The Alpha Band

1. Interviews
2. Cheap Purfume
3. Keep It in the Family
4. Wouldn't You Know
5. Arizona Telegram
6. Dark Eyes
7. Love and Romance
8. Adrenalin
9. Spark in the Dark (On the Moody Existentialist)
10. Rich Man
11. Back in My Baby's Arms Again
12. Boomerang*
13. Power of Love*

Formed out of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue The Alpha Band proved to be the launching pad for T-Bone Burnette as a songwriter and producer. A strange and quirky trio consisting of Burnette, Steven Soles and David Mansfeild, their sound was filled with guitars, mandolins, violins and other unconventional instruments for a rock band. They made three albums before separating.

*Burnette's first solo album included some songs that were leftover from the last Alpha Band LP. I never really knew which songs were the leftovers but I included two of my favorite songs from that album.

Stephen Stills

1. Helplessly Hoping (CSN)
2. 4+20 (CSN&Y)
3. Change Partners
4. Do for the Others
5. Love the One You're With
6. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
7. Johnny's Garden (Manassas)
8. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (CSN)
9. Southern Cross (CSN)
10. You Don't Have To Cry (CSN)
11. Dark Star (CSN)
12. Find the Cost of Freedom (CSN&Y)
13. Haven't We Lost Enough (CSN)
14. Dear Mr. Fantasy (Stills & Nash)

Stephen Stills is my favorite all around, underappreciated guitarist and a fine songwriter to boot. From fine, delicate acoustic fingerpicking to loud screaming guitar solos, he does it all. The first and last songs on this list demonstrate this wonderfully. I still find it difficult to breath during some of the solos in Dear Mr. Fantasy.