manassas

sda2mike
sda2mike Posts: 3,131
edited November 2011 in Music & Movies
this group is a new discovery for me...why? who knows...this song, 'the treasure' has to be one of the best i've ever heard.

enjoy
mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqfqt473j8
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited November 2011
    Stephen Stills is a talented guy. I remember listening to Manassas a lot when I was in high school going through a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Poco, Pure Prarie League, Manassas, Eagles, Buffalo Springfield, Souther Hillman Furay Band, etc. phase.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited November 2011
    Great, great album, too!
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited November 2011
    i've been trying to wear it out for about a week and a half...it keeps getting better to me! funny thing is, on first listen, i thought it was bland!!!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,724
    edited November 2011
    Since it came out in '72 it's been one of my favorites and therefore always in the heavy rotation pile.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited November 2011
    Thanks Mike. Never heard it before. All i can say is SWEET. I'm amazed at all the goodies that i find on this site.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited November 2011
    And so begins the task..........
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited November 2011
    Here's some interesting stuff...

    Led by Stephen Stills, with Chris Hillman (the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), Paul Harris (session musician for B.B. King, Eric Anderson, and many others), Joe Lala (Blues Image), Al Perkins (Flying Burrito Brothers), Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels (Crosby, Stills, & Nash), and Dallas Taylor (Crosby, Stills, & Nash), Manassas was one of the most talented units in music at the time. Equally at home with Latin jams, rock, blues, country, folk, and bluegrass, they were also one of the most versatile outfits in rock history.
    Formed in 1971 from the sessions for what was going to be Stills' third solo album, the chemistry of the musicians he gathered was so intense that before long they were a full-fledged band. With an album completed (at hotspot Criteria Studios in Miami), the group was still without a name. Yet despite this they embarked on a small tour. At a train station in Manassas, VA, a picture of the group standing under a Manassas sign was taken, giving birth to their name and, conveniently, the album cover.
    Equally at home on-stage as in the studio, the band's shows often stretched to three hours, usually in the format of an opening rock set, a solo Stills acoustic set, Hillman and Perkins playing bluegrass, another rock and country set by the band, and a closing acoustic set. Manassas' tours took them all over the world and, while in Paris in March 1972, Stills met French singer/songwriter Veronique Sanson. In the next year they would be married, with a son, Chris, born not long after (later to be a recording artist in his own right). Stills and Lala (along with later Manassas member Kenny Passarelli) would also play on her 1974 release Le Maudit.
    In addition to their hectic touring schedule, studio time was logged, producing another album of songs. Unfortunately, though, the results were not as inspired as their self-titled debut. Drinking and drugs were negatively affecting the quality of their music, and much of the material recorded was unused (including a track with Stevie Wonder on lead vocals). Recording where the first album had been done at Criteria Studios, producer/engineers Ron Albert and Howard Albert eventually quit the project in frustration with the band; it was completed in Colorado and Los Angeles. In the end, Down the Road wasn't a bad album, it just didn't quite stack up to its predecessor.
    Another contributing factor to the demise of the group was the ever-present shadow of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Atlantic Records didn't promote the Manassas albums sufficiently, viewing the band as more of a side project to Stills' involvement in CSN&Y. In 1973, in fact, CSN&Y reunited in Hawaii to put together a new album, which eventually fizzled. Stills returned to Colorado with the intent to pick up where he left off with Manassas, yet it was a little too late to put the pieces back together. Taylor was now addicted to heroin and Samuels had other commitments, making him unavailable. Not dissuaded, Stills filled the vacant slot with Kenny Passarelli, bass player with Joe Walsh's Barnstorm, on the short tour the two groups did together. The series of shows was the swan song for Manassas, as each member left to pursue different projects at tour's end. Hillman became part of the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, while Stills was soon on the road as a solo artist with a touring band featuring Donnie Dacus of Veronique Sanson's band, veteran Russ Kunkel, and keyboardist Jerry Aiello, and would record a solo album soon after.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited November 2011
    dallas taylor was/is(?) a character! i first saw him on a van morrison @ montreaux dvd...the man does feel his music!:)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited November 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    Since it came out in '72 it's been one of my favorites and therefore always in the heavy rotation pile.

    vinyl eh? :eek:
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,724
    edited November 2011
    george daniel wrote: »
    vinyl eh? :eek:

    LOL....I was wondering who was going to pick up on that. All that vinyl is long gone with no regrets.
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited November 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    All that vinyl is long gone with no regrets.

    Blasphemy, pure blasphemy, You should rot in hell for even thinking such a thing. :wink::evil:
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited November 2011
    someone is reaping the benefits of the f1 castaway
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited November 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    And so begins the task..........

    .........of finding the other Manassas CD. I suspect that the guy in Japan can still get one. Good luck !

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?100704-Manassas-Down-the-Road-CD-or-LP
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  • Jonn Wain
    Jonn Wain Posts: 41
    edited November 2011
    Wonderful band.
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  • evhudsons
    evhudsons Posts: 1,175
    edited November 2011
    It is a "new" fInd for me too! My wife has been coming in and asking, are you listening to manassas again? It sounds fantastic on SDA. Steve Stills is great. How did I not know about manassas before?
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited November 2011
    evhudsons wrote: »
    It is a "new" fInd for me too! My wife has been coming in and asking, are you listening to manassas again? It sounds fantastic on SDA. Steve Stills is great. How did I not know about manassas before?

    i ask myself the same question! just receiver another one that has flown under my radar...david crosby...if i could only remember my name...sweet jesus!!! here is some music the way music should be played! wow! gives me that giddy stoned feeling-sober:)
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited November 2011
    I just might have to check Manassas out I was never a CSN fan unless the Y was included as I like Neil Young a lot and thoght that CSN was better when Neil was involved. I wonder if Manassas is available on Napster I think I will check into it.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    edited November 2011
    You can listen to most of their songs for free at http://grooveshark.com/#/album/Manassas/4038137
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited November 2011
    Sorry meant CSN to many Red Stripes (Ha was still able to edit the last post)
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  • xpurex13
    xpurex13 Posts: 2
    edited November 2011
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited November 2011
    Did you guys hear that the state of Virginia is going to be combining the twin cities of Dumfries and Manassas?
    It's gonna be called Dumassas!!

    Sorry about that bad joke.

    I love Manassas (the group) and had the album on vinyl until my wife mistakenly sold it at a yard sale. Hmmmmm.....
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  • xpurex13
    xpurex13 Posts: 2
    edited November 2011
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