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He would later, head off to military school in Tampa,
Florida. As Stephen puts it, he witnessed great music in in
Florida, heard and played on back porches, "incredible
music" floating over the orange groves. Picking up blues
sounds, along with his dad's old blues records.



Also, he would be a traveler, traveling with his parents,
from Louisiana, to Cuba. Enriching his soul with everything
from Bluegrass, to Latin beats.



Prior to 1964, he was in a group called the Company, in
which he met a future bandmate Neil Young, and they More...




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a masterpiece | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song Spanish Suite performed by Stephen Stills

I have been a fan of Stephen Stills since age 10, now 46. He is my favorite, an incredible musician. I was fortunate to see him last month in Denver and fortunate to be 10 feet from him from where he was performing. He did not perform Spanish Suite but this song is absolutely a favorite of mine. A Masterpiece which you can listen to over and over again.

An incredible combination | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song Word Game performed by Stephen Stills

Stills and an acoustic guitar WOW! Just saw an old (1980) acoustic version of Word Game - informal setting, and he blew a word or two, but...WOW! This as from a show on the long-gone cable channel "Spotlight" - if anyone knows where to find the whole show, please tell us. Did I mention...WOW?

Black Queen as Metaphor | Reviewer: donhmatt@yahoo.com
    ------ About the song Black Queen performed by Stephen Stills

I appreciate your comments and posting of this powerful song. My family is from the Delta and I have a great love for this music. I may be over thinking this song since I am an academic but I would suggest that the song can also represent the women and men and the games they play with each other. It speaks to the desire of the black male to be in relationship with his "black queen. Anyway, great poetry lends itself to numerous interpretations. This what makes it great. I wonder if Stills wrote this song or heard it from blues guitarist he speaks about on one of his recordings of the song or a combination of both. I also appreciate Stills giving credit to whom credit was due. He and Jimi were my favorite guitarist from the sixties. peace, Don

Treetop Flyer | Reviewer: Mark
    ------ About the song Treetop Flyer performed by Stephen Stills

Well folks I was a 19 when I first worked and flew with these Vets in Alaska after the war. It's a clean song, I don't read the dope thing into it because it does'nt say it. The song does catch the hotdoging free spirit of the heli and fixed wing drivers of that era. (Helicopters are called "ships") They were all very happy to be flying in the absence of high speed lead and getting paid for it, that's what treetop catches. A number of them I knew had pieces shot out of them and had lost a pile of friends. They also got a "women" as soon as they got home and settled down. God Bless them all - treetop brings back great memories of that bunch for me.

Treetop Flyer | Reviewer: Dan
    ------ About the song Treetop Flyer performed by Stephen Stills

This song inspired Ray LaMontagne to become a singer/songwriter. I've been listening to the Pariah Dogs a little bit, looked Ray up on Wiki, and saw it mentioned. When I listened to it I knew I loved it. I heard the lyrics about being a bush pilot I just about died. My roommate and I have been semi-joking about quitting school to become pilots in Alaska.

Another unexpected bit of brilliance from Stills | Reviewer: Scott Gagel
    ------ About the song Spanish Suite performed by Stephen Stills

After I bought Stephen Stills "Man Alive" CD, I listened to it with great pleasure. I think it vies for a top spot as one of his greatest solo albums, and that's saying alot. My greatest pleasure was listening to the final track: "Spanish Suite". It is a long composition, but there is not a wasted phrase or note during the entire 11:20. The combination of a latin beat, coupled with his acoustic latin and rock accents are just plain perfect. His voice is at it's pinnacle. The vocal has the same tone and timbre of Stills early work, but a maturity and depth has developed that puts his voice at it's very best. His guitar work is understated, yet still exciting and brilliant and entirely appropriate for the song. Of course Herbie Hancock's piano adds layers of innovative instrumental sound during the second half of the piece. I've played guitar for 41 years and Stills was one of my original mentors. From him, I learned to play in different open tunings, I learned song composition, metre, timbre, tone, attack, when to hold back and when to be aggressive on an acoustic guitar. "Spanish Suite" taught me a little more about playing with understatement, yet a great deal of phrase relevance. Once again, Stills has inspired me as he has many times before. He is rated as #28 in the R & R Hall Fame as a guitarist. For the life of me, I don't know how is not in the top 10. There are others who are rated higher that just aren't in the same league as Stills is as a guitarist.

Tree top Flyer | Reviewer: Corianman
    ------ About the song Treetop Flyer performed by Stephen Stills

Awesome song, my fav Stills song..besides the newer just roll tape CD the very rare album ( CD)....Stills Alone ....which is an awesome CD has track 10 ..Tree Top Flyer.
If you find a copy cheap GRAB it they are going crazy in most stores 80-100 duckets..Yikes.

Good luck
Cheers

inspired | Reviewer: norman dean
    ------ About the song Love the One You're With performed by Stephen Stills

hmmmm...what is there to say of the song that hasn't been said...was practicing music tonight on the keyboard and this song came to me...started playing it--never had before and thought--our band should be playing this--I think...I can sing it...remembering all the times I have heard it and what it means--and thinking of a girl, I want to give it to...hoping, she might, think about it....invokes so many emotions I can't imagine all the people who have benefited from really listening and acting from this song...saw Crosby Stills and Nash a few years ago...I hope the girl lets this song get to her...either way...its still great!...revisit it and listen..

Stephen Stills - "Different Man" | Reviewer: CelticCanine
    ------ About the song Different Man performed by Stephen Stills

"Different Man" reminds me somewhat of "Stateline Blues," but is much more addictive. If you like the simplicity of a singer and an acoustic guitar, it doesn't get any better than this. Stills continues to have the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. The song is short, bluesy-folksy (in a good way), no frills, and it stays on your mind. Buy it, and set your player to repeat; you can't listen to it only once in a sitting.

The hit that got away | Reviewer: Shirley P.
    ------ About the song Closer to You performed by Stephen Stills

Everytime that someone tells me that Stephen Stills stopped writing truly great, memorable songs after he broke up his band Manassas (in 1973) THIS is one of first songs I refer them to:"Closer to You". It comes off what I think is surely one of the finest albums he ever did "Illegal Stills" from 1976.

This song is-in every sense of the word-GREAT song writing! It has everything a well-crafted song requires:a good & engaging story, sensitive, evocative and thoughtful lyrics, truly beautiful music and an excellent arrangement, all served up with a vocal performance that I personally consider one of THE BEST that Stephen Stills ever gave!

Here, he was at-IMHO-the PEAK of his vocal prowess:his voice honey-sweet, his delivery sure in its command. The emotion is deeply felt, and sincere without being maudlin. I've always believed that Stills was vastly underrated as a singer, and this song certainly provides a STRONG argument in favor of rating him as among the BEST!

In looking back on Stills' career, I'll always consider this song the "hit" that got away, sadly.

Hopefully, with Stills' recent brush with cancer and the resulting new rush of media attention it brought his way, folks who haven't done a retrospect on his SOLO career(or those who haven't taken a listen to it for SOME years)will get curious and take the time to do so. When they do, it's my hope that they will do themselves a BIG favor and check out "Illegal Stills" and in particular this lovely song. It WON'T disappoint!


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