Stephen Stills Tickets

part of the job of a performer is knowing when to quit. stehpen stills has lost his voice. after the people behind me walked out, i contemplated the same but decided to stick the concert out and re-play his voice from decdes ago.

Voice is a bit weak, but he still has the guitar chops

A member of my all time favorite bands. Like all of us, Stills is much older now. He said he is hearing challenged & has carpel tunnel in his right hand. This was apparent in his performance. We did see him twice at the same venue two days apart. He actually played four shows locally over four consecutive days. It was a disappointment that the two shows had the identicle song list played in order except for two songs. He has far too much music to draw from which could liven the show. In all fairness, his voice range is now quite limited & may be why he adheres to the same song selections as he has taken on such a vigourous touring schedule. Worth the price for the pleasure of seeing him in a small venue. He introduced each song with comments & were quite entertaining.

Probably the most memorable concert I've seen in years, in a bad way. Was really looking forward to this, but Steve was simply awful, singing mostly way out of tune with a blown out voice. His guitar playing also was way off; I've seen him really wail on the guitar in other shows, but something was really wrong with his guitar playing this night. Really really wrong!! Very sad, although I don't feel bad for him since he charged a ton for the tickets. Very odd song renditions, he seems more interested in doing Rolling Stone songs than his own. Terrible rendition of Ruby Tuesday, he couldn't even get the chords right. Bizarre merger of the Beatles Within Without You with Judy Blue Eyes. Sang Woodstock with the chords of Jumping Jack Flash. 1/2 the people in the place started leaving during his second set, the other half seemed to be diehard fans that ate up anything that he did. A number of people were asking for refunds. The band, despite Joe Vitale holding it down well on drums, were meek and didn't help to cover up any rough patches. Very hypocritical of him to go off with the usual anti-administration rants while charging a high ticket price to watch him essentially stink it up. I know the guy is getting up there, but it's no excuse. I've seen many other shows with artists the same age or older, who are still on their "A" game and are serious about putting on a good show, even if the voices have faded a bit. Steve was off in his own world on this show. There's simply no excuse for such bad guitar playing. I think I understand now the real reason why Neil Young didn't follow through on a Buffalo Springfield reunion with Steve.

Stills is fortunately very interactive and comfortable with the audience. He was a little flat singing the first few songs, but then warmed up nicely and did a nice blend of many of his greatest songs....

Well, Mr. Stills RULED!!!! His voice was amazing, and his guitar playing was good. He's still in the top 10 rock guitarists, IMHO. His electric guitar was much better than his acoustic stuff last night. He started the show with Bluebird, then Helplessly Hoping, then Change Partners. He did these with his band -- a bass guitar, keyboards, and drums. There were no other instruments, and he used a different guitar for every song. On 2 songs, however, the guitar was not tuned perfectly -- that ALWAYS bothers me. Then he went into a set where he played and sang by himself. He was so casual and his interpretations of the music were from his heart and memory, and it was as if you had invited him over to play for some friends at your house. He also played Johnny's Garden (the only song he did that made me cry a little), Southern Cross (!), Black Queen (dig it!), Treetop Flyer (big hit with the audience), and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes -- which was a stretch because there is so much to that song. He started it out just himself, acoustic, and then at the end, the band came in an played again. Included in his encore was Love the One You're With, which is about my least favorite song of his. He did a bunch of other songs, some I didn't recognize, and some blues stuff, a Dylan tune, and a cover of a Joe Cocker song (which was probably a cover of someone else's), and I can't remember which one it was (small sigh). I was #20 in the door and was sitting at one of the tables right in front of middle stage and between the big speakers -- the sound in there last night was great. It was not a perfect performance, but I loved every minute of it -- very intimate!!

Stephen Stills was great. It was good to see him with just his own band to emphasize his great musicianship. He really needs to lose that beard, though.

Let me first say that I have been a fan of Stephen Stills for a long time. I dont mean to sound mean or uncaring but it was the worst performance I have ever seen. He played the guitar well but lacked the vocals of years past. When he tried to hit the high notes, well lets just say he didn't. He seemed to be agitated with the stage hand and/or the gentleman that was running the teleprompter for him. He forgot the words during every song and then started to sort of mumble the missing lyrics. It was sad and not worth the price of the ticket

I have seen many recent performances by rockers whose hey day was in the late 60s-early 70s (e.g, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, New Riders), but Steven Stills' performance on Monday was by far the best. He concentrated on the songs that made him a legend, rather than later material (a major mistake made by Neil last time he was in this area), and gave the audience over two hours of magic. Played for about an hour, mainly acoustical, took a break and then came back electric for another hour. Did a lot of great jamming with the electrical guitar.His solo acoustical performance of Suite Judy Blue Eyes was unreal It is amazing how after 30 or 40 minutes of the show, I was back in the late 60s in my mind's eye, listening to the first album by one of the very first super groups, Crosby, Stills and Nash.

The show was amazing. Our icon exceeded expectations. Not only were most of the songs transcendent but I was reminded what an extraordinary song writer and guitar player Stills really is. Thanks for a most special evening.

He looks great.....and is sounding better......the mix by the venue was not correct and Mr Stills was not happy....being a perfectionist. I have to tell you he is a really funny guy, no make that hysterical. The set was rough at times and he was not happy with the guitar tech who handed him his fender strat with the stick positioned too loose, so I was not where it should have been and the tech should have loaded more guitar picks.....first show so all is forgiven......he took a halftime break to re-group and came out smokin....he's with Joe Vitale and his other longtime bassist partners. He discussed his inner ear hearing loss and showed his hearing aids with great humor. He mentioned about not hearing people across at the dinner table and that's pretty normal for many of us.....I am not going to list the set list but he was not in the best mood considering Neal has walked the Springfield tour. I have one thing......there are parts of his playing where it's like Hendrix is playing that guitar. My advice at the show is close your eyes and listen to him play...just fantastic. He's very engaging and just a hysterical sense of humor. Well worth the ticket price.

Excellent music, the entire band rocked...great funky bassist...dancin' it out! Stephen's voice still incredible and guitar playing out of sight.... Great event...

Stephen Stills can still play a mean guitar, but his voice is pretty much gone. If he added some singing accompanyment it would be a stronger show. Playing with the band in full swing was entertaining. Accompanying himself alone on the guitar was painful to listen to.

As with all the greats who are still performing, it takes them a bit to get their voices and fingers warmed up, but once he was warm it got HOT.

I SAW HIM ON STAGE ON 1969. HE IS EVEN BETTER NOW!

nothing like seeing a legend who still enjoys playing for the music. He was at Woodstock, he recorded with Jimmie Hendrix, Eric Claypton, Neil Young and played at the 25th anniversary rock &roll hall of fame concert. Distinctive guitarist. Great evening.

THe concert was quite good. There were a few songs that were missing like 4 and 20 and he did none of the many wonderful songs he contributed to the "CSN" album. he could have swapped some out or played a bit longer/

As a Neil Young fan, I went to this concert to see his mate from three different bands play some excellent guitar licks from classic songs from those bands, as well as his solo material and a surprising large number of covers. At $100 for 4 tickets, I was not disappointed. At 65, Stephen's voice was not his strength, but I knew that going in. This was especially noticeable in the first few numbers. Two things could have made for a better concert. First the addition of one or two back-up singers would have helped him in the vocal area. Two, some of the songs in his set list did not play to his strengths, esp. in the vocal dept. It seemed he purposely avoided performing more than 3 or 4 CSN songs, a good idea since the absence of those harmonies were noticeable. Meanwhile he did perform 3 Springfield songs (IMHO his best period). While the heavy number of covers were performed well enough, he should remove Tim Hardin's Reason To Believe from the setlist. I would have loved for him to substiute Four + Twenty, (my favorite CSNY song of his.)

I expectedsome pleasant mellow rock. I got an old rocker blasting away on a guitar. Besides that, the venue is the pits with tiny seats packed in as close as possible. The accoustics are poor and the staging was simplistic and dull. Buffalo Springfield would have been embarrassed.

Stephen Stills walks up on stage unannounced and with a slight limp. At first I was not really sure who he was, but as few fans near the stage clapped and cheered, I thought Wow he's body may have changed but the face still has great structure and warm intellectual eyes. As he picks up his quitar and strums his first chord, you are immediated transported back to the days of wooden ships. I was mostly taken with his ability to still wow me. His voice still unique, his lyrics still thought provoking. and his mission still political. HOB is a great place to get close and personal with the artist.