Before Buffalo Springfield- Dewey Martin Recalls His First Audition (w/o Drumsticks)

[@paulrucker1889]

When I was in a trio playing at the Red Onion lounge in Woodland Hills, CA in the early 80's he was in the audience and asked to sit in. Guess he loves that. I always loved the Buffalo Springfield, but I wasn't prepared for him to sing the hell out of "You Are So Beautiful" in the Joe Cocker style while playing drums. Man, I liked his rendition even more than Joe's!

[@Mike-ky9jz]

Seems like such a down to earth guy. Super cool interview...thanks for uploading. RIP Dewey Martin

[@mitchgawlik1175]

Thanks so much for this short but sweet clip. To me, Dewey was an important part of one of the best rock groups of the '60s. I didn't get to meet him but I did get to see and hear him with Buffalo Springfield.

[@mindstash704]

I know that w/o the songwriters there is nothing for the other musicians and backbeat guys to play but from what I've seen, music is a cooperative, collaborative process and there is a feedback loop between the song and ALL of the players have input into the finished product. In theatre or motion pictures, the director interprets the script and the actors work w/ it and flesh it out. The sam applies to music. The Buffalo Springfield has Dewey's footprint throughout all of their songs.

[@mitchgawlik1175]

@@mindstash704 Fans of Dewey's and BS should go straight from this interview to listening to Dewey singing "Good Time Boy" on Buffalo Springfield Again...kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4O9equdeZWkmqc

[@kentcrawford7080]

Admired Dewey Martin for decades I believe his drumming help form the drummer I am today with my music I always wanted to meet him

[@RobertSlover]

ah man nothing is better than musicians old stories thanks for uploading.

[@craigromero7624]

Brilliant music and still fresh and timely! U deserve credit...i will carry this torch to honor y'all!

[@diannemeinke]

Straight up & genuine, RIP Dewey, & Hank. I hope ya'll are playing on in heaven!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

When did he die?

[@diannemeinke]

@@lastnamefirst4035 Dewey passed away January 31, 2009 & Hank passed December 27, 2004

[@BillyGarland]

Really enjoyed this story about Hank. Best Wishes, the Legendary Guitarist Hank Garland Family 💙🎸💙

[@mindstash704]

I'm honored and couldn't be happier knowing that your family has seen this. It is the 'surprised by joy' moments of others that makes sharing worthwhile.

[@starbarnstudios6799]

Great Picture of Dewey. I spent many of Cigars and hours with my friend!

[@celebritygolfdotcom5840]

I was friends with Dewy a bit back in the day. I ran the After Hour Shows at the Hullaballoo in 67 and we'd wind up at the Red Velvet at 6:00AM for the Sunday Morning Jams. Dewy would sing and jam a little - Bill and Bobby there too. When I moved over to Avalon in 70/71 Dewy came over and hung out for a couple days. Met up with Bruce much later after he left the band - when he was trying to put the New BS together. Crazy fellas. Crazy times . . . ;-) RIP to you both.

[@kentcrawford7080]

Dewey Martin apparently was the drummer for Patsy Cline before her fatal plane crash eventually to join the Buffalo Springfield

[@davehuxley4840]

RIP Dewey Martin ( 1940-2009 ).

[@mardicole4202]

I met Dewey at a small club up in the Gatineau where my husband (a drummer) was playing as part of the house band. As with all comments below, he was a really nice guy but I did notice he was constantly bringing up his stint with Buffalo Springfield. I never knew the back story on why he became no longer the drummer nor why he was not included in the further reincarnations of the core members. I was to learn of his passing and now even sadder knowing about the aftermath of his demise. RIP

[@JasonFerguson1283]

What a great story!

[@JBGuitarInstruction]

Hank Garland was incredible...never realized the connection. Great story.

[@pretorious700]

I had no idea he was gone. What a shame.

[@paulprovenzano1093]

Dewey was a great, great guy

[@tosinkingfishercheeseburge8901]

Dewey he is a really good drummer

[@amandawilcox9638]

Well bless him!

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Some, many years ago I found the Set which Niel Young made with the old and not published Buffalo Springfield recordings also.

[@aliasmith0425]

This is so cool!😍

[@thierrydrouin4250]

RIP Mr. Dewey Martin.

[@lufkin456]

Bruce Palmer was on bass in this video another buffalo springfield original

[@geckomusic1122]

Niceee

[@OneEyedOracle]

and the great Frank Wilks is singing, and it even happens to be his bday today.

[@ジャック-h9f]

Bruce Was Members of T he B lues Project

[@UAL320]

“Buffalo Dew!!!!!”

[@larrygenzer9772]

I have the Dewey Martin album, Medicine Ball.

[@BillyGarland]

His story is truly what Hank would have said. God Bless Dewey Martin. Rest In Peace 🕊

[@mindstash704]

Hank was a blessing to Dewey Martin, the guitar and to music.

[@DENIEL381]

I PLAYED IN A BAND WITH DEWY FOR AWHILE, I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF HIMSELF.

[@StanKindly]

Good that you were so close and sorry for your loss. I played a pool party in Malibu with him in '98. We had such a great time and he was such a gentleman and cool guy. We kept in touch by e-mail for awhile. I didn't know the details you described but was deeply saddened when I heard he had passed. 💕

[@scottstrand1874]

@Daniel Gidez Thank you for the information. Very sad but you would have done the great thing.

[@WalterIdema]

Dewey, Dewey, lend me your comb!

[@mindstash704]

Cookie borrowed mine and he takes forever.

[@alexroberts9349]

I had no idea that he had died

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Cool story.

[@rllm4812]

I thought it was Frank Wilks for a moment!!

[@mindstash704]

I have about 30-40 minutes of Frank and the Revisited playing that day. They were new to Topanga and wanted to introduce themselves.

[@rllm4812]

Sure lFrank would love to see that - www.frankwilks.com/contact.html

[@mindstash704]

I was slinging a camera and partying down at the same time so I can't attest to the quality but I'll put some stuff up. Frank was a cool dude back in the day and probably got cooler over the years. lol He was the glue of the Revisited- vocals, lead- he had the Springfield licks down, but put his own stamp on it.

[@mindstash704]

You are all the greatest! I am really ripped, did a dab. i think the other way around.... saw some nice words. had to respond! 90% honey, hit it, only if you dare, watch out, the walls will all pursue ya', until ya' forget the reason while yer here! LMAO!!!

[@seanmcaleavy2369]

Honey slides! I had read that Rusty Kershaw used to get Neil Young as high as could be on honey slides. I just bought my very first legal weed from a store yesterday! It was a trip. My friends and I used to dream of the day that a person could go into a store and buy pot but we never thought it would actually happen. But lo and behold...

[@mindstash704]

I had my first joint handed to me 50 years ago last May while in HS. Marijuana has been used by the authoritarian establishment for social control for most of my life, notably w/ Nixon and Reagan's administrations. Cannabis was criminalized in the late 30's and given its 'devil's weed' status by newspaper mogul Wm Randolph Hearst, who in consort with industrialists Charles DuPont and Andrew Mellon, (the wealthiest American at the time who was heavily invested in DuPont) who wanted to clear away the competition that non-psychoactive *textile* cannabis presented to nylon and other petroleum based textiles as well as Hearst's pulpwood paper plantations that were part of his vertical empire. The term "marijuana" was, in fact, coined by Hearst cloak the actual intent of the attack= easier to create fear of the devil's weed to gain public support then to directly take on the textile cannabis farmers and the associated textile industry. We are still feeling the effects of one of the most successful campaigns to snooker the public 80+ years later. The Age of Aquarius didn't quite work out the way we had envisioned in the 60's but one of the successes of my generation was bringing cannabis back to its rightful place in society- medicinally and recreationally. The legalization of marijuana demonstrates how the people's political will continues to have some clout in our democracy.

[@seanmcaleavy2369]

Mindstash, yes, the Robber Barons have definitely left scars on society. I would also venture to guess that racism was a contributing factor in the use of the term, marijuana, as it was easy to play into a xenophobic public's disdain for Mexicans. Too bad that its legalization was not brought on by enlightenment, but rather the same tired old motivation for most things, that being money. Still, I'll take what I can get. Peace to you!

[@mindstash704]

@@seanmcaleavy2369 To understand the xenophobic mindset in 30's America more or less across the board, all we need to do is look at the ignorant, recist fraction of our population.You can fill in the dots on what support base that would refer to. The association of psychoactive cannabis w/ the perception of the dark, swarthy, "greasy", "lowlife", Mexican workers at the border who used the term, "marijuana" was not a coincidence. Hearst had one of his pulpwood plantations liberated by Che Guevara and had an unabashed hate for our neighbors south of the border. I would disagree w/ you about the absence of "enlightenment", because w/o social awareness there wouldn't have been the collective political will that's required for change. I would argue that individual enlightenment became a grassroots movement that paved the way for the legalization.

[@mindstash704]

...but we're on the same page, regardless of the details. LOL

[@mikecaldwell4442]

evidence being poor is not good for your health....both of the these guys got little song credit etc and both are deceased....the lead guys still around

[@mindstash704]

Very good point. The big data says the same thing. Poverty actually effects DNA and puts the poor at a physical (nature) disadvantage as well as a social (nurture) one.