Buffalo Springfield is a North American folk rock band, which formed in 1966 in Los Angeles, California (USA) renowned both for its music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Among the first wave of North American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song "For What It's Worth" became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s.
The band split in 1968. Despite lasting for under 25 months, the band was massively influential on many later folk rock and country rock artists and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
The band only released three albums in it's short life, “Buffalo Springfield” (1966), “Buffalo Springfield Again” (1967) and “Last Time Around” (1968). “For What It’s Worth”, which peaked at #7 in early 1967, was the band’s only Top 40 single in the United States. 1967’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Woman” came the closest to giving the band a second Top 40 entry, peaking at #44.
Stills and Young would go on to perform with David Crosby and Graham Nash in the hugely popular rock act Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young shortly after Buffalo Springfield’s demise. Furay and Messina went on to found country-rock group Poco, before embarking on his own solo career. After Messina left Poco, he formed Loggins and Messina with singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins
Reunion:
On his 2000 album Silver & Gold, Young sang of his desire to reform the group and to “see those guys again and give it a shot” ("Buffalo Springfield Again"). A full reunion is no longer a possibility with the October 2004 death of Palmer and the January 2009 death of Martin. Surviving Buffalo Springfield members Young, Stills, and Furay reunited at the annual Bridge School Benefit concerts on October 23 and 24, 2010, in Mountain View, California. Rolling Stone called the performance "nostalgic, blissful, and moving."
Buffalo Springfield reunited for six concerts. The band consisted of Furay, Stills, and Young, with the lineup completed by Rick Rosas and Joe Vitale. According to Richie Furay and a band spokesman, the band were supposed do a full tour in 2012, but this was put on hold, because of Young recording two new albums with Crazy Horse. On February 27, 2012, Furay announced that the band are on indefinite hiatus.
Band members:
Former members:
Richie Furay – guitar, vocals (1966–1968, 2010–2012)
Stephen Stills – guitar, keyboards, vocals (1966–1968, 2010–2012)
Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals (1966–1968, 2010–2012)
Dewey Martin – drums, vocals (1966–1968; died 2009)
Bruce Palmer – bass guitar (1966–1968; died 2004)
Jim Messina - bass guitar (1968)
Ken Koblun - bass guitar (1966)
Additional musicians:
Joe Vitale – drums, vocals (2010–2012)
Rick Rosas – bass guitar (2010–2012)
Various sources including wikipedia.org
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