Down the Road (Manassas album)

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Down the Road
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Studio album by
Manassas
ReleasedApril 23, 1973
RecordedSeptember 1972, January 1973
Studio Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, Florida; Caribou Ranch, Colorado; The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre Country rock, blues rock, folk rock, Southern rock
Length30:50
Label Atlantic
Producer Stephen Stills, Chris Hillman, Dallas Taylor
Stephen Stills chronology
Manassas
(1972)		Down the Road
(1973)		 Stills
(1975)
Manassas chronology
Manassas
(1972)		Down the Road
(1973)		 Pieces
(2009)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Isn't It About Time" 3:02
2."Lies" Chris Hillman 2:55
3."Pensamiento"Stephen Stills, Nelson Escoto2:36
4."So Many Times"Chris Hillman, Stephen Stills3:30
5."Business on the Street" 2:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do You Remember the Americans" 2:05
2."Down the Road" 3:16
3."City Junkies" 2:50
4."Guaguancó de Veró"Stephen Stills, Joe Lala 2:51
5."Rollin' My Stone"Stephen Stills, Calvin Samuel 4:50
Total length:30:50

Personnel

Manassas

Guests

Technical Personnel

Thanks again to Michael John Bowen and his Manassas road crew

Charts

Tour

Manassas North American Tour 1973
Tour by Stephen Stills
Start dateFebruary 19, 1973
End dateOctober 13, 1973
Legs2
Stephen Stills concert chronology

The Stephen Stills Manassas North American Tour 1973 was a concert tour by American musician Stephen Stills and his band Manassas. It was in support of their 1973 album Down the Road. Manassas released the album Down the Road in April 1973, it was less well received than their debut, with many of the recording sessions for it being disjointed. This resulted in the cancellation of a few dates of the first leg of the tour. The first show back was recorded for the ABC in Concert TV series, during which Stills remarked that he hadn't played with the band since before Christmas. Unsurprisingly this show wasn't very well received. CSNY reunited to record an aborted album in June–July 1973 further complicating the tour. However CSN and CSNY reunited at the October Winterland Arena shows which planted the seeds for the CSNY 1974 reunion tour. It was during this second leg of the tour that John Barbata filled in for Dallas Taylor on the drums for one show due to his drug addiction and Kenny Passarelli filled in for George "Chocolate" Perry on bass due to prior commitments. [12] [24] [25]

Tour [12]
DateCityCountryVenueNotes
9 February 1973RaleighUnited States Reynolds Coliseum Cancelled to finish recording
14 February 1973Charlotte Charlotte Colisseum
17 February 1973Atlanta Municipal Auditorium
18 February 1973Chapel Hill Carmichael Auditorium
19 February 1973New York Academy Of Music Professionally recorded [26]
20/21 February 1973Bannanafish GardenFilmed for ABC In Concert

Broadcast on 16 March 1973

23 March 1973ColumbiaHearnes Auditorium
24 March 1973Ames Hilton Colisseum
25 March 1973Illinois Horton Field House
27 March 1973Pittsburgh Civic Arena
30 March 1973Chapel Hill Carmichael Auditorium
31 March 1973Raleigh Reynolds Coliseum
2 April 1973Atlanta Municipal Auditorium
3 April 1973Athens Georgia Colisseum
6 April 1973Williamsburg Kaplan Arena
8 April 1973West Virginia West Virginia University Coliseum
11 April 1973Richmond Alumni Coliseum
13 April 1973College Park Cole Field House
14 April 1973Charlottesville University Hall University Of Virginia
15 April 1973Salem Roanoke College
DateCityCountryVenue
10 July 1973ClevelandUnited States Blossom Music Centre
12 July 1973Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
13 July 1973Milwaukee Henry W. Maier Festival Park
29 July 1973Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 9,000+ attendance
30 July 1973Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Centre
1 August 1973Illinois Mississippi River Festival
23 August 1973San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
31 August 1973Honolulu HIC Arena
28 September 1973Ann Arbor Crisler Arena
29 September 1973Purdue University Mackey Arena
4 October 1973San Francisco Winterland Arena CSNY reunite for acoustic set
5 October 1973Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
6 October 1973Long Beach Long Beach Arena Crosby Guests
7 October 1973San Francisco Winterland Arena CSN reunite for acoustic set
12 October 1973Kentucky SIU Arena 5,024
13 October 1973Columbus St John Arena

Manassas

Setlist

Typical tour Setlist [12]

All songs written by Stephen Stills, except where noted.

Electric set I

  1. "Song of Love"
  2. "Rock and Roll Crazies"/ "Cuban Bluegrass" (Stills/ Dallas Taylor, Stills/Joe Lala)
  3. "Jet Set (Sigh)"
  4. "Anyway"
  5. "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman)
  6. "Johnny's Garden"
  7. "Go Back Home"

Acoustic set

  1. "Six Days on the Road" (Dave Dudley)
  2. "Safe at Home" (Chris Hillman)
  3. "Fallen Eagle"
  4. "Hide It So Deep"
  5. "You're Still on My Mind" (Luke McDaniel)

Electric set II

  1. "Pensamiento"
  2. "49 Bye-Byes"/"For What It's Worth"
  3. "Lies" (Chris Hillman)
  4. "The Treasure"
  5. "Carry On"
  6. "Find the Cost of Freedom"

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