Stephen Stills - Blind Fiddler Medley

[@Scotsgrey13]

Stills is just a master of songwriting, voice, and guitar.

[@stanleyhoover4244]

Indeed ❤❤❤. Spent 55 years following this generational artist. Has so affected / influenced me. Thank you Mr. Stills.

[@riser4845]

It's one hell of an album !!!

[@ohbamamama2685]

Steve Stills. One of the best ever. Ever.

[@seahawks1185]

+OHbama Mama Ever...

[@cleavitt303]

for thse wondering....this is a medley of three songs: 1. "Blind Fiddler" is an old traditional folk song 2. "Do For the Others" from Stills' first solo album 3. "Know You Got to Run" from Stills' 2nd solo album (an early version of it, or at least part of the lyrics, was incorporated into "Everybody I Love You" by CSNY ...last track on Deja Vu)

[@gospelbluegrassblog]

What a voice! What a conduit for unfiltered emotional truth. Love the way these three songs combine to flesh out the biography of the blind fiddler -- just extraordinary. Thanks for posting.

[@sentimentaljourneyproductions]

I could never express that so beautifully. Thank you for saying that out loud. I could listen to him sing all day but I could listen to play forever.🎼💕🎸⚘

[@sentimentaljourneyproductions]

Beautifully expressed..thank you..I feel exactly the same way🎼💕

[@TheGuitarMan71]

We will hear this in 1000 years

[@vinvass2674]

Agreed The third decade of the 21st century and we are still playing his tunes and talking about them His legacy will last forever

[@laurielarsenbrennan8289]

Love this. He is so great at blending one song into another......

[@vinvass2674]

He is the best

[@GlennsTuber]

Best performance Stenen Stills has ever done.

[@markstitz1]

Been digging stills since 1969 he just amazes me got to one of greatest acoustic guitar players alive

[@larrytwerion6277]

my favorite artist of all time..in any group effort an assest beyond compare, solo he is sublime. I challenge you to posit a more gifted song writer from the mid 64 to the present

[@jodysixstrings1972]

greatest album ever.........some albums have one or two great songs ....but this one does not have a bad song on it they are ALL GREAT

[@paritoshpant]

awesome ... Peerless Stephen Stills!!!

[@jmsazboy]

Best CD I ever bought!!! They don't sell the CD any more so I doubt they will take it down since you really can't steal something that isn't for sale....but who knows... I bought two shrink wrapped CD's of this CD for $300 bucks where they will sit in storage for a LONG LONG time! Actually wore this CD out because it NEVER came out of the changer.

[@heathenbreathinfire]

Found this musician through my brother recommending Treetop Flyer a few years back. REally impressed by his work!

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Stephen only gets better with time

[@danadubuc5136]

Still great today!!!!

[@stecklein7]

This stole my breath!

[@vinvass2674]

Agreed Absolutely breath taking Stills alone, solo, at his awesome emotional best

[@laurathornton1456]

Love that gravel in his voice.

[@robertliss7578]

Dallas, tx. Born & bred! Lived not far from stevie ray Vaughn from oak cliff!

[@vinvass2674]

True grit Literally

[@jb1763]

WOW! Simply one of the Best. WOW!

[@seahawks1185]

The lyrics for you to follow as the song plays =) .......................... I lost my eyes in a blacksmith shop In the year of fifty six Working on a t-flange 'Twas in need of fix It bounded from the tongs And there concealed my doom I am a blind fiddler Far from my home I have a wife and daughter Depending on me What good can I do them My God I cannot see I wander from one place to another My daily bread to win I am a blind fiddler Looking for a friend Round round up and down All along the lonely town See him sinkin' low Doesn't see the love there is to know And he cries From the misery And he lies Singing harmony She is gone There is no tomorrow It is done So now he must borrow The life of his brothers And living in sorrow He must do For the others A chill wind hits his face Was that a tear I thought I saw a trace Loving people everywhere Where is she She is not there And he cries From the misery And he lies Singing harmony She is gone There is no tomorrow It is done So now he must borrow The life of his brothers And living in sorrow He must do For the others Know you got to run And you know you got to hide Don't know who to follow Who is on your side Don't know where you're going Won't talk of where you been And I may see you tomorrow Never more again And you got yourself a potion For to keep you from your sleep In the dark and lonely hours I've heard you laugh and weep Talk about you're sinkin' What a hole you're in But you'll never face your lonely soul Never face your friends And you know you got to run And you know you got to hide Still there is a great light Lingerin' deep within your eyes Open up open up C'mon and let me in When you can love yourself honey I I can love you then I lost my eyes in a blacksmith shop In seventeen fifty six Working on a t-flange 'Twas in need of fix It bounded from the tongs And there concealed my doom I am a blind fiddler Far from my home Round round up and down All along the lonely town

[@bobby7771117]

As I mentioned before,this man is a great guitarist,as well as singer/songwriter!!! :)

[@richardfanfer4336]

Stills solo stuff smokin hot. Freaking great can acoustic guitar 😂😉😓😊😋😀

[@seahawks1185]

This is what "They" call real music, just my opinion though...

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Stills kind of went astray with disco and sappy pop for a few albums there. So glad he came back to acoustic soul This album is great .

[@mycloclo1958]

Great Blues 👏😎🤙

[@ZorackSwim420]

@DitchFlicks hell yeah man, great fuckin song. love it.

[@kcsunshine6122]

Like many artists from the 60s, 70s the awful production sounds of the 80s just didn't do them justice. A relief to hear Stephen Stills get back to basics on this record from 1991.

[@trfesok]

This includes a reworking of my favorite song on his first solo album, "Do For the Others". I have both in my Stills playlist. Thanks for the upload!

[@ryanleemadsen3725]

This music built bridges. Took a whole 5 generations of humans on the planet earth and made them Onder.

[@cleavitt303]

love ya Stephen

[@MsOscara]

Wow!

[@franzia1499]

To Piggy-Pike-Music-Like; Yes, he did write this one. Part of it is a reworked spiritual, and the rest is pieces from Stills' "Know You Got To Run" and "Do For The Others."

[@johnebgood108]

please re-release the fucking album!!

[@rogerwright9961]

Has this been recorded? I attended every concert in So Cal featuring my hero Stephen Stills for about 4 years, but I never heard this bit, nor can I find a recording. Clues, anyone? I've played guitar for 55 years, and this man is my hero - I need this song to play, for the others...

[@bas2135]

This is on his album, Stills alone recorded in 1991. The whole album is sublime and very hard to find. Try Amazon- it is worth taking a chance on a used copy. No longer in print but sometimes new copies come up for sale on Amazon- pricey but worth every penny.

[@billstanton5717]

Saw him do "Know You Got to Run" on clawhammer banjo in Knoxville when Manassas played there in '73. Nice!

[@anthonyclarke6583]

I feel so often I must do for my brother Adrian who invented the hemp decorticator. But it is a hard road to hoe. I have always loved this song and I know the hardships and joy it can bring.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

This is the best song I ever heard from Stills...did he write this? I can not make out all the lyrics...his voice is no longer what it was.. Can you post the lyrics?

[@jamjax]

Can anyone help me get the tuning and the voicings/chords that he uses. Or even a transpose to standard would be cool. I'm only interested in the Fiddler parts. I can find the rest in song books. One of my favourite albums of all time!

[@EvaPanag100]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MikhailBozarth-hv3qp]

Joy, no I didn't say, never seen

[@ZorackSwim420]

@TheOracleGreen no problem man,; i have the album

[@HoldenBlackcreek]

What in HE blue living hell am i talking about ?

[@MikhailBozarth-hv3qp]

Sara,

[@cleavitt303]

lay off the snarky comments and attacks, nobody needs that here

[@johan2135]

The originals are really so much better than this rendition. And the sound of the guitar?