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Written by bnbrainer on 06 June 2011
2011-06-05
Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA
w/ Buffalo Springfield
1. On The Way Home (acoustic guitar – Guild)
2. Rock & Roll Woman (acoustic guitar – Guild)
3. Burned (acoustic guitar – Guild)
4. A Child’s Claim To Fame (acoustic guitar – Guild)
5. Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It? (acoustic guitar – Guild)
6. Go And Say Goodbye (electric guitar Gretsch 6120)
7. I Am A Child (acoustic guitar – Guild)
8. Hot Dusty Roads (electric guitar – Old Black)
9. Kind Woman (piano)
10. Mr. Soul (electric guitar – Old Black)
11. Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing (acoustic guitar – Guild)
12. Everybody’s Wrong (electric guitar – Gretsch 6120)
13. My Kind Of Love (electric guitar – Gretsch 6120)
14. Sad Memory (piano)
15. Bluebird (electric guitar – Old Black)
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16. Broken Arrow (acoustic guitar – Guild)
17. For What It’s Worth (electric guitar –
Gretsch 6120)
18. Rockin’ In The Free World (electric guitar – Old Black)
Tour: 2011 Buffalo Springfield Reunion Tour
Band: Buffalo Springfield
Richie Furay – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Stephen Stills – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
Neil Young – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica
Rick Rosas bass
Joe Vitale – drums, vocals
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Written by bnbrainer on 05 June 2011
Buffalo Springfield Launch First Tour in 43 Years
Alternate Take
/from Rolling Stone
Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Neil Young play on June 1st, 2011 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. Photograph by Jay Blakesberg for RollingStone.com
“Thank you, we’re Buffalo Springfield,” Neil Young announced early in the band’s June 1st show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, the opening date of the Springfield’s first tour since the spring of 1968. “We’re from the past,” Young added drily.
They were not – he could have added without fear of contradiction – stuck in it. For nearly two hours, in a performance comprised almost entirely of songs from nearly half a century ago, Buffalo Springfield’s surviving members and original vocal-songwriting front line – Young and singer-guitarists Stephen Stills and Richie Furay – played like a band genuinely reborn: thrilled to be on stage again, determined not to let their songs or legacy down. There was jubilant fraternity in the close-harmony singing, especially by Young and Furay in the soft vocal rain at the end of “On the Way Home” and their gleaming Morse-code flourishes behind Stills’ grainy tenor in “Rock and Roll Woman.”
Photos: Buffalo Springfield Kick Off Their Reunion Tour
…moar: /from Rolling Stone
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Posted in Concert Reviews, News / Article | Comments Off on Buffalo: Concert Review: Oakland June 1, 2011
Written by Iris on 03 June 2011
Nice and interesting concert review by Michael Golden – many thanks from the BNB Team.
Having grown up with Neil Young, literally, I was old enough to know and appreciate Buffalo Springfield, but too young to ever see them perform. My formative years were spent watching Neil’s solo career blossom in addition to seeing CSNY on many an occasion. When I found out that the surviving members of Buffalo Springfield were going to hit the road, I had to be there.
So last night, I make the pilgrimage to the Bay Area for the opening night of their 6 show stint in California. The Fox Theater is a great venue. There’s not a bad seat in the house. Having a 5th row seat doesn’t hurt either. I saw Neil’s shows at this venue last year, so I knew where to go, where to park, and what to expect.
Gillian Welch was the opening act. I knew that I was in for good times as her music held my attention with every note. She is a great musician, and whoever selected her to open for Buffalo Springfield is a true genius. (Probably Neil). Gillian Welch was so good that I was disappointed when her set was over. But the anticipation of what to expect going forward was compelling.
Around 9:15, the lights dimmed, and our man walked out onto the stage with Stephen Stills, Rick (the bass player) Rosas, Richie Furay, and Joe Vitale. Stephen Stills looked great. He’s lost a lot of weight, and he just had his act together. Neil was wearing a vintage leather jacket with fringes hanging off it, Buffalo Springfield era. The crowd was on our feet, and for good reason. The opening notes, and right into it with On The Way Home!
This is where things got really interesting and exciting. As a long standing fan of Neil’s, I was thinking he would be singing On The Way Home. To the contrary, Richie Furay did. If you have Buffalo Springfield’s 3 albums, which I would recommend all three, you would know that Neil wasn’t singing this song. Richie Furay was. The band was concerned about Neil’s vocals back then, so Richie Furay would from time to time sing for Neil on Neil’s songs.
The entire set was phenomenal, but so were Richie Furay, Neil, and Stephen Stills! Richie Furay impressed me the most. He was just on target, and seemed to be holding the entire show together with his vocals and rythm guitar. Throghout the entire gig, I was waiting for Neil to breakout. It never happened. That’s what made this show incredible. I saw a side of Neil Young in concert I had never seen before. He wasn’t acting as a solo artist. He was part of a band of equals. As much as I wanted Neil to break away from the band and get into one of those incredbile Neil solos, he didn’t do it. This made the performance all the better.
The coordination of their music was just impeccable. The selections were great. There was a song Richie Furay did after Clancey that I had never heard before, but aside from it, all the tunes were old Buffalo Springfield until the very end, Rockin’ In The Free World. Broken Arrow was stunning, as was A Child’s Claim to Fame, Rock n Roll Woman, and Burned. There were so many great tunes that I have never heard done live, and they were done right by Buffalo Springfield.
The crowd was a little foreign to me. I didn’t see anyone I knew, but that was OK. I wasn’t there to socialize, only to take it all in. My greatest regret was not having a ticket for this evening’s show. Had I known how good Buffalo Springfield were going to be, I would have gone both nights. My advice to anyone who has an interest in their music – do what it takes to see them perform. This is a side of Neil Young you have never seen before, and you may not see again.
Michael Golden
Truckee, California
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Written by bnbrainer on 31 May 2011
CONFIRMED:
“Buffalo Springfield would be playing two dates at Red Rocks and could
add a night in Town Park.”
So Buffalo Springfield, 2 nights at Red Rocks, right before September 9.
In addition to confirmed Buffalo Springfield summer shows:
01.06. Oakland, Fox Theater
02.06. Oakland, Fox Theater
04.06. LA, The Wiltern
05.06. LA, The Wiltern
07.06. Santa Barbara Bowl
08.06. Santa Barbara Bowl
09./12.06. * at Bonnaroo Festvial. Buffalo Springfield., Manchester TN
[and at Red Rocks, “before there is snow on the seats!”]
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Written by bnbrainer on 20 May 2011
David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, and Nash-performed 1 of 2 concerts at the Wilbur Theater in Boston; May 18-19 2011.
photo by Michael Borkson
more photos from this show on his flickr-page.
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