This year is getting off to a fast start. It’s happening at an alarming frequency all of a sudden.<\/p>\n
Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin dies
\nFeb. 6, 2009, 8:13 PM EST<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Martin also formed other groups, including Medicine Ball, which released one album.<\/p>\n
Lenes said Martin, who was born in Chesterfield, Canada, will be buried in his native country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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