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Early years

Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada, Palmer started out playing in high school band, which subsequently evolved into the very successful Robbie Lane & The Disciples, and then graduated to a local, otherwise all-black, group fronted by Billy Clarkson. Next came British invasion-inspired Jack London & The Sparrows (which after Palmer left, evolved into Steppenwolf). In early 1965, he left to join The Mynah Birds and it was here where Palmer met Neil Young. The group, fronted by future funk legend Rick James, was signed to Motown Records and did some preliminary recordings (subsequently destroyed) before it was discovered that James had been AWOL from the Navy for a year. The group was forced to disband, and a fatalistic Young and Palmer drove the former's hearse out to Los Angeles in the hope of possibly reacquainting themselves with Stephen Stills, a journeyman folk musician with whom Young had played briefly in Canada two years earlier. Liverpool (2001 pop. ... It has been suggested that The Sparrows be merged into this article or section. ... The Mynah Birds were a short-lived R&B band based in Toronto in the 1960s. ... Neil Percival Young[1] OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label originally based out of Detroit, Michigan (Motor City), where it achieved widespread international success. ... Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. ...

Finds fame with Buffalo Springfield

In one of rock history's most synchronous moments, Young and Palmer ran into Stills while stuck in Los Angeles's notorious traffic, Stills having recognized Young's distinctive mode of transportation. It was not long before the trio, along with Richie Furay on rhythm guitar and Dewey Martin on drums, formed the Buffalo Springfield. The Springfield immediately caused a rapturous local sensation because of Furay's stage presence and, perhaps more importantly, the guitar duels between co-lead guitarists Stills and Young. On stage, relatively tame numbers such as "Bluebird" and "Mr. Soul" were expanded into weaving, deeply intertwined ten minute epics. Though Palmer's bass playing was fairly understated as compared to the fretwork of Stills and Young, his propulsive, deeply pulsating work ensured that the tension-filled jams (often evocative of personal differences between the two guitarists) did not devolve into the noisy madness that characterizes most late-60s psychedelic-inspired rock jamming. The Springfield only had one major national hit, "For What It's Worth" (written and sung by Stills), but locally their popularity was rivaled only by The Byrds and The Doors. Richie Furay (born Paul Richard Furay, on 9 May 1944, in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is best known for forming the 1960s band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin. ... There are two notable people named Dewey Martin: Dewey Martin (musician) Drummer/vocalist (b. ... Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song For What Its Worth. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ... This page is about the rock band. ...

Palmer was easily seduced by the ethos of the prevailing drug culture and was arrested on numerous occasions for drug possession. These legal problems, compounded by his predilection to sit around his home and read mystical texts, led to him being shunned and isolated by most of the group. Another arrest led to his deportation from the United States in early 1967; Palmer was promptly replaced in the band by a rotating group of bassists that included Jim Fielder and Ken Koblun. Shortly thereafter, Young left the group due to tensions with Stills, and Buffalo Springfield played its most prominent concert at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 with Doug Hastings and David Crosby filling in for Young. During his time back in Toronto between January-May 1967, Palmer had gigged briefly with the Heavenly Government. Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. ... Jim Fielder (born October 4, 1947 in Denton, Texas) is an American bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears. ... David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ...

In late May, Palmer returned to the United States disguised as a businessman, and he promptly rejoined the band (Young eventually returned as well). However, his commitment to the music was quite small, and the group continued to rely on a myriad of session bassists. Meanwhile, Palmer continued to rack up an impressive arrest record which included yet another drug possession bust and speeding without a license. In January 1968, Palmer was removed from the band and officially replaced by Jim Messina . Then, after embarking on a disastrous tour opening for the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield disbanded in April 1968 after a final hometown hurrah at the Long Beach Sports Arena. Jim Messina (born December 5, 1947) was a member of Buffalo Springfield, then an original member of the country rock band Poco, before he joined with Kenny Loggins to form Loggins and Messina. ... The Beach Boys, originally the Beech Boys, a small team of four brothers from the south of Poland, emigrated to America in the early 1950s in search of a fortune to be made in the Arizonian logging industry. When it soon became evident they had been the victims of...

Later years

Miraculously managing to straighten out his various legal troubles, Palmer resurfaced in the summer 1969 for two weeks as the bassist for Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Though the better 3/5ths of Buffalo Springfield augmented by Crosby & Nash could have theoretically achieved the original goals of the Springfield that were soon muddled--a synthesis of folk vocal harmonies and a hard rock backing--Palmer was as drug addled as he had been in the latter Buffalo Springfield era and was promptly replaced by the pubescent Motown prodigy Greg Reeves. Back in Toronto, he gigged briefly with Luke & The Apostles in early 1970. Crosby, Stills, & Nash (sometimes known as Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) is a pioneering folk rock/rock supergroup that formed out of the remnants of three 1960s bands the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Hollies. ... Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song For What Its Worth. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... Toronto ‘60s blues group, Luke & The Apostles are best known for containing Canadian guitar legend Mike McKenna and for providing the training ground for musicians who went on to notable Canadian bands like McKenna Mendelson Mainline, Kensington Market Band and The Modern Rock Quartet (The MRQ). ...

In 1971, Palmer released his lone solo record, The Cycle Is Complete, on Verve Records. Primarily consisting of three long jams, "Alpha-Omega-Apocalypse", "Oxo", and "Calm Before The Storm" (with an "Interlude" thrown in for good measure between the first two numbers), the album featured Palmer playing with the remnants of fellow L.A. psychedelic group Kaleidoscope, Toronto keyboard player Ed Roth and Rick James contributing jazzy scat vocals. The record has often been described as a jazzier version of Skip Spence's Oar or Syd Barrett's two solo records--an aural, drug-induced nervous breakdown. Understandably, the album was a commercial disaster, and Palmer seemingly retired from music. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Born April 18, 1946. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (born 6 January 1946 in Cambridge – died 7 July 2006 in Cambridge) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ...

In 1977, Palmer joined former Kensington Market Band singer/guitarist Keith McKie and lead guitarist Stan Endersby (formerly of local bands, The Just Us, The Tripp and Livingston's Journey and Peter Quaife's post-Kinks group, Mapleoak) in the Toronto group, Village for some local gigs. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Just Us were a short-lived Toronto R&B band from the mid Sixties, which later morphed into The Tripp and then Livingstone’s Journey. ... Guitarist Stan Endersby (born July 17, 1947, Lachine, Quebec) travelled to London, England in the spring of 1968 to visit his actor brother and to check out the city’ s vibrant music scene. ...

In 1982-1983, Palmer resurfaced as the bassist in Neil Young's Trans Band, playing a mixture of Young classics and electronica-infused material to clearly unenthralled audiences throughout America and Europe. Though on paper the band was a "dream team" of Young collaborators, featuring at least one member from every configuration the guitarist had played in since the mid-sixties, in practice the group turned out to be one of his most unenthralling bands. In addition to tour management problems, much of the music required precise synchronization to backing tapes--a focus that the drunken Palmer clearly lacked at this stage of his life. As is detailed in the Young biography Shakey, the only thing that kept Young from firing his old friend was the deep spiritual bond they had shared since the early sixties. With the focus upon a then-revolutionary musical form (electronica) and a band that included only the cream of the crop, the Trans record and tour had the potential to trump even Young classics such as Tonight's The Night and Rust Never Sleeps, but many fans consider the project to be an unmitigated failure.

Palmer was inducted with his bandmates into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. He died of a heart attack in 2004 in Belleville, Ontario. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Belleville (2006 population 48,821, metropolitan population 91,518)[1] is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. ...

See also

• Buffalo Springfield official site
• More Information on Bruce Palmer