Thanks to saggy's link...
What a bunch of talented musicians.
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I've been on a Manassas kick for a while.
I just happened to see this thread and had to respond.
When I was a kid, I was introduced to Manassas by the Beat Club performance of Jet Set that was on USA networks' Night Flight. I had videotaped it- I would videotape Night Flight because it was on late, so I had the back end of that song for years. That image of Stills playing a Les Paul has always stuck with me.
Now, more recently, I ran across someone talking about Manassas- so I went searching for the performance that I remembered. I found this clip of the whole Beat Club performance. It's just such a great, great performance. IMO- some of this stuff from this performance is better than the album versions. That opening song, Bound To Fall was a cover of a song- and my guess is that it was brought to Manassas by Chris Hillman- as the Byrds did a cover of it (that wasn't finished). Stills is at the top of his game- backed by his CSN guys, Dallas Taylor and Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels. While I'm not really a fan of pedal steel- watching some of the other footage of Manassas- you realize just how good Al Perkins is/was. He's not a "rock star" in the way Stills is, or Hillman- but a real master of guitar and pedal steel. While I think it's easy to overlook Joe Lala as just a percussionist, again watching the live footage, you realize how integral he is to these songs and the overall sound.
I'd love to put together a band that has so many pieces that meld together so seamlessly, and write such fantastic songs, and play with such beauty and earnestness.
@comish4 Thanks for starting this thread (last year
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