http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/233136
It wouldn't be simple but it could definitely work. Here's a
step-by-step guide
By Andy Greene
Nov 11, 2010
Word is that Buffalo Springfield will tour next year. But how exactly
would that work? Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash can command
arenas and ampitheaters on their own, but Springfield can claim only
one top forty hit, "For What It's Worth." It's hard to see them in
anything bigger than theaters. Maybe what they need is another
Sixties California folk-rock group to reunite and join the bill. In
that case, what they need is the Byrds.
The Byrds, like Buffalo Springfield, have lost two members (Gene
Clark and Michael Clarke). But the core group of Roger McGuinn, David
Crosby and Chris Hillman is alive and well. The three did a series of
shows as the Byrds around 1990, but haven't done anything since. If
Buffalo Springfield do tour next summer, Stephen Stills will be
available for the annual CSN tour freeing up Crosby to play with the Byrds.
The problem: Unlike Buffalo Springfield, the surviving Byrds aren't a
good mix. Crosby has been bitching for years that McGuinn refuses to
even consider a reunion. Chris Hillman is a born-again Christian and
a Republican, meaning he's the polar opposite of Crosby. But this
shouldn't matter. The Ramones toured the country in a van for twenty
years while barely speaking. Certainly McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman
can suck it up for a mega payday and to help secure their place in history.
The tour would involve three-quarters of Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young. So what role could Graham Nash play? The obvious answer would
be to invite the Hollies. But Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds were
L.A. folk-rock, , and the Hollies were a British Invasion group from
a slightly earlier era. Also, their lead singer, Allan Clarke, has
mostly lost his voice. Nash could cover most of the leads, as he did
this year at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, but that wouldn't
be ideal. And Nash's presence would practically require a CSNY set at
the end of the night, which would reduce the Byrds and Buffalo
Springfield to opening acts, and that would diminish the spirit of
the whole enterprise.
Who would headline? The Byrds have a lot more hits, but you can't
make Neil Young an opening act for anybody. They would have to
co-headline, trading off who opens and closes. Then they'd need an
opening act , maybe, say, the Electric Prunes. Their bassist Mark
Tulin has been working with Billy Corgan recently, and the Prunes
still put on a great show.
Hey Live Nation, make Roger McGuinn an offer he can't refuse. We can
make this thing happen.
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