Bruce Palmer, Guitarist for Buffalo Springfield, Dead at 58

AP ^ | Oct. 16, 2004

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Bruce Palmer, Guitarist for Buffalo Springfield, Dead at 58

The Associated Press

Bruce Palmer BELLEVILLE, Ontario (AP) - Bruce Palmer, bass guitarist for 1960s folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, has died. He was 58.

Palmer, whose unique bass playing became linked with the identity of the group, died of a heart attack on Oct. 1, said music publicist Liese Rugo.

Buffalo Springfield was primarily known for its 1967 hit, "For What It's Worth," and broke up after two years. However, the band members included Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Dewey Martin and Richie Furay, went on to acclaim and commercial success.

Born in Toronto in 1946, Palmer began playing guitar at age 10 in a music store. He went on to play with rock groups in that city including the Swinging Doors and Jack London and the Sparrows.

Later he became a part of the Mynah Birds, a Canadian group whose lead singer was the late funk musician Rick James.

Palmer and Young left for California and joined with Stills and Furay as the four ran into each other in a traffic jam on Sunset Boulevard. They later recruited Martin, a session drummer.

After the release of "Buffalo Springfield Again," the album that featured "For What It's Worth" the group fell on hard times. Palmer was facing marijuana and immigration charges. He was permanently forced out of the band by the time Buffalo Springfield's third album "Last Time Around" was released.

In 1968, Palmer released a solo instrumental album. He occasionally played with Young during the 1980s. He later regrouped with Martin as Buffalo Springfield Revisited.

Palmer is survived by his wife, Jill Vanderveen Palmer; and three daughters.

[isom35]

on the Flintstones he would have been known as Bruce Palmrock.

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LOL

[dfwgator]

And on the Flintstones the band would have been called "Water Buffalo Springfield."

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Weird coincidence Ping

[Dick Vomer]

And on the Flintstones the band would have been called "Water Buffalo Springfield."

"Water Buffalosaurus Springfield".

[11th_VA]

"Everybody look what's going down ..."

[AppyPappy]

yup

[Katya]

Huh...another obituary about a famous rock star I've never heard of.

[SamAdams76]

Damn, they just keep on dying. Robert Palmer, Johnny Ramone, Laura Branigan, Ray Charles, Rick James, Syreeta Wright, one of the guys from McFadden & Whitehead, Sheena Easton, Skeeter Davis, the guy that was in that band from the 60s, Waylon Jennings, and the list goes on and on. And now we have this here guy from Buffalo Springfield.

When will the madness end!

[dfwgator]

Sheena Easton? When?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I just heard that Paul Stanley from Kiss is recovering nicely from his hip replacement surgery. I feel so old.

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ping

[Rastus]

Sheena Easton ain't dead.

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He wasn't THAT famous. Don't feel bad.

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I think you might want to notify Sheena E. I think she has some show dates coming up soon.

[SamAdams76]

Sorry about Sheena Easton. I had her mixed up with some other early 1980s singer that recently died. Syreeta Wright, I think. With all these rock & roll deaths, I get so confused!

Good thing rock singers keep getting born because otherwise, rock and roll would surely be dead by now.