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Buffalo Springfield is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Standells, Canned Heat, The Byrds and Patsy Cline. Those roots explain a lot about how Buffalo Springfield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Stills-Young Band, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and The Youngbloods, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Bluetones, Yes, Jackson Browne, Kenny Loggins and Atco Records, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Buffalo Springfield, reaching back through Strawberry Alarm Clock and forward to The Bluetones. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Canadians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin and Americans Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The group, widely known for the song "For What It's Worth", released three albums and several singles from 1966 to 1968. Their music combined elements of folk music and country music with influences from the British Invasion and psychedelic rock. Like the contemporary band the Byrds, they were key to the early development of folk rock. The band took their name from a steamroller parked outside their house.
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Buffalo Springfield connections
Buffalo Springfield grew out of Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Standells, Canned Heat and The Byrds, shares an orbit with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Stills-Young Band and Neil Young & Crazy Horse, went on to shape The Bluetones, Yes, Jackson Browne and Kenny Loggins. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Sounds and acts that shaped Buffalo Springfield.
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Bands Buffalo Springfield shaped
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