BRUCE PALMER
Bruce Palmer (September 9, 1946 – October 1, 2004) was a Canadian musician notable for playing bass in the folk rock band Buffalo Springfield. (More from Wikipedia)
Buffalo Springfield started with a chance meeting of Stephen Stills and Neil Young; later, Stills and his friend Richie Furay were driving along Sunset Boulevard in L.A. and spotted a hearse. Stills was sure that it was Young’s, and sure enough, it was. Neil Young had another Canadian in the hearse as a passenger: Bruce Palmer. These four formed the band with drummer Dewey Martin.
As is often true, there were tensions in the band; Stephen Stills and Neil Young never really got along, and that has apparently continued to the present day. Young was in and out of the band several times over their short life, and Bruce Palmer was fighting deportation back to Canada.
(April 2014)
