Stephen Stills, Bassplayer

Rhythm N. Bliss · December 28, 2009, 11:33:04 PM

Man, I can't believe it took forty years for me to notice who the great bassplayer is on Crosby, Stills & Nash!!!
Stills KILLS on Suite Bluedy Jew Eyes
Sorry, I had a Jewish girlfriend back in high school who I took to see CSNY.

By that time they'd recruited Greg Reeves on bass.
He was great too!!

uwe · December 29, 2009, 03:08:33 AM

I saw CS&N only a few months ago in Bonn. And had the same realization: He's a really nice melodic bass player with an idiosyncratic style. Unsung hero.

patman · December 29, 2009, 09:12:26 AM

Last year I bought a CSN greatest hits...

The cuts w/ Stills on bass are absolutely fearless...he actually played like all of the first album, and maybe parts? of the second. All the later studio guys were boring (playing it "safe" in the studio)...

Pilgrim · December 29, 2009, 09:15:10 AM

Quote from: Rhythm N. Bliss on December 28, 2009, 11:33:04 PM
Man, I can't believe it took forty years for me to notice who the great bassplayer is on Crosby, Stills & Nash!!!
Stills KILLS on Suite Bluedy Jew Eyes

ABSOLUTELY. If I had to pick one CSN&Y cut as my all-time favorite, that would be it.

Dave W · December 29, 2009, 06:32:47 PM

If I had to pick the CS&N member I dislike the least, Stephen Stills would be it.

Highlander · January 01, 2010, 09:37:01 AM

Quote from: uwe on December 29, 2009, 03:08:33 AM
I saw CS&N only a few months ago in Bonn. And had the same realization: He's a really nice melodic bass player with an idiosyncratic style. Unsung hero.

He was very seriously considering touring with Hendrix, but circumstances took a final turn...

Rhythm N. Bliss · December 06, 2010, 03:56:42 PM

Stephen Stills also played bass on Joni Mitchell's Night in the City.
He sounds like he's having a real good time playing rollicking bass stuff on the studio version, on her '68 album Song To A Seagull, produced by David Crosby.
Here's what it sounded like played solo LIVE in '67 without bass or vocal overdubs:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP1dc1y3nGA

Now go get her debut album if you don't have it so you can hear Stills on bass!

Rhythm N. Bliss · December 06, 2010, 04:14:47 PM

Here's Jimi helping SS with his first solo album, with Stephen on B3:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_14fX240N8

Cool bass on this one too. Not sure if it's Steve or not.
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels is the only other bassplayer listed on this album, so it's either SS or him.

Droombolus · December 07, 2010, 08:09:53 AM

Quote from: Rhythm N. Bliss on December 28, 2009, 11:33:04 PM
By that time they'd recruited Greg Reeves on bass.
He was great too!!

One of the most boring bassplayers of the early 70s in my book. He's on some songs of Dave Mason's It's Like You Never Left album too and he never fails to annoy me every time I play that album. He sounds like he was born with wooden sticks for fingers ....... to my ears anyway ....

Rhythm N. Bliss · January 03, 2011, 03:26:04 PM

He may SUCK on It's Like You Never Left but ya gotta LOVE Carry On:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64

Maybe it's SS.

uwe · January 04, 2011, 08:58:31 AM

He certainly played bass on that song when I saw them live last year or the year before. I was very impressed by his bass playing, "un-bassplayerish", but very musical.