Stephen Stills - Sounding Out (1972) Part 2

[monradtouhy1]

I'm glad to hear his sounding good thanks for letting me know Aoeria!

[aoeria]

Saw him tonight with his band in NY and they rocked the house beyond belief! He hit all the high notes, and even said he surprised himself! Great variety, acoustic, jamming, rocking out. Totally awesome!

[boomer3505]

Doesn't he sound like kevin costner when he first talks???

[Anglynn74]

jesus I can't figure out whether he's coked up or drunnk or both in this interview

[nhford07]

Yes, Stephen...you are truely an artist. and yeah...man was high! ;-) great interview tho.

[vampyros1]

Stills ... so poised, technically brilliant, and so musically "magical" so young. A genius, no doubt.

[scgcom]

Gotta love that fake Southern accent.. glad he dropped it.

[jsilence418]

" W hen you're doin it for the audience you're the monkees or grand funk railroad " lol awesome ! Stills was on a howard Stern show and the posts on the show afterward were brutal, about Stillls inability to sing, his attitude, fuck them what he has accomplished will stand he' is great!

[ranchroper1974]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Esteban, and his banjo. The depth this man pulls from, is what gives us all a glimpse of his personal strength, his willingness to cut the crap and offer his opinion, and incorporating it into our lives...commitment to excellence..that's we always expect from him. I loved him then, love him now. Wherever he is, I wish him well. on an off day, he is better then anything out there..as the man said It's in everybody and he brings it to us, on a platter. A certain amount of magic.

[HugeGene]

No matter what CSN or CSNY did.. for me it was always his solo recordings and that Manassas record.. you know which one! As for his personal demons.. well it's a hard life to do what he has done and during the epoch where he was most famous. He's one tough sob, and a first rate musician and artist. Love ya' Stephen!

[wilburjr]

This man is one of the most underated songwriters of his generation. He is, and was, GREAT! Not everybody is a great humanitarian, or wonderful person to be around. He is a great artist. Give his music an honest, objective listen and you'll see that he is "up from the people" long before Mellancamp and others. He's a real artist. He's one of the greatest.

[bookkeeper57]

Never held the function of art in the collective consciousness defined better 5:55 - 6:30. A very intense, focused guy.

[vistacruiser67]

6:11 For the sake of the audience? The Monkees? He got Peter Tork the job. For the sake of the audience didnt bother Stills too bad when they were all freeloading off Peter Tork. Running up and down Laurel Canyon in Peter Torks GTO. For the sake of the audience for the sake of the art.

[azimutgreg]

Stills is maybe an asshole...but he is the best asshole ever!

a genius asshole...fuck the "cool" neil young(who i love by the way) !!!!

stills is the MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[palfootfoot]

I love when his southern accent comes out, he was so cute then. Too bad he got so fat. He and Don Felder (Eagles guitarist) knew each other well in Florida when they were young. Stills said in his R&R Hall of Fame speech that he considered Felder one of his top 4 guitar players.

[LeonRussellisGod]

Listen to "Just Roll Tape" the 1968 demo that reveals the genius behind CSNY, here is a guy who paid the dues..

Stills is why I play music, and check out Ray LaMontagne, he had a God moment when he came to the same conclusion listening to Stills and has made a nice career out of it..

[justin4453]

Nice taste my man.  Any chance you've got some recordings you'd wanna share/trade?

[lacadam]

anyone figered out the hot dusty roads chords?

[Anglynn74]

it's a shame he's losing his hearing, always loved his stuff froma round this period

[TheStonecanyon]

This is possibly the best glimpse into the real deal as you ever will hear, no bullshit, candid honesty. Always loved Still's solo stuff the most, I admire him more than ever today. R & R is a strange life. Fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. He has always been a great artist, so glad he wasn't a monkee, we would have missed a lot of great music. Old times, Good times.

[capth00k]

I feel like this has been cut apart to make Stills look ridiculous towards the end of the studio session, and over animated because of the camera close up angle.

They make it appear that Stephen is going off on some crazy philosophical rants or something when in fact it's been cut apart there so we don't really know what the context of what he was saying is.

[dogmunch]

stephen is a tough guy! he's been through a lot.. mental and physical but he still stands strong.

he's like one of those uncles who's bigger and tougher than your dad but still has that wonderful heart.

[chrispywilliams1992]

@dogmunch what the fuck was that last bit!

[wildthing313]

AAAAAAAAAAAA§§ THANks for sharing this!! it had dispeared from the web!

greatgreatgreat

[FLANAN909]

He looks absolutely smashed! But he's absolutely gifted. Hot Dusty Roads was one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar.

[polksalad1234]

Damn this guy was good and in the zone ;I wish he had more time minus the booze and drugs;a true talent

[JimitheGypsy]

Where did you meet Stills?!

[damagedangel10]

I have met him twice once in Northridge California and at the Greek theater on L.A. He was so wonderful and if you come on my facebook Jackie watkns you can se a photo of us together Go to see it and join me as my friend so we can chat. Cheers

[damagedangel10]

@JimitheGypsy met him in Northridge and Los angeles and again in Sandiego ca. He was handsome and awesome

[hollyhockshangheavy]

1:33 magic expression...

[monradtouhy1]

I agree, very talented but I think haunted in some way....

[monradtouhy1]

High opinion of himself.

[bookkeeper57]

A lot of it justified, but Stills did not suffer from false modesty, and he was easily 50% of the group temperament of CSNY.

[monradtouhy1]

No doubt that he had talent. I have enjoyed his music and voice. I just thought that he was a little too in to himself. He has had a very fascinating life.

[hollyhockshangheavy]

I think he just knows a thing or 2. I only realised what he said about art last year, and I was proud of my revelation! He is quite an odd guy. Fascinating.

[monradtouhy1]

I saw a recent interview with him and it is fairly obvious that drugs has impacted him.  He's not very understandable.

[damagedangel08]

A big reason that nowadays Stills can be hard to understand is because he has suffered a MARKED loss of hearing in BOTH ears..wears TWO hearing aids nowadays. He also suffers discomfort from dental implants. Both conditions can make him difficult to understand at times.

[monradtouhy1]

I was not aware of that situation. Would make more sense now. Thanks for the input.

[Antroid123]

@damagedangel08 Plus he's had two strokes in his life time...

[bookkeeper57]

@monradtouhy1 He has a current speech impediment due to a recent stroke.

I don't rule out the impact of drugs on his health; the stroke or the prostate cancer.

He is sharp as a tack in this extended interview. Leaves you a bit sad.

[aoeria]

@monradtouhy1 He sounded awesome tonight in ny!

[ekimgiles]

I didn't know him, I met him, I worked construction with a guy that used to be a roadie for Stephen. I used to idolize him, Stephen ( don't ever call him Steve) admits he was hard on the coke for a long time, I think he just fried his nerves

[ekimgiles]

such an amazing talent, he fried his brain on coke. hope he has found happiness, he was a real asshole in person. sad

[crosbystillsnash68]

did you actually know him??

[hollyhockshangheavy]

I want to know that too

[damagedangel10]

Write to me and tell me your story angel

[hollyhockshangheavy]

how do you know he was 'a real asshole'?

[ekimgiles]

I met him and his band, he treated me and everyone else like they were pieces of shit. his drummer Joe Vitale and his bassist Kenny Passarelli were great, they talked to me for 10 to 15 minutes, couldn't have been more kind to the fans that came up to them. You have got to remember though that Stills was a heavy coke addict, to even have survived such a lifestyle is amazing, I think he is just fried and has a low tolerance level these days.

[hollyhockshangheavy]

ok. was that recently? i must admit there are clips on here of him talking and he has a very different vibe from the clips of him talking in the 70s...i almost don't recognise him-physically and the'energy' which is disconcerting. and his voice has changed tremendously also

[ekimgiles]

it was in Portland in 2007 at the back of the theater, where the band (minus Stills) hung out at intermission and after. Kenny Passarelli said you are seeing Stephan in a good place now. but that seemed to also imply that he hadn't been in a good place previously, if that was psychically psychologically or both I don't know. Kenny also said Stills hated to rehearse and Kenny was sent a CD of the concert they were going to play so he could practice before the tour.

[hollyhockshangheavy]

thanks for all that interesting stuff

[damagedangel08]

I have met and talked to Stills twice. BOTH occasions he was friendly and in NO way was "a real asshole". Considering that the second time I spoke to him he was in terrible pain from a torn knee ligament he showed ALOT of tolerance:both for his injury and his fans who came pushing onto him before and after the concert. He even admonished a guard who tried to block a fan from approaching him, telling the guard:"DON'T EVER treat a fan of mine like that ever again! I WILL NOT tolerate it!"

[ekimgiles]

glad to hear he was nice to people, that doesn't change what happened in my case

[damagedangel08]

I can sympathize with your experience with Stills and am aware that mine doesn't change what happened to you. I do know that I too have had VERY unpleasant encounters with celebs whom I had previously heard only nice things about (Jules Shear, Neil Finn, etc.). As you say, a person normally judges another almost entirely from THEIR OWN personal experience..that's only human and your prerogative.

[lagman50]

Might've been in a bad mood.

[ruairi52]

I think Mr Stills is off his tits on coke in this interview !!!

What a Legend.

[69pittman69]

I agree fully with everything you said..lol

[damagedangel08]

Actually, I heard that he was quite sober but had been awake and in studio when this interview was done-working away with the band for WAAAY too many hours..minus coke. He is just VERY tired here, but still managed to give a wonderful and insightful interview nonetheless.

[mgssol90]

His voice is different than what I thought.