History Music / BuffaloSpringfield

* ShoutOut: The riff to "Mr. Soul" was written as a deliberate homage to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}).

* GutturalGrowler: For a small, boyish-looking blonde-haired guy, Stephen sure had a powerfully raspy voice. Dewey Martin's was even harsher and louder, and by most accounts he had NoIndoorVoice in general.

* HeartbeatSoundtrack: "Broken Arrow" is an angsty minor-key number typical of Neil Young with a couple of false stops, that finally crossfades into a jaunty, jazzy instrumental, which crossfades into a heartbeat into the fadeout.

[[caption-width-right:350:Buffalo Springfield in 1967. From left to right: Bruce Palmer, Stephen Stills, Dewey Martin, Richie Furay, Music/NeilYoung]]

Buffalo Springfield was a band formed in 1966 by two Americans - Stephen Stills and Richie Furay (both vocals, guitar) - and three Canadians - Music/NeilYoung (also vocals, guitar), Bruce Palmer (bass) and Dewey Martin (vocals, drums). They took their name from a steamroller parked outside of their house, manufactured by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. With the five meeting in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and playing in prominent nightclub Whisky a Go Go under the encouragement of Music/TheByrds' bassist Chris Hillman, they garnered a reputation in the city for their virtuosic live performances, which featured complex solos and jamming courtesy of dual lead guitarists Stills and Young. It didn't take long for the band to acquire a record deal with Creator/AtcoRecords for a four-album contract. In the second half of 1966, Buffalo Springfield entered the studio to record their debut album, an engaging--if shoddily produced--set that drew from the popular British Invasion-inspired sounds of the time, as well as more homegrown folk and country influences.

* Stephen Stills - guitar, keyboards, vocals (1966-8; 2010-2)

* ShortLivedBigImpact: The band lasted barely over two years but, like Music/TheByrds, they were massively influential on the direction taken by southern California folk-rock and country-rock in the following decade.

* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: Following their [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled debut]], their second album was called--wait for it--''Buffalo Springfield Again''. And their final record--released after they'd broken up--was, appropriately enough, ''Last Time Around.''

* {{Foil}}: Stephen Stills and Neil Young. The former was a hard-driving, ambitious taskmaster whose preferred method of operation was to run his bandmates into the ground military-style until they'd captured a perfect performance. The latter was a morose, withdrawn and somewhat inscrutable character with a habit of disappearing whenever he was most needed. Despite their differences, it wouldn't be inaccurate to describe the pair as VitriolicBestBuds.

* GutturalGrowler: For a small, boyish-looking blonde-haired guy, Stephen sure had a powerfully raspy voice. Dewey Martin's was even harsher and louder, and by all accounts he had NoIndoorVoice in general.

*** It [[ValuesResonance once again found relevance]] in 2020 in the USA during the various protests and riots against police brutality and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. [[{{Pun}} For what it's worth]], the lyrics have some eerie {{applicability}} to the contemporary events.

* {{Foil}}: VitriolicBestBuds Stephen Stills and Neil Young. The former was a hard-driving, ambitious taskmaster whose preferred method of operation was to run his bandmates into the ground military-style until they'd captured a perfect performance. The latter was a morose, withdrawn and somewhat inscrutable character with a habit of disappearing whenever he was most needed.

* UncommonTime: A common feature of Neil's songs in particular, most noticeably on "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing", which shifts between 4/4 in the verses and 6/8 in the choruses.

Stills went on to form the supergroup [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills & Nash]] in 1968, joined a year later by Young (who had also begun his solo career). Furay and Messina both went on to form the band Poco. The band was inducted in the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1997, and had a reunion concert with their surviving members in 2011 before declaring an indefinite hiatus the following year.

** The band did a song that ''was'' about Vietnam: "Four Days Gone", in which the protagonist is a [[DraftDodging draft dodger]] who's escaping the "government madness".

A GenreMashup of rock, blues, psychedelia, folk, country, soul and even jazz, ''Buffalo Springfield Again'' is generally recognized as the band's masterpiece, and they entered 1968 on an optimistic note. Unfortunately, history repeated itself when Bruce Palmer was once again deported for marijuana possession. This time, engineer Jim Messina was hired as a permanent replacement on bass when the band toured as a supporting act for Music/TheBeachBoys. Legal troubles continued, though, after Young, Furay and Messina were arrested in the aftermath of a rehearsal party hosted by Music/EricClapton in April 1968. Demoralized and frustrated, the band officially broke up the following month. Later in the year Furay and Messina assembled the various tracks recorded between 1967 and early 1968 for their third and final album ''Last Time Around''.

Buffalo Springfield was a band formed in 1966 by two Americans - Stephen Stills and Richie Furay (both vocals, guitar) - and three Canadians - Music/NeilYoung (also vocals, guitar), Bruce Palmer (bass) and Dewey Martin (vocals, drums). They took their name from a steamroller parked outside of their house, manufactured by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. With the five meeting in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and playing in prominent nightclub Whisky a Go Go under the encouragement of Music/TheByrds' bassist Chris Hillman, they garnered a reputation in the city for their virtuosic live performances, which featured complex solos and jamming courtesy of dual lead guitarists Stills and Young. It didn't take long for the band to acquire a record deal with Creator/AtcoRecords for a four-album contract. In the second half of 1966, Buffalo Springfield entered the studio to record their debut album, an engaging--if shoddily produced by the band's managers--British Invasion-inspired set with distinct folk and country influences.

Buffalo Springfield was often at odds with law enforcement, with Bruce Palmer being deported twice for possession of marijuana. The second time in January 1968, engineer Jim Messina was hired as a permanent replacement on bass when the band toured as a supporting act for Music/TheBeachBoys. After Young, Furay and Messina were arrested in the aftermath of a rehearsal party hosted by Music/EricClapton in April 1968, the band officially broke up the following month. Later in the year Furay and Messina assembled the various tracks recorded between 1967-early 1968 for their third and final album ''Last Time Around''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, Music/NeilYoung]]

Buffalo Springfield is a band formed in 1966 from two Americans - Stephen Stills and Richie Furay - and three Canadians - Music/NeilYoung, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin. They took their name from a steamroller parked outside of their house, manufactured by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. With the five meeting in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and performing in prominent nightclub Whisky a Go Go under the encouragement of Music/TheByrds' bassist Chris Hillman, they garnered a reputation in the city for their live performances, eventually acquiring a record deal with Creator/AtcoRecords for a four-album contract. And then in November 1966, Los Angeles County closed down Sunset Strip nightclub Pandora's Box and initiated a strict curfew in response to resident complaints about noise and traffic, leading to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Strip_curfew_riots confrontations between youths and police]], and the group made the song "For What It's Worth" in response. The single was their commercial breakthrough outside of Los Angeles, making the top ten nationwide.

The band had often been at odds with law enforcement, with Bruce Palmer being deported twice for possession of marijuana. The second time in January 1968, engineer Jim Messina was hired as a permanent replacement on bass when performing as a supporting act for Music/TheBeachBoys. After Young, Furay and Messina were arrested in the aftermath of a rehearsal party hosted by Music/EricClapton in April 1968, the band officially broke up the following month, and later in the year Furay and Messina assembled the various tracks recorded between 1967-early 1968 for their third and final album ''Last Time Around''.

Stills went on to form the supergroup [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills & Nash]] in 1968, joined a year later by Young (who had also begun his solo career). Furay and Messina both went on to form the band Music/{{Poco}}. The band was inducted in the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1997, and had a reunion concert with their surviving members in 2011 before declaring an indefinite hiatus the following year.

Buffalo Springfield is a band formed in 1966 from two Americans - Stephen Stills and Richie Furay - and three Canadians - Music/NeilYoung, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin. They took their name from a steamroller parked outside of their house, manufactured by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. With the five meeting in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and performing in prominent nightclub Whisky a Go Go under the encouragement of Music/TheByrds' manager Chris Hillman, they garnered a reputation in the city for their live performances, that they acquired a record deal with Creator/AtcoRecords for a four-album contract. And then in November 1966, Los Angeles County closed down Sunset Strip nightclub Pandora's Box and initiated a strict curfew in response to resident complaints about noise and traffic, leading to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Strip_curfew_riots confrontations between youths and police]], and the group made the song "For What It's Worth" in response. The single was their commercial breakthrough outside of Los Angeles, making the top ten nationwide.

Stills went on to form the supergroup [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills & Nash]] in 1968, joined a year later by Young. Furay and Messina both went on to form the band Music/{{Poco}}. The band was inducted in the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1997, and had a reunion concert with their surviving members in 2011 before declaring an indefinite hiatus the following year.

*** It [[CulturalResonance once again found relevance]] in 2020 in the USA during the various protests and riots against police brutality and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. [[{{Pun}} For what it's worth]], the lyrics have some eerie {{applicability}} to the contemporary events.

* LineOfSightName: When Stephen Stills submitted their most well-known single, he said to to record executive Ahmet Ertegun: "I have this song here, for what it's worth, if you want it."

*** It once again found relevance in 2020 in the USA during the various protests and riots against police brutality and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. [[{{Pun}} For what it's worth]], the lyrics have some eerie {{Applicability}} to the contemporary events.

** The band did a song that ''was'' about Vietnam: "Four Days Gone", in which the protagonist is a draft dodger who's escaping the "government madness".

!!Stop, children, what's that sound, everybody look what's tropin' round:

* ProtestSong: "For What It's Worth" was commonly used in [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam War]] contexts, but it didn't start out that way. The song was about the curfew riots in Los Angeles.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing"

* ProtestSong: "For What It's Worth" was commonly used in [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnameWar Vietnam War]] contexts, but it didn't start out that way. The song was about the curfew riots in Los Angeles.

Buffalo Springfield is a band formed in 1966 from two Americans - Stephen Stills and Richie Furay - and three Canadians - Music/NeilYoung, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin. They took their name from a steamroller parked outside of their house, manufactured by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company. With the five meeting in Los Angeles and performing in prominent nightclub Whisky a Go Go under the encouragement of Music/TheByrds manager Chris Hillman, they garnered a reputation in the city for their live performances, that they acquired a record deal with Creator/AtcoRecords for a four-album contract. And then in November 1966, Los Angeles County closed down Sunset Strip nightclub Pandora's Box and initiated a strict curfew in response to resident complaints about noise and traffic, leading to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Strip_curfew_riots confrontations between youths and police]], and the song "For What It's Worth" was made in response. The single was their commercial breakthrough outside of Los Angeles, making the top ten nationwide.

* ProtestSong: "For What It's Worth" was commonly used in Vietnam War contexts, but it didn't start out that way. The song was about the curfew riots in Los Angeles.

Stills went on to form the supergroup [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Crosby, Stills & Nash]] in 1968, joined a year later by Young. Furay and Messina both went on to form the band ''Music/{{Poco}}''. The band was inducted in the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1997, and had a reunion concert with their surviving members in 2011 before declaring an indefinite hiatus the following year.