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'''Buffalo Springfield''' was a short-lived five-member rock band of 1966-68, which was influential in the style of its music.  This five-member band had three guitarists -- Stephen Stills (considered one of the greatest guitarists of alltime), Neil Young, and Richie Furay -- plus Bruce Palmer on the bass and Dewey Martin on the drums.  One of its songs is a timeless classic: ''For What It's Worth'' (1967). Written by Stephen Stills, it "reached number seven on the US singles chart and remains one of the best-known protest songs of the 1960s."<ref>https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/for-what-its-worth-1967/#:~:text=For%20What%20It's%20Worth%20is,event%20(rioting%20in%20California).</ref>  It became a classic for the [[Vietnam War]] protests that followed, although the lyrics were written about an unrelated small protest in [[California]].<ref name="L">https://www.larrycoffman.com/rock-docs-gallery/buffalo-springfields-three-surviving-members-flirted-with-idea-of-reunion</ref>
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'''Buffalo Springfield''' was a short-lived five-member rock band of 1966-68, which was influential in the style of its music.  This five-member band had three guitarists -- Stephen Stills (considered one of the greatest guitarists of all-time), Neil Young, and Richie Furay -- plus Bruce Palmer on the bass and Dewey Martin on the drums.  One of its songs is a timeless classic: ''For What It's Worth'' (1967). Written by Stephen Stills, it "reached number seven on the US singles chart and remains one of the best-known protest songs of the 1960s."<ref>https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/for-what-its-worth-1967/#:~:text=For%20What%20It's%20Worth%20is,event%20(rioting%20in%20California).</ref>  It became a classic for the [[Vietnam War]] protests that followed, although the lyrics were written about an unrelated small protest in [[California]].<ref name="L">https://www.larrycoffman.com/rock-docs-gallery/buffalo-springfields-three-surviving-members-flirted-with-idea-of-reunion</ref>
    
Ranked #63 among the greatest songs ever by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, its songwriter Stills observed, "It turned out to be indicative of what was about to happen."<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/the-beatles-she-loves-you-52902/</ref> Like some (but not all) great songs, "It all came as a piece, and it took about fifteen minutes."<ref name="G"/>
 
Ranked #63 among the greatest songs ever by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, its songwriter Stills observed, "It turned out to be indicative of what was about to happen."<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/the-beatles-she-loves-you-52902/</ref> Like some (but not all) great songs, "It all came as a piece, and it took about fifteen minutes."<ref name="G"/>
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