Buffalo Springfield - 1967-08-11 - Huntington Beach CA (SBD)

Buffalo Springfield

1967-08-11

Teen & Twenty Club

Huntington Beach, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Pay The Price

02. Nobody’s Fool

03. Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing

04. Rock And Roll Woman

05. My Kind Of Love

06. For What It’s Worth

07. Bluebird

2nd Set:

08. Mr. Soul

09. Go And Say Goodbye

10. Hung Upside Down

11. Midnight Hour

12. Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It

13. Leave

Buffalo Springfield - 1967-08-11 - Huntington Beach CA (SBD)

Buffalo Springfield had broken up well before Woodstock, but its members are tied to the festival in countless ways. Both Neil Young and Stephen Stills, of course, played at Woodstock as part of CSNY. David Crosby, who sat in for Neil during the Springfield's set at Monterrey Pop, also hit the stage at Woodstock as part of CSNY.  Richie Furay and Jim Messina, who left the Springfield to form Poco, missed Woodstock when their new band turned down an invitation to play at the festival!  Instead, Poco played at a Long Beach high school because the pay was higher! 

In any event, this soundboard recording captures Buffalo Springfield 2 years before Woodstock, on in Huntington Beach on August 11, 1967, 57 years ago today. In keeping with the Springfield tradition of constant fights between band members, while Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer were all present and accounted for, Doug Hastings sat in for Neil Young at this show.  Neil had left the band in early spring after a dispute with Stephen. Ironically, the next day, Buffalo Springfield had a 2nd show in Huntington, and Neil was back on stage, with the band unceremoniously dumping Hastings.