Old Guard Still Marching

Much as I love Neil Young, I have yet to get up the nerve to purchase his massive box set of decades worth of music. I’m not sure why—maybe it’s just the gigantic price tag. Although that usually wouldn’t stop me. After all, I paid $100 for my 10 CD box of Hank Williams. 

What I DID purchase recently, at a cost substantially less than $100 (more like $40, and it came with free digital download along with the CDs) is a recently issued 4 disk set of Stephen Stills. This box is AWESOME. Especially for someone like me, who never bothered to upgrade his CS&N and CSN&Y from vinyl to CD. Part of the reason is the same as why I haven’t purchased all the Beatle’s stuff on CD. I know every note by heart. The nice thing about this Stills box is that it makes a real effort to bypass the trite and go for the throat. Thus, many of the songs you know note-for-note are here in different, and more interesting, versions. 

The box is called “Carry On”, of course. And it is absolutely excellent. No Household Should Be Without. Highly recommended. Go now and Carry On!