Stephen Stills
Teatro Smeraldo Milano Italy
October 3rd 2008


Stephen Stills is touring Europe with a solo act 28 years after its legendary shows with California Blues Band.
The tour kicks off from Italy as it happened in 1980.
Milano was the third italian show, after Roma and Trento.
Stills was in a great shape, much better than in 2005 when he toured here with Crosby and Nash.

Here's a comment of a friend FL, to the Roma show which perfectly suits what I attended yesterday evening

"People in Europe who will be attending the shows are in for a treat.
This is NOT the Stephen Stills you might expect.
Forget about the vocals. We know Stephen can't sing like 30 years ago.
Tonight he put together an EXCELLENT show. Very similar in the format
to his 2 recent tours in the US: opening with the band (Helplessly Hoping),
then solo. Intermission. Second set: electric with the band, a very tight
and rocking combo!
Stephen did the unexpected and he sang Dylan's "Girl From The
North Country","The Blind Fiddler" during the acoustic set, or "White Nigger",
"Bluebird", "Make Love to You" and...Tom Petty / Mudcrutch's "The wrong thing to do"
("a song about my life", he said)! "
I add that he pkayed 3 songs from the Buffalo Springfield vaults, the group where he played with his old mate
Neil Young: Rock and Roll Woman, Bluebird, For what it's worth !

Show was taped from 3rd row right center.
The beginning of the second set caught me by surprise so I had tu rush towards my seat after having switched on my edirol ...
Artwork is not included but will follow

Lineage: Edirol 09 (built inn mics) => CD Wave (track split) => equalized with Nero Wave editor* => FLAC 8 => here





Acoustic set
01.Helplessly Hoping
02.Treetop flyer
03.Girl from the north country (Bob Dylan)
04.Change partners
05.4 + 20
06.The Blind Fiddler
07.Johhny's Garden
08.Daylight Again
09.Suite judy blue eyes

Electric set
01.Isn't it about time ?
02.Rock and roll woman
03.The wrong thing to do (Tom Petty)
04.White Nigger
05.Make love to you
06.Listen to my Bluebird
07.Ole Man Trouble
08.For what it's worth
09.Dark Star
10.Wounded World Rocky Mountain way


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Total time:
Band:
Stephen Stills: guitar, piano, vocals
: keyboards
Kenny Passarelli: bass
Joe Vitale: drums