One of My Favorite Groups-MR Coroner
This year is getting off to a fast start. It’s happening at an alarming frequency all of a sudden.
Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin dies
Feb. 6, 2009, 8:13 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dewey Martin, the drummer who helped found the pioneering country rock band Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, has died. He was 68.
Martin was found dead Sunday by a roommate in his Van Nuys apartment, longtime friend Lisa Lenes said. She said Martin had health problems in recent years and she believed he died of natural causes.
Martin, along with Young, Stills, singer-songwriter-guitarist Richie Furay and bassist Bruce Palmer, formed Buffalo Springfield in 1966 and toured with the Byrds. Their debut album included the hit song “For What It’s Worth,” a solemn observation of 1960s turmoil.
The band broke up two years later amid tension between Young and Stills. Young led a successful solo career and Stills moved on to Crosby, Stills & Nash. Furay formed Poco, another early country rock band.
Martin continued performing under various incarnations of the band. He and Palmer toured as Buffalo Springfield Revisited in the mid-1980s, and for a time in the 1990s he played shows as Buffalo Springfield Again.
Martin also formed other groups, including Medicine Ball, which released one album.
Lenes said Martin, who was born in Chesterfield, Canada, will be buried in his native country.
February 8th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
This is really weird – J.J. just loaned me a biography on Neil Young and borrowed my CD box set on Buffalo Springfield because it is referenced in the book a lot….. It appears we are starting to lose all our Rock heroes about as fast as we are losing the remaining few World War II heroes….. It’s a sad state of affairs…… Let’s not forget them – They changed the world of music forever….. “You gotta know your roots (History) if you plan to succeed in anything you attempt in life” – PD Bob….
Thanks, Sunn, for keeping us up-to-date on these grim bits of life…. It makes one realize you need to get busy with all those things you keep putting off cause you never know when you’re gonna go…….
February 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I have been listening to the affore mentioned box set. The one song, Written By Richie Furay for Dewey is one of the classic tracks by the Buffalo. We will miss him.