Stephen Stills' annual Light Up the Blues benefit concert is never short on big-name guests, and this year's lineup boasted something truly special: the chance to watch Stills and his on-again, off-again partner Neil Young reunite onstage for a good cause.
It's been only two years since Stephen Stills formed a new trio called the Rides with guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Electric Flag keyboardist Barry Goldberg, and the band has already finished its second album.
'Don't Want Lies,' the debut single from the Stephen Stills-led group the Rides is best viewed through a blues lens as opposed to a rock lens. Kenny Wayne Shepherd's guitar dominates a four-and-a-half-minute long slow-jam, and it would be even better if he soloed from start to finish.
Stephen Stills knows a thing or two about being a member of a trio. And his new band, a three-piece blues-rock outfit called the Rides, presents one of the more intriguing team-ups of the year.