Buffalo Springfield

Buffalo Springfield was an American-Canadian rock band formed in 1966, whose members included Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer, Jim Messina, Ken Koblun, and Jim Fielder, and which combined rock, folk, and country music. The band released the classic 1960s protest song "For What It's Worth." The band was plagued by infighting, drug-related arrests, and line-up changes that led to its disbanding after two years. Three albums were released under its name, but many demos, studio outtakes, and live recordings remained and were issued in the decades that followed. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Peel introduced an early gig by Buffalo Springfield in the spring of 1966, when he was working as John Ravencroft on KMEN. Later he recalled that he talked to the band and liked them, particularly Neil Young, who later puzzled him by remaining silent when they met in London in 1969. Their best-known song, "For What It's Worth", was about the Sunset Strip riots of 1966, centred on the Pandora's Box club which Peel sometimes visited. He also mentioned the riots in an editorial for the Kmentertainer.

Back in the UK, Peel continued to play Buffalo Springfield tracks on his shows for Radio London and the BBC. In 1999 he included "Expecting To Fly", from the "Buffalo Spirngfield Again" album, in the Peelenium for 1968.

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