroom.
888-BELTERRA
AND
11/17 in Robinsonville, MS (near Tunica)
Spend an evening with a true rock legend
One performance only
Saturday, November 17 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $40.00
*Must be at least 21 years of age to attend.
LISTEN TO SOME NEW JENNIFER STILLS!
JENNIFER STILLS
song
"Lay You Down"
was featured in the WB tv series "Felicity" episode
"My Best Friend's Wedding."
Follow this link to purchase a (4) song EP of Jennifer's songs.
HERE
!David Crosby Content!
Remember the special that aired on TNT this past July 4th, 2001?
Just released on DVD
All Star Tribute to Brian Wilson
DTS/5.1 sound
As I write this I have Neil Youngs "On the Beach" spinning with
Ambulance Blues crooning in the
background, (which has never been released on cd by Mssr Young).
So you know that vinyl lives round these part, (as I imagine it
does for alot of visitors of this site.)
With this in mind, it's important to note that Classic Records,
based in Los Angeles
has been reissuing a number of "classic"
csn and related records on 180gm audiophile discs.
CLASSIC RECORDS
180gm audiophile
- November 2001
SD-2-903 Stephen Stills - Manassas
(2 LP set) Available on November 15, 2001
Other pertinent recent titles recently re-released
October 2001 SD-7204 Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners
July 2001 SD-7202 Stephen Stills
June 2001 SD-7220 Graham Nash/David Crosby
Upon reading about Classic Records in Mojo magazine, I asked Gerry
Tolman
if this was legit, and he said indeed it was.
"They sound great. I was there with Bernie Grundman for the mastering
of the
Stills and Manassas discs.
Grundman gave all of these discs his ultra touch.
They are all meticulously re-mastered for vinyl."-Gerry Tolman
Thanks for the good word on the vinyl Gerry - time to go shopping!
Graham did an interview to promote the re-release of Songs For
Beginners
Click on the photo below to listen to the recent interview.
Crosby in print
There are a number of recent Crosby reviews and interviews in
the press.
September 2001 Issue of Mojo #94
Reviews the CPR show @ the London Jazz Cafe - by Sid Griffin
"Final night of the European tour sees the godfather of hippy
play a tight two and half hour set of hits and new material."
Excerpt:
"Crosby's music is unique. Guitars tuned to open chords, relatively
complex time changes, and off-beat vocal
harmonies driving along philosophical, introspective lyrics add
up to an artist either loved or dismissed. Almost every song
tonight could be described as mysterious or melancholic and when
Crosby's crystal clear, bell-like tenor sends the melody sky
high they work very well. Tracks from his immortal first solo
album If I Could Only Remember My Name gets
particularly audible approval, which is deserved since both Music is Love and the lyricless yet beautifully sung
Song With No Words sound staggering in their pristine vocal packaging. New material
such as Morrison, the sad tale
of The Doors late singer, and the surprisingly rockin' Katie Did are also delivered with more verve than on record."
Found in the September issue of the UK Magazine Record Collector
is a 2 page interview with Mr David Crosby.
Short Takes...Crosby gets CPR by Peter Doggett
Some points of note:
He is blunt about CPR's future: "This band is a labor of love,
but it's a Britney Spears world, man, and we're failing.
We can't sell any records and we lose money when we tour. If Neil
calls and says let's do
another tour, then CPR will survive, because I'll keep subsiding
it. If he doesn't , it'll die."
"CSNY's tour last year won ecstatic reviews - but not in Europe,
where the millionaire quartet refused to venture".
'It's money,' Crosby claims. 'It costs too much to come over here.
That's why Neil came with Crazy Horse instead of us.
Believe me, we were pissed; we wanted to come. I was very offended
that he came with Crazy Horse instead of us.
But his manager, Elliot Roberts - who is also my manager - is
very concerned with optimising the amount
of money he can make. And that means playing the US not here.'
RE: Looking Forward: 'I was disappointed. We didn't use all the best songs. Nash had
at least
two others that were better than the ones on the record. I had
Climber which we made a really good track of.
And Neil had much better ones than 'Queen of Them All,' which should never have been on the record. It was a jerk-off.'
When asked about another CSNY reunion: 'I talked to Neil the night before last, and he says he's still
keen'
David Crosby on STEPHEN STILLS: 'At what he does, no one can touch Stills.'
David Crosby on GRAHAM NASH: 'Nash is the best harmony singer on the planet -hands down nobody
can touch him.'
David Crosby on NEIL YOUNG: 'Playing with Neil is very intense, and very exciting.
He leans forward into what's possible, all the time. He's powerful.
He's got a lot of juice.'
David Crosby on THE RECORD BUSINESS: 'A whiskey company owned one quarter of the record business.
And they sold it to a French water company. What do you think
the French water company executives know about songs?
I'll tell you. F*&%ing nothing. They wouldn't know a song if flew
up their f*&%$ing nose and died.'
Tell us how you REALLY feel David!!!
From the November 2nd, 2001
Issue of Pollstar Magazine
One more stat in from the CSN Tour 2001
DATE: 9/8/01
ACT: Crosby Stills & Nash
VENUE: Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas,TX
House Of Blues Concerts
TICKETS SOLD: 3,751
TICKET PRICE: 42.50 - 52.50
GROSS: 108,383
Check here for the tally of the BOX OFFICE so far.
They are maintaining the #32 spot of the top 50 tour grosses.
Average gross: $203,435
Tickets sold: 5,248
Based on # of shows: 16
This week: 32
Last week: 32
Act: Crosby, Stills & Nash
Agency: William Morris Agency
From the November 9th. 2001
Issue of Pollstar
Recent Graham Nash sighting
Graham and Bill Silva - photo ©
Highlights from the 4th annual benefit for the Lili Claire Foundation
include appearances by Graham Nash, who entertained the 700-strong
audience, and promoter Bill Silva co-president of HOB/Hewitt/Silva and respected music industry
leader,
the recipient of the Music of the Heart Award.
Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, October 20th,
2001
The benefit raised more than $250,000 for people with neurogenetic
disorders.
In the November 9th, issue of Pollstar
CSN have moved to # 39 in the top 50 National grossing tours.
This is based on the stats so far from 17 of the gigs,
The November 8th, 2001 Issue of Rolling Stone - RS#881
This is their 2nd annual car issue
Guess who we find inside the pages??
The ever present: Mr David Crosby
Where artists are discusing their first cars:
Crosby: "It was a 1950 Ford two - door, column shift, twin pipes.
It was gray-green, I think.
My parents gave it to me; I was sixteen. It gave me mobility and
allowed me to get laid. I put glass packs on it.
Good noise - "Rrrowrrr!" The main thing you wanted to do with
it was drive around, look cool, make a great noise,
and hopefully, convince girls to go riding with you so you could
take them on back roads and try to kiss them.
My wife's laughing, asking, 'Did it work?' Yes!"
Also found inside Rolling Stone RS#881
Is an article on JIM IRSAY (the owner of the Indianapolis Colts)
by Martin Schoeller entitled:
The Many Passions of Jim Irsay
The pertinence of this is that there is STILLS content here.
"Rock and roll is a driving force in Irsay's life.
This is a man who dates even personal history in reference to
musical tragedies."
The author wanted to interview Irsay about his recent purchase
of the original
On The Road manuscript by Jack Kerouac.
Irsay's publicist got back to Schoellar and told him,
"Jim wants to play you some new songs that he's been working on.
He has one of Stephen Stills old guitars and he is bringing it
to the office."
EXCERPT:
"As a kid, Jim was schooled in music by an old black man from
Chicago's South Side, whom he calls 'a house man,' and who took
Jim on drives and told him about Muddy Waters and the blues. Jim
later added John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan to his personal
pantheon and has since built himself a shadow life, wherein he
hangs out with pop heroes lile Cameron Crowe and Hunter S. Thompson
and jams
with rock stars like Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Stephen Stills.
Irsay sometimes plays his own tunes at charity concerts or ducks
into a
studio to put down some tracks. A few years ago, he wrote and
recorded a song, along with Mills and Stills, for Ryan White;
the boy who came to symbolize the tragedy of AIDS..."
