For What it's Worth
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
One of my all time favourite bands!
I found this awesome clip and had to put a photo to it (Note: The Smothers Brothers was also one of my FAVES and this was live on their show - check out Tommy's face)
A little trivia for the younger generation who might not know this incredible band or realize what a Super Group they were and how many iconic artists
were to come out of it's short 25 month time together.
Buffalo Springfield is a North American rock group among the first wave of North American rock bands such as The Byrds and Lovin' Spoonful to become popular in the wake of British invasion bands. Appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Buffalo Springfield is best known for the song "For What It's Worth", a political anthem written by Stills in response to an LAPD assault on young hippies.
After the band's formation in April 1966, a series of disruptions, including infighting and the pressure of working in the music industry, resulted in constant changes in the group's lineup and ultimately culminated in the group's disbanding after roughly 25 months.
Buffalo Springfield released three albums but left many demo recordings, studio outtakes and live recordings, as well as a reputation for excellent personnel and high band dysfunction.[1] Despite the band's short tenure and limited output it was one of the most influential bands of the 1960s, with several solo careers, subsequent bands, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognition for Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Neil Young separately. CSN, CSN&Y, Poco, Loggins and Messina, and Neil Young with Crazy Horse were immediate successors.
In October 2010, Furay, Stills, and Young took the stage for the first time in 40 years as Buffalo Springfield at the Bridge School Benefits, as the final act of a show including Eddie Vedder, Billy Idol, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristopherson, and Modest Mouse. Furay, when asked by Rolling Stone if a tour would follow, said he'd see how it felt after a couple of weeks. A planned tour was announced in June 2011.
I will be at that concert when they come to Toronto :)
For What it's Worth
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
One of my all time favourite bands!
I found this awesome clip and had to put a photo to it (Note: The Smothers Brothers was also one of my FAVES and this was live on their show - check out Tommy's face)
A little trivia for the younger generation who might not know this incredible band or realize what a Super Group they were and how many iconic artists
were to come out of it's short 25 month time together.
Buffalo Springfield is a North American rock group among the first wave of North American rock bands such as The Byrds and Lovin' Spoonful to become popular in the wake of British invasion bands. Appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Buffalo Springfield is best known for the song "For What It's Worth", a political anthem written by Stills in response to an LAPD assault on young hippies.
After the band's formation in April 1966, a series of disruptions, including infighting and the pressure of working in the music industry, resulted in constant changes in the group's lineup and ultimately culminated in the group's disbanding after roughly 25 months.
Buffalo Springfield released three albums but left many demo recordings, studio outtakes and live recordings, as well as a reputation for excellent personnel and high band dysfunction.[1] Despite the band's short tenure and limited output it was one of the most influential bands of the 1960s, with several solo careers, subsequent bands, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognition for Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Neil Young separately. CSN, CSN&Y, Poco, Loggins and Messina, and Neil Young with Crazy Horse were immediate successors.
In October 2010, Furay, Stills, and Young took the stage for the first time in 40 years as Buffalo Springfield at the Bridge School Benefits, as the final act of a show including Eddie Vedder, Billy Idol, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristopherson, and Modest Mouse. Furay, when asked by Rolling Stone if a tour would follow, said he'd see how it felt after a couple of weeks. A planned tour was announced in June 2011.
I will be at that concert when they come to Toronto :)