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

[@YvonneMendez-l9c]

Iconic luv this one timeless❤

[@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

[@pbhoidale]

In their beginning, the band was on the edge of a musical evolution. In later years, it spawned many great bands.

[@Sjack90]

Richie can still sing. What a voice.

[@howie9751]

Have you listened to him with Poco?

[@YvonneMendez-l9c]

One of my all-time favorite of theirs love this song😊

[@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)

[@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

[@thisone9]

​@@ramsfansince73 Furay's extreme right wing politics ruined it for the rest of them this time.

[@robomaster4882]

Too much talent for one band to hold.

[@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.

[@erasmusomnius]

what a beautiful rendition. I'm stunned.

[@lindyprimo9025]

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

[@Irished58]

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

[@MS-rc8vr]

So beautiful and melancholy. The harmonica knocks me out.

[@DougM63]

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

[@statesresearcher]

Neil wore that jacket while Young girls loud screamed sexy at him when performing "Mr. Soul" at the Hollywood Palace, 1967

[@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.

[@mikemakofske3511]

Saw them opening for the Rolling Stones in 1966 at the Hollywood Bowl.. Didn't know how good we had 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

[@mariagramieri9290]

I have always loved this song.....

[@MarkBoberick]

One of the most memorable tunes from my teenage years.

[@genemurray5693]

No kidding. Nothing but good memories

[@keltiawind21]

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

[@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.

[@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…🎸

[@gwilli3521]

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

[@jerrywatt6813]

Verry unique song for its period the time signature change and the chord voiceings played against the vocal harmony makes it verry malencholy yet relaxed truly original and beautiful song !

[@John-x2j4w]

Born in 58. Went from listening to sissy Beatles albums to the Burden and Ani mm a ks as she e c evolved. Then on bb to Four Way Street and c it was on. Rock and roll will never d die. Not even in 2025. T h e c world will end first. I just hope wh e n n it d I es I'm by the lake c watching a beautiful sun down , stoned , and cranking up whit like this. Peace c to all.

[@PR46797]

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

[@langstongrandma]

this is simply beautiful.

[@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!

[@4absentfriends]

I was at the last show 'Buffalo Springfield' performed. It was in The Long Beach Arena and I saw Richie with 'Poco' at The Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. Wow . . . time has flown by !

[@derrellthomas239]

In 1970 spent 3 months in Long Beach while in the Navy. Saw some great concerts at the arena! Just not these guys. 😪

[@hudentdw2]

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

[@statesresearcher]

Both recorded on July 18, 1966, "Go and Say Goodbye" and "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" were the first two single songs studio-done by B'Springfield, released two weeks later (August 1966) to Los Angeles radio stations, got lots of favorable audience airplay. The rest of the album's original songs were recorded in August and September 1966.

[@acousticshadow4032]

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

[@jamescarey4968]

What a great tune !

[@winawer64]

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

[@Chris.from.1950]

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 😟😤😂💦💔✌

[@gmoore6166]

Takes me back to the day! Loved these guys!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@acousticshadow4032]

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

[@artiewithers6980]

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

[@hudentdw2]

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

[@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.

[@mitchkenvin259]

What a sick collection of musical greatness on that stage.

[@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.

[@Chris.Brisson]

Thank you so much for capturing and sharing this.

[@vicparis]

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

[@jstraw4]

Gorgeous tune, sounding better than ever.

[@HarveyMyers]

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

[@byronbuck1762]

A brilliant song from an iconic era. Wonderful

[@lopching]

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

[@tomfoster2697]

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

[@DuckRon626]

Didn't discover Buffalo Springfield until after the fact. Learned of them through my love of CSN. Wonderful band that I missed out on. But I do have their albums so there is that. [sigh]...

[@haroldgamble9781]

So much talent in one band. I’m pretty sure I was at every show they did at the Fillmore back in the 60’s and the reunion at the Bridge Concert.

[@barrybaker429]

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

[@longmayurun58]

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

[@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 !

[@exciter2506]

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

[@christopherdavison652]

Wow, nowadays Richie can even sing!!

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

Love them.... fav band

[@annettebell2101]

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

[@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!

[@ThrottleJunkie31415]

Song cuts deep into my soul.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Its a physical pain

[@GoodGigsVids]

Some how this is my favourite song

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@billmelater6820]

First group I ever saw in person in 1966. Neal wrote the song in 1965 while still in Canada trying to establish a solo career. Subsequently went to LA and hooked up with Steven and Richie to form Springfield.

[@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.

[@andrewmasset8751]

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

[@neilog747]

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

[@LorneHemmerling]

Thanks for posting. Love this tune.

[@michaeltootikian4402]

Wonderful

[@michaeldonovan4793]

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

[@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?

[@unclerudy9797]

Incredible.

[@alverstone14586]

took my breath away

[@dman7322]

Richie's voice still sounded great.

[@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.

[@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]

😊

[@kathiejermstad1744]

love this

[@uradragon7823]

Damn nice thanks for the post

[@SanAntoneRose]

Great show. I was there>

[@haltmusic]

Bellissimo!

[@somers2020]

Wow! Chills!

[@NoSheep2]

oh so sweet

[@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

[@randyvegas1796]

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

[@lauriehugentugler8092]

I agree!!

[@lawrenceoleary4676]

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

[@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!

[@morevolume5920]

Neil has so many talents.

[@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.

[@lucixbastos]

it’s so fucking cool seeing neil playing this song

[@shanebain5178]

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

[@davidfurino2987]

Buffalo Springfield were fantastic,though short lived,aloha

[@sammyscotch9945]

Sounds like Poco w Richie singing

[@tovarisch2788]

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

[@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