[Vision2020] Dewey Martin, Lead Singer of Buffalo Springfield

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (February 8, 2009) Spokesman Review.

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Dewey Martin, rock musician

Dewey Martin, the muscular, gregarious drummer and singer who helped found 
the pioneering country rock band Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and 
Stephen Stills has died.  He was 68.

Martin was found dead Feb. 1 by a roommate in his Van Nuys apartment, 
longtime friend Lisa Lenes said.  She said Martin had health problems in 
recent years and she believed he died of natural causes.

Martin, along with Young, Stills, singer-songwriter-guitarist Richie Furay 
and bassist Bruce Palmer, formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles in 
1966 and quickly became one of the hottest live acts on the west coast.

Their self-titled debut album included the hit “For What It’s Worth,” a 
solemn observation of 1960s turmoil.  They would later produce such 
classics as “Bluebird” and “Rock & Roll Woman” and Martin’s husky vocals 
were featured at the start of another Springfield favorite, 
Young’s “Broken Arrow.”

The band broke up in 1968 amid tension between Young and Stills.

Martin continued performing under various incarnations of the band.  
Martin also formed other groups, including Medicine Ball, which released 
one album

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"For What It's Worth"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQgG3YDADQ

"Rock and Roll Woman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbXKEjIApac

"Bluebird"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamwKMjo_TQ

Having seen Buffalo Springfield perform a time or two in Los Angeles, not 
only will Dewey Martin's voice be missed, but also the attitude expressed 
by that voice.

Rest well, Dewey.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



- Roy Zimmerman


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