Buffalo Springfield - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA - 6/2/11

Buffalo Springfield - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA - 6/2/11

[@debbieedwards711]

Richie is way underappreciated in rock history. Keep on rocking Richie!!! Really special singer/musician.

[@matteg490]

And whose is the corner acting like Richie is nearly as good a Neil. Even if Neil could not sing at all, he is still a god. Richie is alright. He wrote one great song "Sad Memory"

[@keltiawind21]

Little did we know, as hippie teens who adored a lesser-known band called the Buffalo Springfield, what a cultural explosion would emerge from that early music. Wow.

[@mikekearney4787]

amen

[@debbieedwards711]

Right! And how truly genius these musicians were & are, & the other brilliant music that would follow their lead. ❤

[@sammyscotch9945]

Now we're bald headed gray haired. hippies asking eachother if its alzheimers or all that pot we smoked while on our way to get a refill at the dispensary... Times have changed so inhale like theres no tomorrow

[@johnmathias9137]

@@sammyscotch9945 What a great idea! I'll have to recommend that to my gal's mother. She is 90 and, of course, is starting to lose her senses. Couldn't hurt! I don't know if the nursing home will agree. Ha! Ha!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@johnmathias9137 i dont even smoke pot these days. Ive got some stashed but i forget about it. I never could imagine a time that it would be legal

[@s.greasey7654]

I wish the Buffalo would have stayed around a few more years and put out several more albums. I can’t get enough of these guys.

[@ramsfansince73]

Has to be the Neil Young effect LOL he never could stay in a band for very long ....shame

[@Sjack90]

Richie can still sing. What a voice.

[@howie9751]

Have you listened to him with Poco?

[@mitchkenvin259]

What a sick collection of musical greatness on that stage.

[@billmorton7720]

First heard this song on Buffalo Springfield's album Retrospective in 1967 or so. Totally loved this song ever since and this live version is pure excellence !! It brings back a lot of great memories of my teens. 65 now and the years have gone by so fast. Cherish and savor all the happiness in your life and hold and love the people you care about.

[@jrh11254]

Bill Morton - well said, Bill.

[@sammyscotch9945]

Went so fast. 66. Seemed its gone by in a flash when in my 50s. 60s have gone by twice that. If Im lucky to see 70s that will surely be blink of an eye

[@jeffrobdine]

I'm 72 and remember this in high school, great memories!

[@Blackgeoff1]

@@sammyscotch9945 in the blink of an eye is right

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@Blackgeoff1 I was hoping to be wrong Sue (sammy scotch)

[@Irished58]

Beautiful background music of our lives...Buffalo Springfield!!

[@acousticshadow4032]

Can't say I have ever heard a better live version of this classic.

[@kona883]

Who's all hung upon that happiness thing! what a lyric! first heard this song in 1967 blew me away! Just a kid but wow! saw them in 68 saw cnsy 69 stills solo 4 times and young 5 times they were and to this day top of my list! Peace!

[@ThrottleJunkie31415]

Same here. Remember where I was when I first heard this song. It’s a time machine takes me back every time!

[@stevehelton997]

That first album .... , so glad I was there

[@stevehelton997]

There with ya

[@geraldlavelle3337]

Went to a Crosby-Stills-Nash and Joni Mitchell concert at the Greek Theater and loved it so much I went the next night and sat on a hill overlooking the concert. Joni told everyone on the hill to climb over the wall and come on in -- the concert security let us do it because it wasn't sold out which was amazing because it was such a great concert.

[@anuteamsterium]

Clancy is one flat out haunted song. That's why Steve & Richie knew they had to form a band with the crazy Canadian that wrote it. It remains haunted.

[@mariagramieri9290]

I have always loved this song.....

[@keltiawind21]

Sounding even better than the original...keep returning to this in amazement.

[@gwilli3521]

I'm so glad that they could get together and do this great music again.

[@erasmusomnius]

what a beautiful rendition. I'm stunned.

[@lindyprimo9025]

@Mark Schultz Except now 57yrs later IT HAS FINALLY BEEN AUTHENTICATED BY THE COMPOSER!!😂💦

[@annettebell2101]

Love 💘 Buffalo 🐃 Springfield! Richie Furay has such a warm and smooth voice. But I certainly miss the beautiful Bruce Palmer. He was always my favorite member. Rest in peace ✌ my precious Bruce Palmer.

[@MS-rc8vr]

So beautiful and melancholy. The harmonica knocks me out.

[@tomfoster2697]

Richie “ The voice of the Springfield. Never received his due. Until now!

[@langstongrandma]

this is simply beautiful.

[@DougM63]

Neil wore his fringed jacket. Right on. God i wished i coulda been there......thank them all for such great music.

[@johnthehulk1]

Buffalo Springfield still sound awesome 40 years later. It's too bad Dewey Martin, and Bruce Palmer are gone. But the core of this band are these 3 guys Stills, Young, and Furay. What aa great band they were. Fantastic harmonies, and harmonic leads. And great written tunes by Stills and Young. Too bad they only put out about 4 albums,at most 5. They were great.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Richie wrote some really good songs w BS

[@silvrface]

You forgot Jim Messina, who essentially WAS the 3rd album with input from Furay.

[@PR46797]

Always been a dream of mine to see these guys playing together again.

[@carrieberry8846]

Thank you. They sold out in LA so fast there were no tickets to be had at a price I could afford...broke my heart to miss it.

[@larrylinn8589]

I saw them perform this song back in 1966, and I want this to be played at my funeral!

[@albonfatti4305]

I am having "Had me a real good time"- Faces

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Do you think you will hear it? Be nice

[@champanier]

Yes! It’s been my favorite song for more than 50 years. Saw Buffalo Springfield in 1967 - opening for the Beach Boys

[@highway1957]

I was lucky enough to be at both of these shows @ the FOX Oakland. Fantastic evenings in a majestic old Theater. History in music for sure…🎸

[@christopherdavison652]

Wow, nowadays Richie can even sing!!

[@tomprice3258]

Fantastic band. The California classic sound from three Canadians. Great songs from the first day they got together in LA.

[@RayNDeere]

Only Neil is from Canada. Richie was born in Ohio and Stills was born in Texas

[@jrh11254]

RayNDeere - original bassist, Bruce Palmer, was from Canada as was original drummer, Dewey Martin.

[@sammyscotch9945]

@@jrh11254 both dead arent they?

[@jrh11254]

sammy scotch - yes; Palmer died in ‘04; Martin (real name: Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff) in ‘09.

[@winawer64]

I had forgotten about this song for 45 years. Great memory...thanks for posting!

[@hudentdw2]

BS was the best Rock outfit in the late 60's great music They did!

[@gmoore6166]

Takes me back to the day! Loved these guys!

[@christophernoto]

I've been listening to these guys since the fall of 1969 and they still raise goosebumps on me when I hear them. I'm grateful for this, but I sure wish there'd been some pro recording and camera work on these concerts.

[@lindyprimo9025]

THAT'S ASKIN ALOT OF THE 60's!😍🌻😄 I was THERE! Well NOT there, but 1969 ALL my friends DROVE to WOODSTOCK from Detroit I couldn't go I SHOULDA SNUCK OUT but bein gone for 2-3 days mighta raised red flags in the late 60's ALOT of serial killers at that time 😟😤😂💦💔✌

[@hudentdw2]

This is one of the better tunes the Buffalo Springfield ever recorded they were fabulous in their heyday!

[@acousticshadow4032]

It just doesn't get much better than this. What a version of this Buffalo Springfield classic.

[@jamescarey4968]

What a great tune !

[@BaahBen]

This guy...He's the Don Henley...He's the Glen Frey, He's the Jackson Brown, He's the Paul Cotton, He's the Bob Seeger, He's just another of the greatest, most distinctive voices we've ever had the pleasure of listening to as Boomers. Thanks to all of you and more that I have not mentioned (you all know them - the ones where if you never heard a new song and they sung it, you knew exactly who it was) for the incredible memories and the hours of listening.

[@jadedonato6447]

It's truly wonderful 2 hear those 2 doing duets now.Their voices blending so well.Neil Y.& Richie F.! F ING great really takes u back well it takes me back plus the Harmonica is a double bonus 4 my ears!

[@jstraw4]

Gorgeous tune, sounding better than ever.

[@exciter2506]

A time capsule of amazing talent, musicianship, and live performance. A very moving experience.

[@artiewithers6980]

They really sound good and together on these songs. Glad they did the tour.

[@garymigliacci2568]

Love, Love, Love..........Thank you for you your awesome music that I cherish all of my life....

[@lindyprimo9025]

This songs been rattling around in my head 4some 50yrs! HALF A CENTURY!

[@BaahBen]

Such a beautiful song. A supergroup in every sense of the term. Too much talent to stay together but while they were together some of the greatest music ever made in this era.

[@HarveyMyers]

So Enjoyable, wish I'd seen this. thanks for preserving it.

[@Chris.Brisson]

Thank you so much for capturing and sharing this.

[@neilog747]

This has to be my favourite American group of all time. I even prefer them to the Beatles.

[@vicparis]

One of the first bands I saw play live - Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco 1966!

[@dman7322]

Richie's voice still sounded great.

[@SomewhereInTime5059]

Karen & Richard Carpenter did a cover of this on their first album, "Offering", in 1969, which was later re-released in late 1970 as the "Ticket To Ride" album. Such great harmony. Great song.

[@jrh11254]

thefaeryrealms - thanks for the info. I just listened to it and, while it’s skillfully done, it doesn’t carry the emotional weight of the original. My favorite cover of this song is by Fever Tree from their 1st LP in ‘68. Hope you check it out.

[@SayItAintSo4real]

@@jrh11254 I understand, I'm just amazed that young Karen & Richard did it on their very first album when nobody had a clue who they were. They were so young, only 19 and 23 at the time, and just getting started. I think what surprises me the most about their first album is how different it is from everything else they did in their career. Some have said that this album is actually who the Carpenters were and their true sound before having to change their sound somewhat to make it big in the industry. They were much more eclectic than many realize, but had to change to the sweet, nice, pop sound, at least according to the A&M record execs to make it big.

[@lilshi2u]

half a century...WOW !!! where did it go....

[@sammyscotch9945]

Idk but its a long time gone

[@billmorton7720]

Totally agree ! About 53 years since this awesome song came out. Wow ! I was in high school then, it almost makes me cry thinking how fast the years fly by too quickly. Thank goodness my gorgeous,sweet wife loves and spoils me more every day ! Being a senior citizen is worth it being married to my best friend and soul mate !

[@andrewmasset8751]

Damn Didn't realize how good we had it those days...

[@regionalunityproductions4378]

I know I never had heard this song when it came out. I was only 6 or 7. But many years later, and ever since...it makes me feel very nostalgic for that time. melancholy and somewhat mournful. Very haunting.

[@LorneHemmerling]

Thanks for posting. Love this tune.

[@annettebell2101]

Buffalo 🐃 Springfield has always been my favorite band, and Bruce Palmer my favorite member. Rest in peace, my darling Bruce Palmer.

[@barrybaker429]

key drop in F though no less beautiful!Enjoyed!Thanks for posting!

[@byronbuck1762]

A brilliant song from an iconic era. Wonderful

[@deanapost4202]

I went to see the Rolling Stones at the Hollywood Bowl in July 1966! The opening act was a brand new band The Buffalo Springfield! What a treat! I fell in love with their music that night and I bugged the record store for it seemed like weeks to buy the single "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" I have loved their music ever since, I was so lucky!

[@sammyscotch9945]

Yep you were lucky. BTW can you believe how many yrs thats been? Life flew by

[@johnhenebry6357]

so much better then the Stones

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@johnhenebry6357 true. No comparison

[@larrylinn8589]

I was there as well. The Bufflo Springfield stold the show.

[@kathiejermstad1744]

love this

[@longmayurun58]

Saw the springfield at the bowl last night. Wow! Damn......what a great concert!

[@lopching]

thanks for posting! i also was also at concert, i can now die happy and go to heaven!

[@ThrottleJunkie31415]

Song cuts deep into my soul.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Its a physical pain

[@58jumps]

Was lucky enough to see them play at a small venue the BFD-II in White Center, Washington in 1967, maybe 1968 (Yeah, well I'm old!). There was maybe 30 or so people in the room but these guys played like it was a full stadium. One of the all-time classics and you knew their stars were rising. The talent was there!

[@jamesbueker11]

Richie being adored by his two band mates. All equals and wonderful. Richie so strong as a singer and songwriter. Just a fabulous mix of personality to create such magic. They all know it. Never has there been such a brilliant mix. Screw the Beatles. America does it better.

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

Love them.... fav band

[@oppothumbs1]

Neil can't even sing at times but he is one of the greatest singers of his own songs. Ross "Clancy" Smith attended Kelvin High School in Winnipeg, Canada, with Young. He was a notable and apparently controversial figure, though exactly why is a bit difficult to extract from accounts. In John Einarson's Don't Be Denied, Young says, "He was a kind of persecuted member of the community. He used to be able to do something, sing or something, and then he wasn't able to do it anymore. The fact was that all the other problems or things that were seemingly important didn't mean anything anymore because he couldn't do what he wanted to do." In the same book, classmate Diana Halter says Clancy had multiple sclerosis and was "so intelligent and so bright that he masked the sweet soul beneath it all." I think you can get MS at almost any age but it would be rare. Neil had a bout with polio was sensitive to others problems. But never sensitive to other band members.

[@alverstone14586]

took my breath away

[@haltmusic]

Bellissimo!

[@michaeltootikian4402]

Wonderful

[@sammyscotch9945]

I love to hear Richie sing

[@sammyscotch9945]

So do I Sammy. Btw hows Scotch? I sure do miss you guys Sammy-Su

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@sammyscotch9945 we love you mom. We miss you too. Please come soon and see us forever and ever-Sammy and Scotch Alex too and lil Mojo. You crazy kitties

[@michaeldonovan4793]

my favorite springfield song and one of the best songs neil ever wrote...

[@sammyscotch9945]

Sounds like Poco w Richie singing

[@somers2020]

Wow! Chills!

[@uradragon7823]

Damn nice thanks for the post

[@csnymoodiesfan]

I saw them at the Wilterin in L.A. and it was amazing to feel like I was going back in time. They were awesome and would love to see them again. Hopefully, Richie Furay now knows Neil can sing and hold his own.

[@jrh11254]

csnymoodiesfan - I don’t Richie is the one who kept Neil from singing his own song...but Richie had been singing it since first meeting Neil and had worked it in to his solo act before the historic birth of Springfield in April ‘66.

[@unclerudy9797]

Incredible.

[@NoSheep2]

At about 5:10....watch....ithen Neil picks up the harp off the music stand...strums a few lines on the guitar with the same hand while he's holding the harp..then just plays it..he's been doing this forever and very well

[@xstensl8823]

i remember hearing this for the first time in a house on a bluff overlooking the pacific one late afternoon on the FM radio in with sunlight coming in and a little incense in the air.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Was it anywhere near Pescadora by any chance?

[@NoSheep2]

oh so sweet

[@lauriehugentugler8092]

I agree!!

[@RoyPortel]

Neil looks like a totally different man when he plays with the Buffalo Springfield!

[@sammyscotch9945]

Looks at home w bs

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@sammyscotch9945 idk he could be real pissed. I dont know him at all. Tho I used to see him and Pegi now and then in Brisbane Ca at a market when I lived there. I would say, " Hi pegi, Hi Neil" they would say Hi and I could hear Neil say to Pegi- "Do we know her?" answer "Idk" rip Pegi, live long Neil

[@johnmathias9137]

Before he became an arrogant ass.

[@jamesm.3967]

Roy de Smet looks like Glen Campbell and the Wrecking Crew!

[@richgallagher725]

out of the whole group, Neil is probably my fav, but I think he should’ve left this moment for Richie to sing alone, even though it’s Shakey’s creation.

[@sammyscotch9945]

Most of the musicians i liked as a teen ive liked all my life. Now that im old and they are older i feel fortunate to see how their lives. haved played out. Long may we all live in good health

[@lbwise1177]

😊

[@lastnamefirst4035]

This makes me so homesick for a home I dont have anymore. Actually pretty close to where Neils ranch in N Ca. Maybe he cant. go to that home after his divorce either. Pegi is gone. I used to see them once in awhile at the market. Time, people and places all change

[@tovarisch2788]

I'd rather listen to Neil play harmonica any day rather than Dylan. He has soul.

[@mandoalbee]

RIP Dewey Martin

[@user-th8xp9gq9p]

The only song with my name!!!

[@lawrenceoleary4676]

Such a sad song. Thinking of the all Clancy's in my neighborhood.

[@SanAntoneRose]

Great show. I was there>

[@morevolume5920]

Neil has so many talents.

[@lucixbastos]

it’s so fucking cool seeing neil playing this song

[@randyvegas1796]

Nice cover. I only knew the Fever Tree version from 1968.

[@shanebain5178]

Love this!!! I am new to this. Can someone please tell me the names of these three? Thanks.

[@DougM63]

Neil wore his fringed jacket. Right on.

[@jamesm.3967]

Damn. Great god.

[@CraigOwenHute]

These guys are legends!

[@chrisandersen5635]

Carpenters covered on their first record. Still love.

[@semmcstevenson]

Mr Poco himself. ☺️

[@keltiawind21]

Maha Guitar Deva.

[@BrokenChair88]

Dude, I was totally there! By the way, I'm 17, and was 16 at the time. Okay, I know mentioning that was corny. Oh well.

[@johnmathias9137]

I thought I knew my guitars. What guitars are the playing?

[@alejandrovelasquez6017]

He can make that harmonica speak msn damn

[@NoSheep2]

@Jokapaikanapina Why?....just curious...

[@jurgostuff]

This is called playing a 45 at 33⅓ speed. 😅

[@jeffg1524]

As far as I know it wasn't done (I'm sure Springfield fanatics will correct me), but somebody needed to professionally record/video at least one of their reunion concerts for posterity.

[@2008PLS]

Hard to believe it wasn't done knowing how Neil had been notorious for flaking out on the members of this band since it's existence! I guess they thought Neil grew up and actually put his EGO aside for something really special for the fans and gratitude to the band mates that gave him an opportunity for his music to be heard, but it was too much to ask of Neil Young, smh