Buffalo Springfield was a popular rock band from Los Angeles, California that started the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, Richie Furay and Jim Messina.
While founding members Neil Young and Stephen Stills first met at a folk club in Ontario, it wasn't until the two were living in Los Angeles that they got together to form the band. After a stint as the house band at the Whiskey a Go Go club in Hollywood, the band Buffalo Springfield signed a contract with Atlantic Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1966.
While Buffalo Springfield only released three studio albums and broke up after a couple of years, the single "For What It's Worth" became their most lasting and enduring song. Written after watching police subdue protesters on Sunset Strip, the Stephen Stills-written song became an anthem of the 1960s and brought the band the biggest success of their career.http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-dewey-martin6-2009feb06,0,6541056.storyhttp://rockhall.com/inductees/buffalo-springfield/bio/
Buffalo Springfield Band Members
- Richie Furay - Guitar/Vocals
- Dewey Martin - Drums
- Jim Messina - Bass/Vocals (not inducted into Hall of Fame)
- Stephen Stills - Guitar/Vocals
- Neil Young - Guitar/Vocals
- Bruce Palmer - Bass,http://rockhall.com/inductees/buffalo-springfield/bio/http://www.myspace.com/buffalospringfieldmusic80
Featured video by Buffalo Springfield
This video of Buffalo Springfield playing "Rock and Roll Woman", is taken from an ABC television special called "Popendipity", which aired on November 16, 1967. The host is Flip Wilson and the singer is Stephen Stills, who later became part of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and then CSNY. The program was broadcast from the Warwick theater in Providence, Rhode Island and included many to performer including The Four Seasons, Neil Diamond and Smokey Robinson.
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Fast Facts
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Origin
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Years Active
1966 - 1968
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Labels
Atlantic, ATCO
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Albums
3
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Played the Whisky a Go Go from May 2 to June 18, 1966
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Stills formed Crosby, Stills & Nash after the breakup
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Furay and Messina formed Poco after the breakup
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Bruce Palmer died in 2004
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Dewey Martin died in 2009
