Best I've heard him in 25 years....Stills Rocks!
by nishjo on 3/22/10Grove of Anaheim - AnaheimRating: 5 out of 53-20-2010 at the Grove of Anaheim. BTW, the dining and bar experience at the venue was outstanding, great venue very intimate. Mr. Stills (sober?) at the top of his game on this particular evening....I was a little worried, having seen CSNY about two years ago for a VERY uneven show...off key, out of tune etc. but tonight Mr. Stills reminds us of why Guitar Player rates him #28 in the world. His acoustic set smoked with Stills attacking his Martins as only Stills can, flashing some of the fire from decades ago. His voice, admittedly the historic weak point of some of his performances, on fire tonight! No, he can't hit some of the high notes like he did 40 years ago, but who can? The best acoustic set I've seen Stills play since the 70's, and tonight's rendition of Johnny's Garden moved me to tears.
OK, break out the Gretsch White Falcons and the Strats. Jimi Hendrix was quoted that Stills was his favorite guitarist to jam with and the electric set shows us why. At this stage of his career Stills is so comfortable with all of this...gone is the angry young man, and the drunken, reluctant rock star...he seems resigned to his place in Rock History. He can still effortlessly rock the house and did exactly that. A great show.