Stephen Stills Live

Taken from live recordings in 1974, it was issued by Atlantic Records after Stills had left the label for Columbia Records. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200, and is currently out of print. It was recorded during his first solo tour in three years after the break up of Manassas. Atlantic recorded both nights of the Stills' concerts in Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, for a potential live album. Tom Dowd mixed the album in November 1975 at Caribou Ranch.[2] The first side of the album is Stills with an electric band, and the second side of the album is Stills on his own playing acoustically. 'Four Days Gone' and 'Special Care' are Stills songs written and released by Buffalo Springfield. He combined the Manassas song Jet Set (Sigh) with Joe Walsh's similarly sounding hit Rocky Mountain Way on the electric side. On the acoustic side he did a cover of Robert Johnson's 'Crossroads' segueing into Chuck Berry's 'You Can't Catch Me' which became a live staple of both Stills solo and CSN live. And also included is the first release of Stills cover of Freddie Neil's 'Everybody's Talkin' At Me' which had been recorded, but not released for the debut Crosby Stills & Nash record.

All tracks are written by Stephen Stills, except where noted.

Side One: Electric Side

• Stephen Stills - vocals, guitar, piano
• Donnie Dacus - guitar, backing vocals
• Jerry Aiello - keyboards
• Kenny Passarelli - bass, backing vocals
• Russ Kunkel - drums
• Joe Lala - percussion

Side Two: Acoustic Side

• Stephen Stills - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar

Technical Personnel

• Tom Dowd, Don Gehmen, & Michael John Bowen - Mixed and edited Oct 1975 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
• Recorded live by Bill Halverson
• Photography - Stephen Sanders
• Management, Cover Concept and Design - Michael John Bowen

The Stephen Stills 1974 Theater Tour was a concert tour by American musician Stephen Stills. It was his first solo tour since 1971, and the first since the demise of his band Manassas. He played well respected theaters across the Mid West and the East Coast of the United States. This was Stills' first solo tour in three years, a rather low key affair that started with an electric set, then an acoustic set and finishing with another electric set. With the setlist containing a range of material from his Buffalo Springfield days, his first two solo albums and the CSN/Y songs. It was during this tour that Stills announced the CSNY 1974 reunion tour. A live album Stephen Stills Live was recorded during the Chicago Auditorium dates and released in December 1975. On 22 February date in Washington, Neil Young joined Stills on stage.[7][8][9]

Setlist

All songs written by Stephen Stills, except where noted.

1. "Love The One You're With"
2. "Wooden Ships" (Stills, Crosby, Kantner)
3. "Pretty Girl Why"
4. "My Favourite Changes"
5. "Jet Set Sigh/ Rocky Mountain Way" (Stills, Barnstorn)
6. "Special Care"
7. "Change Partners" (Acoustic Set)
8. "Crossroads/ You Can't Catch Me" (Johnson/Berry)
9. "Blackbird" (Lennon/McCartney)
10. "Everybody's Talkin' At Me" (Fred Neil)
11. "4+20"
12. "Word Game"
13. "Four Days Gone" (Full Band Set)
14. "We Are Not Helpless"
15. "New Mama" (Neil Young)
16. "Bluebird"
17. "49 Bye-Byes/For What It's Worth"
18. "In The Way"
19. "Black Queen"