Posted on 09/14/2010 1:00:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Neil Young will reunite with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay for a pair of performances as Buffalo Springfield for Young’s annual Bridge School benefit concerts in Northern California, with lineups that also include Pearl Jam, Elton John and Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and several other acts.
The reunion of the influential country-rock band born in 1966 in Los Angeles will feature Young, Stills and Furay as an acoustic trio, given the Bridge School’s history of unplugged performances by all participants. The group's other two original members, bassist Bruce Palmer and drummer Dewey Martin, died in 2004 and 2009, respectively.
Springfield will top the bill both days of the Oct. 23 and 24 shows, which generates funds and awareness for the school’s programs aiding severely physically handicapped students.
“We make Pearl Jam look like a young band,” Young said with a chuckle over the weekend. “It’s all a matter of perspective.” Buffalo Springfield, in turn, won’t hold the most seniority thanks to the presence elsewhere on the shows of 83-year-old mountain music patriarch Ralph Stanley and a pairing of two of country music’s most esteemed singers and songwriters: 74-year-old Kris Kristofferson and 73-year-old Merle Haggard...
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Messina was not a founding member. He was brought in when Neil Young left. When Buffalo Springfield completely broke up, he and Richie Furay then became founding members of Poco.
I don’t care if Neil Young dropped off the face of the earth to never be seen again.
An Alien Autopsy
I couldn’t agree with you more. Neil was once my idol — on a Friday night I’d go to Woolworth department store and listen to After The Gold Rush in the music section and literally get high from his music — and now I see him on Youtube rant and rage about Bush and with everybody hanging on his words and nodding in sync (they get paid by him) and some Indian bass player that looks cool and it’s like he’s trying to relive “Ohio” again and his “facts” are messed up. What’s important is capturing that hippie-dippie protest vibe all over again. I think, “Neil be a real rebel and go against Hollywood.” At least read up on the issues. But, no, it’s too easy for him to follow the pack, conform to all the flattery and believe that you have another Richard Nixon (Bush) to keep you young. Sad that the “father of punk rock” believes in his own press. And, to make matters worse, his music sucks now too.
“I must be the only person who is just as interested that Leon Russell is going to play at this thing. Really enjoy his stuff.”
Saw him about 1978 at Universal Ampitheater doing “The Leon and Mary Russell Show” which was great, and about 1993 at the Coach House, opening for BB King.
Russell has had a long career. Would be interesting to see if he still has what it takes.
The 1993 (approx.) BB King Tour was to have ended his touring career, because he was 65 or something like that. We know he is still going, beyond 80 and with diabetes.
So these 60s guys are just kids, by comparison.
I was wrong. Messina was not brought in to replace Neil Young, but Bruce Palmer.
I still like Neil. I would much rather see Neil than Bob Dylan, Paul MaCartney, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones. Check this out from 1998.
So clear and beautiful -—>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12NBnejOGw
And Jim Messina was with them just for their final phase
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