FOOTBALL, FILMS and FABULOUS MUSIC AT THE DOMINION OF OPINION
As 1972 drew to a close, it was hard to think of a mainstream rock musician in better creative fettle than Stephen Stills. Of his male contemporaries around the same age, Pete Townshend could still not decide what concept opus…
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Co-Producer Tom Dowd later described sessions for the ‘Long May You Run’ album as ‘two superstars that were walking the same golf course but not playing the same game.’
Released to positive reviews, ‘COMES A TIME’ reached the US Top Ten and before 1978 was over outsold all six albums Young had made since ‘Harvest’.
‘WIND ON THE WATER’ (1975): Hailed as a ‘creative renaissance’ the LP received more acclaim than the Stills-Young effort of 12 months later.
‘STILLS’ (1975) contains any number of fine songs, but there remains a sense that a good album should have been a great one.
In equal measure ‘HARVEST’ is brilliant, becalmed and baffling. Bought by millions it has divided Neil Young fans and the critics for almost fifty years.
Crosby expresses regret at time lost to addictions and friendships now in the past, stating: ‘All the main guys I made music with, McGuinn, Nash, Stephen, Neil, dislike me.’
‘STEPHEN STILLS II’ contains the triumph and tribulation that went into being Stephen Stills – part genius/part ego-manic.
Rock music has produced some genuine masterpieces – but beyond them all stands ‘BLUE’………..
‘Buffalo Springfield Again’ is a record so textured and deeply resonant it becomes a West Coast version of ‘Sgt. Pepper.’
