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Stills, Vou bring bac ^ A* HI ^ lin) By Tom Shealy and Marty Galloway Steven Stills and Neil Young, two Buffaloes from th around the stage for two-and-a-half hours playing Tuesday night taking the audience back to the ( 4 A. ? 1 1IT 1 - A - - * pruiesis anu wooosiock. They did all of their old "hits" like "Love the Oi "The Loner," "Helpless" and "Cowgirl In The Si performed separate solo spots, with Young doing "I and a few new songs he said he "wrote last night," a such goodies as "Helplessly Hoping," "Crossroad Byes." l neir selections were superb and brought the audit level on several occasions. But the most significa concert was there is nothing new that can be said aboi Two figureheads from the sixties, continuing reputation they made for themselves, played music t for those of us who lived through it. The songs wh greatest audience response were the older ones, part rr _ 1 _ n * * * ouiiaio springneia aays. Personally, we enjoyed the concert immensely! It we have attended in many moons where we didn't < our watches to see when the assault would be over. A that our arses fell asleep during the performance. In fact, we found ourselves actually excited during track of the real world listening to the music Tuesdaj we were reliving those feelings experienced the fin Stills and Young's music; it was the fulfillment of I dream. But looking at Stills standing on stage like a fath< coach giving his team instructions, we couldn't he saddened. Sad because this concert showed that for including Stills and Young, it's all over. We are all g away from the rock and roll fantasy that enabled i those trying years of the '60s. But all we really asked for from these two men u entertainment and that is what they gave us. We c music to return us to the carefree good old days, evenine of finelv-olaved sones rnnpinu frnm "Mr Sr ?-/ f S ?/ ~ " O" ~ 0"*"0 ~ ~ w-?. Man." It was a pleasant and enjoyable experience, v music created in the 1960's can live on in the 1970 excitement and vitality. From our standpoint we feel that Ian Anderson has the situation: "Too old to rock and roll, too young nothing left for us to do today except go to concer Young's and look back fondly on our rock and roll me iiwy ip yriduppuilllll B U 1 9HIIL II., L'U I -i i?y iuiii cuitruitry gUlian display I get it now, this alburn is a joke, right? ployinj That's why there's laughing at the since j beginning! This is just a little something still r< thrown together to meet the RCA gimmi deadline; a teaser to make us yearn for the "Cri really good stuff, isn't it guys? It's not? with i You mean this is it? hoon r* It seems to be the accepted practice in merci; the music business these days for groups which to find a successful musical formula and The 'I utilize it for a few albums to assure public "Don'l prominence for a while. They lock famili themselves into a rut and produce music vocals which becomes predictable from album to gradu; album. This pleases the listener who is Gra< happy with this particular form but the oh disappoints those hoping for fresh, new songs, creations. in the The Jefferson Starship has slid into this her a widely travelled rut with SPITFIRE. It wailin; will please the new-generation fans who "Switc made RED OCTOPUS a success, because "Ai (i< it's the same type of music. For those the ( awaiting new. different material, better doodlii luck next time. a moo Of the nine songs, three are arranged in For the basic, rock format: a couple of "Ozyrr rhoruses, a guitar break and a final windh chorus. This structure leaves lead SUNFi e Sixties, roamed ;l excellent music KflSnS^^^H&H lays anti-war le You're With," md." They each HBhh j[ Sugar Mountain" BS3BBIiW5l!jB ' ' M ".. nd Stills offering ^ ' ; * 1 j , s ana Jtsye mce to a frenzied > *" nt aspect of the ^ it it. to the hat was nostalgic lich received the lcuiariy trom the was the first one :ontinually check nd we didn't find ^ the show. We lost night, and found The mood was appreciation ai ;t time we heard the capacity crowd happy for ; he rock and roll HI mil I 11 III I IBHIWHIMIIHWHHHIIB1B lll.fTrMTWl >r figure or head lp but feel a bit f us, the old folks, rowing older and is to get through as an evening of an't expect their rhey gave us an fifTTTTiTiii ?ul" to "Southern 8W BAkAi A Inch proved that * HHIflllll"flSF 8 s with the same USB HS H ^ ; best summed up to die." There is ts like Stills and mories. V 's# t runs oar st Craig Chaquico in the open, And for son fing his limited talents. He is em- drummer Jol I the same progressions he has used "Big City." Ii fining the group; no new variations, Ethridge anc ilying heavily on standard guitar L A. GETAV cks like fuzz and distortion. drummer on lisin' " is tho wnrct r?f 'mtim. .w v..v .. wv vy. VIIV till W, CI O Clll U UlllUi inbelievably corny lyrics ("beep, doesn't real! yea!"), and reeking of com- worst thing ilism. "Dance With The Dragon," barrassing a sounds like a continuation of "Ride drummer, "iger" from DRAGON FLY, and The comm< Let It Rain," both exhibit the lively Love, ar Slick-Balin-Kantnfir chnrus it mnnHoH lib . Both songs start with a rock beat, disco guitar, illy fading to a slow tempo ending. lyrics. (If ar :e Slick's voice, synonymous with does, which i 1 Airplane, is up front on only two dealing with "Hot Water," an up-tempo number Your Love" same vein as "Devil's Den," allows and in a rare chance to utilize her distinctive, her. j ;ihilitv f;in<s h;iv#? ornu/n tn Iiwm "<t Ph<irl? -y ?^ f->* " " " ,w *w ? ^ v -?V . v/ncil H hblade" is this album's version of song and ha: irimasu," the only difference being Halin. It haj leparted Papa John Creech's tempo chang igs on fiddle have been replaced by as "Caroline g. appeal, the k a hit of nostalgia there's Balin's sty! landias" which is similar to the his absence f ilown, synthesizer-influenced was reason GHTKH DRAGON F ^1 ;-^j^v ^^nwPA. HVJWTA 4* ^Bt ^ w E3til-v bp.>j^ II - 1 I B I mr em id enthusiasm for the Stills-Young Band as 112 hours. The Gamecoc I I ' m illMBi ound pH y ie bizarre reason someone let | in Barbata do lead vocals on 1 [ was written in 1971 by Chris 1 Joel Scott Hill during the VAY sessions. Barbata was i.iv "jv V I. um. YYUOll I IIOICVJ on the original version. It y matter because it's the on the album, an emttempt at rock and roll by a OCTOPl ercial traits roll on in "Ixwe beautifu " My sister heard it and said But af e Barry White to her, with the his proj sugary strings and let's-do-it various iyone knows AM music she would g s an indication of what we're The e here.) She also said "With stagnan was identical to "Miracles," with a c ; instance I must agree with saving li the Slic s" is without a doubt, the best for the t< s to have been arranged by going to > the layered structure and success es common to his songs such Whatc v" It has flowing, mellow disappoi ind that absorbs the listener. Star ship, le was greatly missed during the rel< rom the group and his return materia to rejoice. His one song on rehashe LY and his work on RKD albums. Bite 1*z??W iSiiSA' K -? v . jWy^vMBMyBB SfiS Photo by Humblt they kept 1 k KAM* ^ JS caused me to imagine what a l solo album he could do if he tried, ter hearing SPITFIRE I'm afraid ect would be nothing more than versions of "Miracles," which row tiresome after a while. ntire group seems to have gone t, writing basically simple songs ommercial appeal. Balin could be lis best songs for a solo album and K-ivantner split could be reasons me of this record. Perhaps they're coast for a while and live off of the they have recently attained. iver the reason, 1 can't help but be inted with SPITFIRE. Jefferson i contains too much talent to allow i?ase of this kind of mediocre ! They are capable of more than ii versions of songs from previous