Stephen Stills Live

1974 Theater Tour
Tour by Stephen Stills
Start date	February 6, 1974
End date	March 9, 1974
Legs	1
No. of shows	23
Stephen Stills concert chronology
	; Manassas North American Tour 1973; ; 1974 Theater Tour; ; Stephen Stills 1975 Tour;

Stephen Stills Live
Stephen Stills Live
Live album by Stephen Stills
Released	December 4, 1975
Recorded	March 8–9, 1974
Venue	Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Rock
Length	34:55
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Stephen Stills Live is a live album by Stephen Stills, released on Atlantic Records in 1975. Recorded on his first solo tour since 1971 and released after he had signed to Columbia Records. It peaked at number 42 on the US charts.

Background and recording

Taken from live recordings in 1974, it was issued by Atlantic Records after Stills had left the label for Columbia Records. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200, and is currently out of print. It was recorded during his first solo tour in three years after the break up of Manassas. Atlantic recorded both nights of Stills' concerts at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, for a potential live album. Tom Dowd mixed the album in November 1975 at Caribou Ranch.^[2] The first side of the album is Stills with an electric band, and the second side of the album is Stills on his own playing acoustically. "Four Days Gone" and "Special Care" are songs written by Stills and recorded by Buffalo Springfield. He combined the Manassas song "Jet Set (Sigh)" with Joe Walsh's similarly sounding hit "Rocky Mountain Way" on the electric side. On the acoustic side he did a cover of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" segueing into Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". Also included is the first release of Stills' cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' at Me" which had been recorded, but not released for the debut Crosby Stills & Nash album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen Stills, except where noted

Side one: Electric side
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wooden Ships"	David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Paul Kantner	6:32
2.	"Four Days Gone"		3:55
3.	"Jet Set (Sigh) /Rocky Mountain Way/Jet Set (Sigh)"	Stills/Rocke Grace, Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli/Stills	5:26
4.	"Special Care"		3:35

Side two: Acoustic side
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Change Partners"		2:53
2.	"Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me"	Robert Johnson/Chuck Berry	4:41
3.	"Everybody's Talkin' at Me"	Fred Neil	2:42
4.	"4 + 20"		2:27
5.	"Word Game"		4:07
Total length:			34:55

Personnel

Side One: Electric Side

Stephen Stills - vocals, guitar, piano
Donnie Dacus - guitar, backing vocals
Jerry Aiello - keyboards
Kenny Passarelli - bass, backing vocals
Russ Kunkel - drums
Joe Lala - percussion

Side Two: Acoustic Side

Stephen Stills - vocals & acoustic guitar

Technical personnel

Tom Dowd, Don Gehmen, & Michael John Bowen - Mixed and edited Oct 1975 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Recorded live by Bill Halverson
Photography - Stephen Sanders
Management, Cover Concept and Design - Michael John Bowen

Charts

Chart performance for *Stephen Stills Live*
Chart (1975-1976)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape^[3]	42
Canadian RPM 100 Albums^[4]	96
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums^[5]	44
US Record World Album Chart^[6]	44

Tour

The Stephen Stills 1974 Theater Tour was a concert tour by American musician Stephen Stills. It was his first solo tour since 1971, and the first since the demise of his band Manassas. He played well respected theaters across the Mid West and the East Coast of the United States. This was Stills' first solo tour in three years, a low-key affair that started with an electric set, then an acoustic set and finishing with another electric set. The setlist contained a range of material from his Buffalo Springfield days, his first two solo albums and the CSN/Y songs. It was during this tour that Stills announced the CSNY 1974 reunion tour. A live album Stephen Stills Live was recorded during the Chicago Auditorium dates and released in December 1975. On the 22 February date in Washington, Neil Young joined Stills on stage.^[7]^[8]^[9]

1974 Theatre Tour^[10]					Attendance
Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act	Attendance
6 Feb 1974	Passaic	United States	Capital Theatre	Maria Muldaur	Sold Out
8 Feb 1974	New York		Carnegie Hall
9 Feb 1974	New York		Carnegie Hall
12 Feb 1974	New Haven		Woolsey Hall
13 Feb 1974	Boston		Boston Music Hall
14 Feb 1974	Boston		Boston Music Hall
15 Feb 1974	Burlington		Patrick Gymnasium
17 Feb 1974	Philadelphia		Academy Of Music
18 Feb 1974	Philadelphia		Academy Of Music
19 Feb 1974	Brookville		The Dome
21 Feb 1974	Richmond		The Mosque
22 Feb 1974	Washington		JFK Center
23 Feb 1974	Washington		JFK Center
24 Feb 1974	Pennsylvania		Penn State Recreation Hall
26 Feb 1974	Cleveland		Music Hall
27 Feb 1974	Cleveland		Music Hall
1 March 1974	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
2 March 1974	Lexington		Memorial Coliseum
3 March 1974	Indiana		Indiana Convention Center
5 March 1974	Detroit		Masonic Temple
6 March 1974	Detroit		Masonic Temple
8 March 1974	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
9 March 1974	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre

References

^ Curd, Zach (2011). "Live - Stephen Stills | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
^ Roberts, David (2017). Stephen Stills: Change Partners.
^ "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-04-16). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ Roberts, David (2016). Stephen Stills: Change Partners.
^ Zimmer, Dave (2000). Crosby Stills and Nash: The Biography. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306809743.
^ Doggett, Peter (2019). Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The Biography.
^ "Cash Box Tour Dates" (PDF).