Stephen Stills

Is known/renowned as being a fantastic guitarist, but I especially like his voice on Dark Star & Southern Cross

manassas is the best band nobody ever mentions.
that first album is a masterpiece

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I like him he’s put out a bunch of good music. I remember hearing that when he was at LSU he used to go to the Purple Peacock in Eunice to listen to the bands that played there back in the day.

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The Purple Peacock, and the site of Jay”s Lounge should be designated official Louisiana historical landmarks.

I have the 4 disc Stills box-set and it is incredible. The instrumentation and production on his music is second only to Steely Dan. Big fan of him and all of his groups, especially Springfield, CSNY, and Manassas. I have pretty much everything they've all put out, at least pre-1990s and some stuff after.

There's a good book I'm reading about CSNY by David Browne. Also, the book about Neil Young called Shakey is great and talks a lot about Stills and mostly in a nice way.

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sort of the American McCartney

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Nope

I still frequently listen to one.... not so much the other since the mid 1970's.

southern cross is an awesome song

Saw him in 1993 when he opened a new restaurant, Tu Can Du, at the corner of Iberville and Decatur. He played a show outdoors on Iberville and there couldn't have been 200 folks out there watching.

It was awesome.

(The set, not the restaurant--that sucked and closed within months. Small plates for big money.)

Here's the only shot I could find online of that time--him sitting in a booth at the restaurant.

Underrated and I feel Like the fact that he went to LSU doesn’t get brought up a lot.