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45 Years Ago: Buffalo Springfield Perform Final Concert

Dave Swanson — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:49:37 +0000

Buffalo Springfield were always a house of cards caught in a hurricane. Neil Young was -- and still is -- famous for going wherever his muse takes him, others be damned. From the band's earliest days Young had issues to deal with, including the onset of epilepsy, constant drug use, and apprehension about the band management and the music business in general. On May 5, 1968, Buffalo Springfield gave their final performance as a group.

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45 Years Ago: Buffalo Springfield And Eric Clapton Busted In Topanga Canyon

Dave Swanson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:45:20 +0000

On March 20, 1968, a genuine rock and roll all star bust went down. At the home of then girlfriend of Stephen Stills, nestled in the legendary Topanga Canyon of California, members of Buffalo Springfield were getting a little out of hand.

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47 Years Ago – Buffalo Springfield Form

Dave Swanson — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:30:29 +0000

The key for many an aspiring band in the mid '60s was to take a few things from the Beatles playbook and mix in lessons learned from Bob Dylan. In short order, folk rock was born. The Byrds and the Turtles were among the many who took the genre to pop gold. It was from this seed that the Buffalo Springfield would also grow after joining up in in 1966.

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45 Years Ago: 'Buffalo Springfield Again' Album

Michael Gallucci — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:00:32 +0000

By the time Buffalo Springfield started recording their second album during the first half of 1967, the five members were barely speaking to each other. Neil Young wasn’t around much. Their bass player was battling drug problems. And a series of studio musicians was called in to help shape the three main writers’ songs.

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Tour 'Wish List' From Rolling Stone Magazine

Crash — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:35:35 +0000

Rolling Stone magazine has compiled a list of tours they'd like to see in 2013. See if any of your favorite made the list.

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Rock Report: Stephen Stills Still Angry With Neil Young

Crash — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:21:33 +0000

Stephen Stills shed some light on Neil Young skipping out of last summer's Buffalo Springfield reunion just prior to finalizing the tour plans. The scrapping of the road dates literally left Stills and Richie Furray flat, after expecting to be on tour for a presumably sold out summer-long reunion tour

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