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Starting with the Buffalo Springfield in 1996, Stephen Stills has enjoyed a lengthy career of much distinction.

Oh, a storm is threat'ning / My very life today / If I don't get some shelter / Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away Everybody always blames the Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway for the death of the '60s. They use Woodstock as the hope springs eternal yin to the mad dash of devil may care craven callousness yang that came a scant four ...

I wasn't even supposed to be in Nashville. But here I was, on the dance floor of a honky-tonk on Broadway, being twirled around by the man who had dressed Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

Editor's Note: Ten-Year Itch is a weekly column focusing on a film or album at least 10 years of age and deserving of a second look.

With roots in Washington, D.C., and Lexington, Ken., the rootsy rockers in These United States have a sound that draws from predecessors like Whiskeytown and The Flying Burrito Brothers while maintaining a modern lyrical sensibility.

When I heard Chris Hillman was recording a live album in Nipomo, I had to ask: "If I go and yell, 'Free Bird!' can I get on the record?" Hillman, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, laughed and obliged me.

It's not often that you encounter an instantly satisfying record that also rewards repeated listens.

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Classic Rock : Manassas Manassas - Pieces - In 1971, Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young gathered musicians to record sessions for his third solo album.

Two notable musicians will pay a rare visit to Virginia Friday night when Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen play at Kirk Avenue Music in Roanoke.

His sound was far from conventional, and his voice was anything but pristine. And most would agree that his background as the progeny of an affluent Florida citrus magnate was hardly typical for a country-music star.

Australian singer-songwriter Chuck Stokes learned to love American country-rock the old fashioned way, by taking up with a Wyoming highway construction worker who earned extra money skinning and gutting animals.

As he continues to work on his own boxed set retrospective, Stephen Stills has mined past recordings for a pair of fall archival releases.

Village resident Mike Styer and his band Broken Arrow have taken the road less traveled with the recording of their new CD "Melancholy Road." The new CD, recorded from April to July at Aardvark Studios in Steubenville with recording engineer Dan Bozek, is a concept album with 10 wistful and moody songs in a style reminiscent of Styer's classic ...

Former Byrds member Chris Hillman said they'll be covering 45 years of music when he and Herb Pederson perform Saturday night at the Roper Music Ballroom.

Former Byrds member Chris Hillman said they'll be covering 45 years of music when he and Herb Pederson perform Saturday night at the Roper Music Ballroom.

Former Byrds member Chris Hillman said they'll be covering 45 years of music when he and Herb Pederson perform Saturday night at the Roper Music Ballroom.

Former Byrds member Chris Hillman said they'll be covering 45 years of music when he and Herb Pederson perform Saturday night at the Roper Music Ballroom.

Former Byrds member Chris Hillman said they'll be covering 45 years of music when he and Herb Pederson perform Saturday night at the Roper Music Ballroom.

If Chris Hillman just parked himself on his southern California couch, if he spent his time looking at his musical life in the rear view mirror instead of through the windshield, it'd be hard to fault that decision.

With so many bands using the musical equivalent of Mr. Peabody's Waybac Machine, San Diego's Donkeys are hardly alone in terms of looking to the past for direct inspiration.