Stephen Stills plays Bluebird w/ Buffalo Springfield Revisited- 1986 Camera Original

An impromptu performance by Stephen Stills playing Bluebird with the Buffalo Springfield Revisited at the Palomino in North Hollywood, circa July, 1986 This was the first time that Stills heard the Revisited as well as first time he played with his old bandmates and founding Springfield members, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin in almost 20 years. Frank Wilks, the lead singer, really nails the guitar opening and I think that he caught Stills by surprise.
I have it from a good source that the cameraman was at the performance to party down, wasn't planning on shooting that night and would even be willing to bet that he was pleasantly stoned. LMAO!
Enjoy cough~cough

[@davidzimmerli489]

Buffalo Springfield was one of the most talented groups born in the 1960's, and their music never grows old....

[@petersonlafollette3521]

This version does justice or SS wouldn't have released it- but the original with the lead sitar and driving rhythm section- from another planet...

[@davidzimmerli489]

@@petersonlafollette3521 I agree. That 2nd album was unbelievable. I'll have to give the entire LP a listen. I haven't heard it in years. .....

[@thomasromano9321]

I agree, but check out one other band. Have you ever heard of Love? Their album "Forever Changes?" They were very musically eclectic, but never got the credit they deserved.

[@davidzimmerli489]

@@thomasromano9321 Yes, I had that album. Although I don't listen to it very often now, more than a half century after it was released, I still LOVE it. They had a very unique sound. I read that Arthur Lee was a good friend of Jimi Hendrix, and even collaborated with Jimi on a project or two. Thank goodness for KZbin where we can listen to all these classic albums whenever we want. It is such a blessing for music lovers like us!

[@thomasromano9321]

You're right. Supposedly Arthur Lee's mode of dress (colorful gypsy scarves, for example) inspired Jimi Hendrix's clothing. I was listening to "Forever Changes." Geez. What a great album. It seems so many of the great bands had more than one songwriter. In Love it was Arthur Lee and Bryan McLean. I mean, this was the band that wrote all their own material, from "Orange Skies" and "Alone Again Or" to "Little Red Book," and "7 plus 7!" @@davidzimmerli489 I wish to hell Arthur Lee had wanted to tour more. The band never got the recognition they deserved. They were so musically diverse. Instead Arthur Lee recommended The Doors, and, while a great band in their own right, eclipsed what Love might have accomplished. And then later Arthur Lee tried to reform the original Love, but Bryan McLean would have none of him. And then it was too late. Very sad. I'm at least glad that on later tours, Arthur Lee performed some of Bryan's songs as well as his own.

[@joesteiner6564]

This is such a great rendition Steve Stills is the Best Buffalo Springfield was way ahead of ots time

[@joesteiner6564]

Underrated???? Steven is master. He blows me away

[@XaurreauX]

Buffalo Springfield is an almost surreal moment from the past. You can never go back and you can never leave.

[@lisadc4681]

Agree, I've never left and never will! 😎

[@curiousnomad]

Once Stills gets going on this his geyser of creativity is evident. It goes from a “cover” to brilliance.

[@VictoriaPyle]

No "cover" it's his song 🤘

[@DustinSmith_dustyrocks]

Frank Wilks vocals and acoustic playing is bang on here, Amazing performance of a classic!

[@harvey1954]

I thought it was John York of the Byrds.

[@kevinjoseph517]

who

[@kevinjoseph517]

@@harvey1954 is it

[@jimgeiger2468]

Right. No Steve Stills for miles around. Just more "Click Bait".

[@Aereaux]

The Palommino Club. WOW. One of the great places begining in the 60s into the 80s. Spent lots of time in the place.

[@roberttompkins6489]

What a brilliant song. Stephen Stills --so talented.

[@mikeyj.3605]

Wow that got interesting. What a jam! Stephen Freakin' Stills!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Wilks too!! Fantastic

[@mickkollins]

I lived 5 mins from the Palomino in NoHo ..so many nights....

[@richardcameron4843]

The cardinal rule of these sort of cover / tributes is to "do no harm". It is obvious from the performance and Stills' enthusiastic participation that not only no harm was done, but the whole thing is a beautifully executed re-enactment. Nice. Thanks for uploading it.

[@Spanosmusic]

Two of the members of this band were from Buffalo Springfield, the drummer Dewey Martin and the bass player Bruce Palmer, and that night Stephen Stills showed up.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope wrong...fantastic song metamorphosising into genius....not a cover

[@lastnamefirst4035]

🙌 Wow I knew Stills is great but so is Wilks! I would never known that this wasn't all Stills

[@Surmoondance7]

Great club, great performance, greatest guitar player ever ❤❤❤

[@joesteiner6564]

Freaking Steve Stills is Awesome

[@pattyzinola6236]

These guys are jammin ❤

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

Back in those days, I roadied for my friend's band, HARLIN. On Aug. 1, 1987, they opened for the Buffalo Springfield Revisited and Guess Who Reunion at Chuck Landis' COUNTRY CLUB in Reseda, a wonderful venue. This was a dream come true for our bandleader and frontman, Whil Harlin, as he simply idolized Buffalo Springfield, especially Neil Young. Harlin had been known to play "Mr. Soul" in their set a few times a few months earlier at the Roxy Theatre and Whisky-a-go-go, and they had the cojones to play it again that night, while opening for the headliners who would also play it! It was a bold move, and could well have caused a fight backstage. Drummer "Smilin'" Dewey Martin and bassist Bruce Palmer were the only original band members there, but Bruce was feeling under the weather and didn't play that night. As our band was passing their dressing room in the hall after the show, the singer saw us and pulled us into their room. He exclaimed, "This guy sounds more like Neil Young than I do!", and it was a good laugh. They were great sports about it, although I don't think Dewey and Bruce were nearly as thrilled as their singer was, but they never said anything negative. The "Revisited" were excellent, my favorite song of the night being "Rock and Roll Woman". It was a very good evening!

[@Mr666roger666]

Lucky lucky you, envy!

[@minutewithmark7564]

Wow, wow, wow.. just listened to entire Buffalo Springfield Retrospective Album yesterday! Live performance here in 1986 is Most Excellent..✌️🍻🤟🍄 🙃 😆 🤦‍♂️

[@gregorallnight371]

True and awesome talent..super musicians and creative songwriters, stills albums and his work with all others always fantastic...one of the greats

[@geraldlavelle3337]

Wow. The Palimino is a small club -- must've been an up close and personal show.

[@m1945d]

The brilliant S.Stills, great glimpse a the moment. However 'Frank Wilks, the lead singer, really nails the guitar opening' cant be true as that is coming out of an electric guitar. You can see he him playing a straight D chord during the intro lick.

[@jonsills5783]

What A Great Boogie ! Love That Flying V Tone!!!

[@sharonramone7186]

Stephen is such an under-rated guitaris He is so brilliant, and makes it all seem so effortless! Thanx again! 🎸

[@mindstash704]

I saw him w/ Judy Collins this past summer. He had 12 guitars on a couple of racks, would switch seamlessly between songs, play a chor to get the feel and off he went= old, new, op's songs, a Hendrix feedback riff...he also played the piano. To be honest, he surprised me w/ his versatility and mastery of the guitar's'.

[@catdaddy3302]

Not enough Stephen in this video!

[@karenmccord9488]

@@mindstash704 I saw Stephen Stills and Judy Collins on that tour, in Atlanta. They were both excellent.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@mindstash704, me be quite envious of you, but disgruntled as myself because I missed getting a ticket due to a quick sellout! Coronado Theater in Rockford, Il. Still feel"poopish" to this day! Also, the venue was perfect for Judy & Stephen! It's a wonderful theater dating back to the 20's to the 30's. Peace

[@jeffjcool1600]

under-rated? what rock do you live under......

[@markhorton1718]

This is So Awesome!!! These guys made so much great music, It never gets old.

[@stephenchase3352]

Stephen rocking that Flying V..... outrageous.

[@sallyesquivel7704]

I have always loved Bluebird.

[@yankeemedic]

That's Bruce Palmer on bass sitting down and Stephen is rocking a vintage Gibson Flying "V".

[@almilani4300]

I think it's a Peavey Mantis

[@joesteiner6564]

Seems effortless for Steven to play this 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@SingleMalt77005]

Amazing.

[@timhalley6987]

When Stephen Stills plays God takes a coffee break.

[@LPCustom3]

I love the original Flying V Stephen's playing.! I doubt if he'd take that out now (2022) as they're worth more than a 50's Les Paul.

[@stephenpatt952]

fab...miss those guys...

[@garyt7830]

Frank Wilks on Acoustic Guitar

[@lastnamefirst4035]

He sounds great!

[@noname1st139]

WOW!! I was looking for the guitar lesson and come across this little gem, stills showing that flying V no respect 🤘👍✌️

[@m.a.c.8366]

yep.. he was onto that flying V like he was going to be there the next morning...

[@dc2257]

The bass player had a V of his own! ; )

[@birdman1112]

Wow man... Bruce Palmer sittin in.

[@PaddyVt]

and playing a Kramer porotype, I was [laying the 6 string version at that time, damn heavy guitars!

[@paint1955]

I could have been at this show, this was at The Palomino, I passed because I knew Steve and Neil were not in the band ... how stupid was I?

[@davidmoser7849]

Stupid

[@damonhines8187]

Cool, Frank...sounds rockin', man. 👍👍😘🎶💖🎸😁😎

[@jamesmcbay2489]

Frank Wilks?

[@damonhines8187]

@@jamesmcbay2489 yep! Sounds great, huh?

[@stevegray2091]

It's obvious that the band was prepared to play the song note-for-note as they heard it from the recording, and they were flexible enough to let Stephen stretch his guitar solo. Must have been exciting to be there.

[@mindstash704]

I beg to differ, but I see how you could draw that conclusion. The clip begins towards the end of the band's practice on Neil's song which is when it came together . What we are witnessing is what turned out to be two songs in the making- Road of Plenty (only played live w/ Crazy Horse) and ElDorado (the polished, studio end product) which were both performed and recorded, respectively, well after this rehearsal. What you haven't seen is the first 20 minutes of the band working on the song which has some ~record scratch~ , bite the finger nails, musical moments. LOL I believe that they may have worked on it the day before, day one, but I wasn't a fly on the wall that day. ;)

[@senorvemafest]

your response is to the wrong video..lol!

[@mindstash704]

LOLOL Yep, I have a habit of doing that as I ADHD it through life. Steve's comment did seem a bit out of context. I was wondering if we were watching the same video. Thanks for the catch, bro.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Makes no difference to me. Nothing like practicing

[@thomasromano9321]

I see Bruce Palmer on bass, but where's Richie Furay, Neil Young, Dewey Martin?

[@PFrankToob]

Ya, no pressure there.... Stills standing on stage with you..... I would have melted down into my socks.....

[@jordisanabravalle9248]

Ooooh yeeeeaaaah!!!!.... I love Mr. Stills!!!!......

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Love Wilks too

[@jamjax]

He's a good sport on this. Nothing wrong with that.

[@jgroend]

Saw the REVISTED in Albuquerque the same summer.

[@turtlecreek4633]

Dude ... How lucky to see that

[@mindstash704]

The easiest ways to describe the circuitous route that got me to be in the position in space at that particular moment in time would include good fortune, coincidence, synchronicity, fate, or at the end of the day, just plain old fashioned, pure and simple good luck. I don't have a preference. LOL When I watch it, I'm too close to it to be as old as I am, atm. ;)

[@lisadc4681]

@@mindstash704 Me too!! Love this music so much it's scary. Older sister bought Buffalo Springfield album 1966 or 67. I was 8 and have been in love with this band ever since. Listen to BS Retrospective practically daily..thanks for uploading this little jewel!

[@petersuson8852]

Perfectly done. Has lots of energy.

[@hudentdw2]

Stills is making The Buffalo Springfield Revisited sweat and earn their pay They should be able to improvise!

[@stephenrivera4382]

Nice rendition - and always great to hear Stephen Stills - but I miss the clawhammer banjo outro from the original recording…

[@RicOshayed1]

A rock MASTER !

[@Leadsman1]

Cool. Miss the Palomino!!!

[@Ulunick]

Please keep 'em coming! Great stuff.

[@mindstash704]

I may be cheap but I'm not easy. (i used to be easy but I didn't come cheap....ahh...those were the days.) ::D I've got a couple of things going but I'm a slowpoke at making up my mind.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@mindstash704 aw cmon man its the corona virus stay at home social distancing crap and we need all the entertainment we can get

[@kathleen3177]

fantastic videos

[@putridmandible]

Thank you for this, and all of your work. The true promise of the internet is sharing remarkable events with everyone in the world who wasn't there, but the definition of a "remarkable event" has sure slipped...

[@susanryan2451]

Oh man! Thank you so much for posting this. I forgotten what it was like to live in a time when there would be a Steven sills song from somewhere from some band every year. Missing so so much.❤❤

[@professormacdeezy]

i think this is great. 3/5 of the original band. people talking shit about stills.... first off all he showed up and jams with them so whats with all the hate

[@tubbers20]

I would so love to be able to jam like that.

[@JeffDaytonMusic]

Do you think these guys were even aware the legendary Sttephen Stills was right there on stage with them? Not if you decide based on their expressions. Weird.

[@jasonsmith-bm1sv]

Considering that the band is Buffalo Springfield, I would say yes they do.

[@miriamgreen3973]

Epic and a great distraction.

[@cryslovesmusic]

Pretty amazing.Wilks sounds like SS.Nailed it.Saw CSN do this live.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

I wouldnt notice the difference in stills or wilks. Real impressed w Wilks. Hadnt heard of him til this video. Cant find much info on him

[@cryslovesmusic]

@@lastnamefirst4035 I have never heard of him.Maybe he is in a cover band. He really sounds like Stephen Stills.

[@jeffkahl]

@@cryslovesmusic Frank is a dear friend of mine and lives in Toronto, ON where he’s still active in the music scene (when COVID isn’t happening). He has a band called Freedom Express and also a Neil Young band called “Rockin In The Neil World”.

[@cryslovesmusic]

@@jeffkahl Does he ever tour through the states.Iwould see him live.How cool

[@cryslovesmusic]

@@jeffkahl Ignore the last message.I would go see him if he toured the states

[@BartSwinter]

Do you have more gems like this?... love the rehearsal videos you shared with Neil.. Steven and Richie... Please tell me that you have more!!

[@ttaylor1316]

Thanks for another GEM!

[@mindstash704]

Greece and Tuscany- two of my favorite places to be. My lady is Greco-Italian, so I've gotcha pegged,. lmao!!!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Steve raided Clint Eastwoods wardrobe.

[@mindstash704]

For what it's worth, (drum riff please), Steve hit the nail on the head. Frank Wilks and Stanley E. had been working w/ Bruce Palmer up in Canada putting the licks together and by the time they hit the States and hooked up w/ Dewey, they pretty much had it down, :note for note.

[@OneEyedOracle]

Stan Endersby

[@stanendersby4316]

Stan Endersby

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Best video Ive seen and heard in a long while

[@bravendave]

So good

[@willharris3798]

great capture.

[@antoniobasile6024]

Great!

[@jeffyoung6967]

I remember hearing this at 15

[@lastnamefirst4035]

16 i didnt realize how old iam

[@brendanhegarty5098]

Amazing, thank you for posting this.

[@nandokinks]

Is Bruce Palmer on bass????

[@sdot5389]

Yes

[@rogerwright1902]

It's a shame they didn't have Stephen take the lead. It would have been a far better performance!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Wow Wilks!

[@genobambino]

Smokin'!

[@joesteiner6564]

The Car playing acoustic is Awesome

[@stevedrums1675]

Did this precede the real reunion of the Springfield in Stills basement or after?

[@mindstash704]

This was 2 or 3 days before.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

He didn't do that little acoustic outro from the record. :o(

[@sportsmediaamerica]

I LOVE THAT PART! It's pure Stills genius.

[@haybarnvideo]

Back when Stephen dressed like Tom Clancy.

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

But nowadays Tom Clancy can't even sing...

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny good song too

[@sdot5389]

There was a time in the early 70s where he was so whacked out he claimed to be in the CIA and have undertaken secret missions in Vietnam

[@sdot5389]

@Joe Biff Well, Stills grew up in a military family and moved around a lot as a kid. But I also think he was very very high on fame and ego....and drugs...a lot of drugs.

[@sdot5389]

@Joe Biff Grew up all over, Florida and New Orleans. Went to high school in Costa Rica. Its a miracle the four guys in CSNY are all still alive - Crosby especially.

[@MissDaisyDuke01]

Very much appreciate seeing this. Why on earth didn't they ask Stephen to take up the vocals? It is his own song after all. If you ask me, that was wayyyy RUDE. To me it's a lack of respect. You have the original founding member of the group with you there, and you just let him play guitar? OK I'm RETRACTING my comment....just saw the "For What It's Worth"'s performance.. and he IS doing the lead singing. But I am wondering if something happened behind the scene. I can tell from Stephen's reaction when he left the stage, he was not the happiest of man . He passed by Frank and barely acknowledged him. Or again might be me, I'm very prejudice when it comes to Stephen. lol On the positive note, they sounded pretty darn good.

[@mindstash704]

That was just Stephen figuring out how to get off the stage. In the van outside afterward, everybody was happy and partying down. i remember clearly Stephen telling them that they sounded better than the original, which was his way of throwing them a compliment. No animosity whatsoever.

[@rayfitzgerald4180]

Where is the banjo break,perhaps the greatest of all time

[@rolfbrunner3016]

great this old stuff,yes kamera seems stoned

[@mindstash704]

I can only speak for myself and....yes. LOL ;)

[@TheProhetess]

Sweet Judy Blue Eyes? I know...

[@lastnamefirst4035]

I have only found limited info on Wilks. Pretty much just says he plays w musicians in the LA arrea

[@OneEyedOracle]

Frank Wilks and the Freedom Express, yw :)

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@OneEyedOracle thanks

[@19tractor52]

Sorry, I didn't think it was all that great..kinda disappointed in Stills..I was a HUGE CSN, CSNY,Y, C&N fan--you name it--from the get=go and saw them 6-7 times-----however somewhere around the same time as this clip, I saw CSNY at the OKC Amphitheater at the ZOO--when they did Wooden Ships, I had slithered my way up to the front row, standing about 10 feet from Stills, when it came time for his solo, he strutted up front even closer to me, turned the volume up on his Firebird and hit about 40 sour notes in a row--to the song he had written--he was in the wrong key. have always looked at him a little differently than I had.......I think he had great potential, and did some really great stuff, but he may be ''under rated'' because he was sometimes more interested in getting messed up before and during shows to take care of is craft. still love TREETOP FLYER

[@allenkennedy6748]

19tractor52 I wouldn’t indict Stills on being unable to play based on one show. If you don’t like him, O.K. But I’m old enough to have seen Hendrix 3 times. The last two he was too blasted to play. Literally got pulled off the stage by Bill Graham the last time. I decided, without rancor not to pay to see him again. Tickets were $30 bucks, or thereabouts. I was not pleased with standing through a show, no matter the artist, it just equated with greedy promoters. To me Stills came out of the folk scene and I loved the idea he could, and usually did, burn the house down. I was driven to see the Hendrix/Clapton/Bloomfield or Stills if I could. The camera work on this is awful. Not sure he played all the lead. A great song, a great artist, a great show. Hope you’re still getting out to see live music.

[@maureendevries1904]

I prefer Buffalo Springfield over CSN and Y. They're more organic.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@maureendevries1904 too many leaders in csn and especially w young

[@jasonsmith-bm1sv]

When/where did you see Hendrix?

[@peterzang]

Bruce Palmer on bass.

[@pomod]

Stephen is looking creepily like Mark David Chapman here, Nice Flyin V though.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Lol he does

[@mcashnv]

Steven seems a little shocked at how good these guys are.

[@mindstash704]

He was. He played the opening lead in the original and was ready to go w/ this one but Frank beat him to the punch. LOL

[@larrybeckham6652]

Is that Richie Furay rocking the Takamine?

[@maxtalley6710]

No. Bruce Palmer and drummer Dewey Martin were the only BS members in "Revisted." Stills was pretty open-minded to sit-in on a song he wrote, sang, and originally did all the acoustic parts the other guy copied exactly.

[@sdot5389]

@@maxtalley6710 At the end he was outta there so fast it looked like the valet had kept the car running.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

🙌 Wilks

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Anybody know anything about Wilks? I hadn't heard of him til this video

[@cliffbrown2566]

I wanted to hear to the banjo at the end.

[@artvallejos1460]

Do you think she loves you? Do you think at all?

[@AndeBoggs]

About Joni Mitchell

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@AndeBoggs ? I thought judy Collins since they were a couple for a long time til judy dumped stills

[@gordonelwell7084]

Whose Navy flight jacket was Stills wearing?

[@richardfinlayson1524]

palmer is grooving......

[@dainhuston]

Old Grafite neck bass don't see those vary much no days

[@maryanneweldon8040]

Wtf is the cameraman?

[@BigStar303]

Christ Almighty! You can always count on some KZbinrs to make ridiculous statements, but the doofus factor is particularly high in this thread. What part of Buffalo Springfield REVISITED don't some of you understand? "Where's Richie?" "Where's Neil?" "No Steve Stills for miles around." "Why lie?" Not to mention "Lead sitar." "Why didn't they do the banjo outro?" "It's about Joni Mitchell." Christ Almighty!

[@TheProhetess]

Listen

[@kevinjoseph517]

how big a crowd?

[@thomastaylor6001]

Where the hell is Neil young and jim messina

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Richie

[@lastnamefirst4035]

They werent needed here

[@marshallsilva9389]

Too fast, slow it down a bit

[@MrCroixdeguerre]

Poor old Stephen.. Coked out of his mind... Military fixation still in place. Oblivious and ungrateful to his house band.. Apart from the seated Bruce palmer.. Looks like every one else was unworthy in the eyes of general Stephen. Still he's a great guitarist.. As he said to Neil Young attired in combat fatigues.. "god damn it the uniform still fits"... Apparently he served in nam... Special services don't you know. Neil tried to point out that at the time of Stephens covert missions he was actually onn the strip being an inflated rock star. Hilarious. I think there is also a story about him on a plane going berserk and being reprimanded by the captain only for Stephen to tell him he was also a military man and recognised the need for discipline... Fuckin hilarious. Apparently he has been an advocate for Veterans to this day.. Derangement city

[@mindstash704]

Conspiracy theories run deep, into your life they will creep. 🤣 "Oblivious and ungrateful" Hilarious.

[@joesteiner6564]

The Cat ***

[@rogerirwin4766]

That is a cover band! They sound good but why lie about it?