John Einarson

This history of the beloved and influential rock group consists largely of commentary by group members and others who were around and contains minimal authorial voice. It's a much-needed book; for a group which contained three major talents and launched two megastar musical careers, the group has been poorly documented. As people who are reminiscing will do, the contributors do tend to ramble on, and much of the detail they provide is slightly superfluous, yet for the fan, who can't get enough information, this is forgivable. What can't quite be forgiven, or at least ignored, is the book's sloppiness. Names are misspelled, homonyms are confused--the next time the author picks correctly between 'principal' and 'principle' will be the first--and the author insists on frequently identifying the individual who is speaking by first name only, which is fine if it's 'Richie', 'Stephen', or even 'Dewey', but not so great if it's 'Mike'. If the book had an index, you could track the person down, maybe, but it doesn't. Withal, an must-read for devotees.… (altro)

Buffalo Springfield was formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1968.
Coming up behind a "Buffalo Springfield" steamroller on Fountain St., Barry Friedman says "we took the sign off the back of the steam roller and took it into the house, stuck it to the wall and that was that."

As an American-Canadian rock band they were known for their music and being a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Richie Furay.
They can be seen as a fusion of acoustic-electric folk-country-rock .
Whiskey-A-Gogo was an instrumental venue as Buffalo Springfield "came of age."
Harboring 3 innovative singer-songwriters, their unique musical expression was like nothing heard before.

However,some feel their translation to vinyl was less effective than their vivacious live performances.

Regardless, For What It's Worth (Stephen Stills---Dec 1966) is s political anthem capturing the spirit of the turbulent late 1960s.
You may not recognize the title but you probably recognize the words.
"There's something happening here.............What it is ain't exactly clear"

The authors of "Rock Of Ages: A History Of Rock n Roll" claim "this song was the first explicit document of an unbridgeable
generation chasm, helping to consolidate the youth movement of the late 1960s." (John Einarson)

Written by John Einarson (respected Canadian rock musician historian) with Richie Furay..founding member of Buffalo Springfield,For What It's Worth will satisfy both the rock historian and those enthusiastic about that era.

And finally, it's worth a trip to Richie Furay's website to peruse his musical career, experience his Christian witness and read his personal testimony.

4★… (altro)

Being the life of frontman Arthur Lee of the rock group Love. Lee was a restless and truculent soul who, unfortunately, spent too much of his middle age incarcerated, battling mental demons, or vainly hoping to surpass or escape the long shadow of his masterpiece, Love's third album, from which the book takes its name. Fortunately, Lee was able to right the ship sufficiently to enjoy a musical comeback in the new century. Lee's stormy life is great fodder for talented rock biographer Einarson, and he also accessed and included liberal excerpts from a memoir Lee was working on at the time of his death--though it must be said that, though insightful, the memoir is extremely self-serving even by the low standards of the genre (he spends a lot of time excoriating his bandmates for using drugs, which is like a frog calling someone ugly). It's pretty difficult to write a memoir of a musician which will be of interest to individuals who are not fans, and Einarson does spend substantial time on musical analysis of the group's records, but this book will be of more general interest than most.… (altro)