I'm re-posting this because there is a new Manassas album out you may not be aware of. It's called Pieces, and it consists unreleased tracks and outtakes from the sessions of Manassas' only two albums, 1971's Manassas, and 1972's Down The Road. Word is the album is part of a series that Stephen Stills (Manassas' front man) started releasing with last years Just Roll Tape, and will include a box set and even some session recordings with Hendrix.
This news and Neil Young archives means it's a great time to be a country rock fan!
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I'm pulling this from another blog, I found it in the archives a while back.....and man this is just a phenomenal bootleg. Manassas was a vastly under-rated country rock band consisting of most notably, the mighty Stephen Stills and Chris Hillman (ex-byrd, founding member of the burrito brothers) . This is their inaugural concert as the band Manassas according to the insert (which is not in the download, but can be found here). They run through some of the Manassas songs, some Stills songs, some CSNY songs and even a Byrds song, a Burritos song, and a Buffalo Springfield song. Download this if you like vintage country rock sounds, you will not be dissapointed. (and a thanks to Zen Archer @ The Clock That Went Backwards for this one)
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Would love to get this but Megaupload blocks users from Hong Kong.
ReplyDeleteStrange that the Burrito song they covered was "Hot Burrito #2," which Hillman didn't co-write. Given the bitterness he's expressed towards Parsons in the decades since the Burritos, I wonder how this sat with him.
ReplyDeleteNice set. I've always felt that Stills was greatly underrated especially in the comparisons with Young. He was probably just as good a song writer and a much better guitarist.
ReplyDeleteThis is just great. Many many thanks. Saw a date on this tour in London. Still a very fond memory.
ReplyDeleteThanks...one of my all time favorites!
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