Stephen Stills

As a member of the Stills-Young Band. 'Til Tuesday essentially broke up after the release of Everything's Different Now, although Mann toured under that name as a solo artist while legal problems with the band's label, Epic, prevented her from beginning work on a solo record. As a member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and Young). Shear collaborated with Matthew Sweet on the album's title track; it also features "The Other End (of the Telescope)," a collaboration between Mann and Elvis Costello on which Costello provides a guest vocal. As a member of the Buffalo Springfield. At about the same time, Mann's two-year relationship with singer-songwriter Jules Shear, whom she had been dating since the release of the "Voices Carry" album, came to an end; this breakup somewhat informed the band's final album, 1988's Everything's Different Now, particularly in the song "J for Jules," though Mann has insisted that not every song is about the relationship. As a member of the Au Go Go Singers. After its release Pesce left the band and was replaced by Michael Montes, and guitarists Jon Brion and Clayton Scoble joined the group.

Solo. By the 1986 follow-up Welcome Home, Mann was beginning to write more of the songs herself and was moving away from the slick New Wave sound of the band's debut, but the album failed to produce any big hits. In 2000, Stills was an Al Gore delegate from Florida during the Democratic National Convention. As a result, the group won that year's MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. CSNY has long been associated with liberal causes. The band became an early MTV staple with the "Voices Carry" video, which depicts an oppressive boyfriend trying to convert Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics ("He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...") as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair. In 1997, Stills became the first person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice in the same night for his work with CSN and the Buffalo Springfield. 'Til Tuesday is considered by some as a one-hit wonder because of the success of its debut single, "Voices Carry" (from the 1985 album of the same name); the song is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann and Hausman, who had broken off a relationship before the album's release.

This has led to the semi-permanent CSN reunion even though all three have released solo records since then. The group first gained fame six months after its formation when it won radio station WBCN's battle of the bands competition in 1983, and later signed with Epic Records. Stills was contractually obligated to finish the tour, but he did reunite with Crosby and Nash shortly afterwards. Its original lineup was bassist/vocalist Aimee Mann, guitarist/vocalist Robert Holmes, keyboardist Joey Pesce and drummer Michael Hausman. However, Young would leave midway through the resulting tour. 'Til Tuesday was an American New Wave band formed in Boston in 1982. At one point, Long May You Run was supposed to be a CSNY record, but when Crosby and Nash left to fufill recording and touring obligations, Stills and Young decided to go on as the Stills-Young Band. Coming Up Close: A Retrospective (greatest-hits collection) (1996).

Then he switched to Columbia Records before an attempted reunion with Young. Everything's Different Now (1988). The next year, Stills teamed up with ex-Byrd Chris Hillman and several CSNY sidemen to form the band Manassas. Welcome Home (1986). It provided Stills with the hit single "Love The One You're With" as well as the concert favorite "Black Queen." Stills followed this with Stephen Stills 2, which featured "Change Partners", a metaphor for the many relationships in CSNY. Voices Carry (1985). Stephen Stills featured guests Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Ringo Starr as well as contributions from other members of CSNY.

In the wake of CSNY's success, all four members recorded solo albums. Despite several breakups and reformations, CSN (and sometimes CSNY) still records and tours to this day. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, CSN and CSNY was one of the few North American groups to rival the Beatles in popularity. Neil Young would be added for their second album, and the group would become Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

During the disintegration of the Buffalo Springfield, Stills would join up with ex-Byrd David Crosby and ex-Hollie Graham Nash to form the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Soon Stills' playing would show the influence of his friend Jimi Hendrix and also sometimes the rhythms and riffs of various kinds of Latin music. Early on, it would display sources in generic rock'n'roll, blues, and country music, as well as the chordings familiar in the acoustic-folk music scene. Stills' guitar playing continually evolved.

The band would release three albums (Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, and Last Time Around) and one hit single (Stills' "For What It's Worth") before breaking up. Years later, Stills, Furay, and Young would meet up in Los Angeles and form the core of the Buffalo Springfield. Main articles: Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). On the VH1 CSNY Legends special, Stills would say that at that time, Young was doing what he always wanted to do, "play folk music in a rock band." The Au Go Go Singers would break up shortly afterwards.

This group would release one album and embark on a tour of Canada where Stills and Furay would meet a young guitarist named Neil Young. Stills eventually ended up in a nine member vocal harmony group called the Au Go Go Singers where he met Richie Furay. He was in a series of unsuccessful bands including the Continentals, which featured future Eagles guitarist Don Felder. Stills dropped out of the University of Florida to pursue a music career in the early 1960s.

He was also influenced by Latin music after spending his teenage years in Costa Rica and the Panama Canal Zone, where he graduated high school. Moving around as a child, he developed an interest in blues and folk music. Stills was born in Dallas, Texas on January 3, 1945 to a military family. Stephen Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with the Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (at first it was Crosby, Stills and Nash; Young joined the group after their first album).

Long May You Run, 1975. Looking Forward, 1999. Carry On, 1998. After The Storm, 1994.

CSN (box set), 1991. Live It Up, 1990. American Drean, 1988. Allies, 1983.

Daylight Again, 1982. Replay, 1980. CSN, 1977. So Far, 1974.

Four Way Street, 1971. Deja Vu, 1970. Crosby, Stills, and Nash, 1969. Box Set, 2001.

Best of the Buffalo Springfield, 1969. Last Time Around, 1968. Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967. Buffalo Springfield, 1967.

Au Go Go Singers, 1964. Turning Back The Pages, 2003. Stills Alone, 1991. Right By You, 1984.

Thoroughfare Gap, 1978. Illegal Stills, 1976. Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills, 1976. Stills, 1975.

Stills Live, 1975. Down The Road, 1973. Manassas, 1972. Stephen Stills 2, 1971.

Stephen Stills, 1970. Super Sessions (with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield), 1968.