Tuesday, 6 November 2012

LINK: Stephen Stills Breaks Silence on Short-Lived Buffalo Springfield Reunion

Gonzo Multimedia has an excellent Stephen Stills DVD in the Lost Broadcasts series which eminently gives me a perfect excuse to post this link to the man himself talking revealingly about the abortive Buffalo Springfield reunion...


Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
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As Rolling Stone has previously reported, Buffalo Springfield were originally slated for a 30-date reunion tour this year – until Neil Young decided to devote his attention to a new project with Crazy Horse. "I'd be on a tour of my past for the rest of fucking time," Young said in June. "I have to be able to move forward. I can't be relegated. I did enough of it for right then."
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Stephen Stills breaks his silence about the aborted Buffalo Springfield reunion. "We were supposed to work for most of the summer," he says. "It left me in a lurch for three quarters and ruined my financial planning. Also, 150 people got laid off that were supposed to work on the tour."
The surviving members of Buffalo Springfield re-formed after 42 years to play Young's 2010 Bridge School Benefit. The next year they played seven shows, including a set at Bonnaroo. "We didn't go all that trouble for seven shows," Stills says. "That's what impetuosity will do for you. You can't go off half-cocked . . . When Neil is involved you anything you need a seatbelt."




Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/stephen-stills-breaks-silence-on-short-lived-buffalo-springfield-reunion-20121105#ixzz2BRjE9qmN

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