Exclusive, never before released- Buffalo Springfield 1986 Rehearsal Part 2

[@mindstash704]

I just thought of something cool. I could only count 5 people, including myself, that have ever seen this and the band members aren't among them. So, FWIW, if you add 5 to your view count, you can figure where you are on the first look list. LOL I would not feeeel sooo owll alooon, eh-eh-eh-rverybouddy moost git........... LOL

[@AverageWannabe]

number 1306 here ;) Hey Neil... let us know your number! lol

[@mindstash704]

Wow. I dropped in for 5 min last night... maybe the night before.right loolo puff, puff....when it hit 1000. I refreshed and it was still 1000! I was so excited! :D :D :D good to cu wannabee average person.

[@mindstash704]

No cutting in line, Neil.

[@LetArtsLive]

thanks for posting this I think people can learn from watching this how they create the art of music

[@mindstash704]

@@LetArtsLive I'm not a musician and having the opportunity of seeing various musicians working in the creative process that is specific to musicians collaborating was my biggest takeaway from my days as a cameraman filming and hanging out w/ musicians

[@amherst88]

How great it is to see Neil smiling -- don't get to see that very often . . .

[@geepee1956]

Have not ever seen this clip, THANKYOU.

[@nancytroyer7846]

Feels like we’re right there in the room, “sittin’ in,” among them, just hangin’ out! ❤️ Love it! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@mindstash704]

Thanks for droppin by the hangout to watch them having fun, hangin' out together playing music. I will attest to the fact that 'fun' was the spirit in the air in the room along w/ an undercurrent of hope and expectations.

[@levhugh]

I saw Buffalo Springfield in concert back in the late 60s with Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Beach Boys !

[@mindstash704]

Incense, Peppermints, For What It's Worth, gets round, round get around, it gets around and I'm stoned.

[@Vcubed1]

So?

[@waynelatham4281]

Nice....so you're kinda old.

[@arlenmargolin1650]

@@Vcubed1 so your pants

[@MakeDemocracyMagnificientAgain]

@@waynelatham4281 and you're kinda Sherlock?

[@tuskedbeast]

This is wild! I had no idea ALL of them had reunited at any point. THANK YOU for sharing this! Heartwarming is the word.

[@Mike-ky9jz]

Wow!!.. thanks for sharing a little glimpse at these group of guys together...such a find....they were together less than a year and are one of the most influential bands in history....amazing to see.

[@ptownscribe1254]

Well, they formed in spring '66 and played a final show in Long Beach in May '68, so I'd say that's more than "less than a year."

[@gialollobrigida1713]

This is beyond delicious. Thank you for being this gem to us!

[@greglapointe1311]

Thanks for sharing these Springfield moments, this is priceless stuff!

[@northtone288]

So cool. Iconic musicians jamming in a living room. Such a storied past, historic for sure. Thanks for posting

[@BIZARBIES]

A living room with platinum and gold records! And most likely a plate with a PILE of cocaine..

[@RogerBarraud]

@@BIZARBIES SSssssshhhh!!1!! ;-)

[@riffdigger2133]

I love that Stephen is playing a Steinberger gl2ta with EMG humbuckers. In the 80’s they were not cheap, sold for about $2,500 back in 1986. Now if you find a used one they go for more than twice that. Trust Stephen Stills to have very cool guitar in his home studio!

[@glenndespres5317]

Stephen and Neil.... unfiltered and raw.. Love this!

[@MichaelTaylor-rz4wm]

This is GOLD! I could watch these videos all day. Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@jrpipik]

This makes me ecstatic and melancholy simultaneously.

[@mindstash704]

I can totally relate. There was a joyous energy in the room- the band was having fun getting back together in the present, circa 1986, but through the window of time, we know that the potential wasn't realized which brings melancholy. There is a pathos in the passage of time- we have our memories but there is no going back. The present is fleeting and we don't know how the future will play out, including the time that we will cash in our bodies in the physical world, after which we don't know what future there may or may not be. For me, that is a motivator to live a full life and understand as much as I can about living the process in the 'now'.

[@jrpipik]

Beyond the existential malaise, I'm particularly saddened that this reunion didn't result in a recording and a tour. In the 80s I'd have traveled anywhere to see these guys. I wish I'd had the chance.

[@Pizzo27]

Love it, thanks again for sharing these great unseen videos!

[@1999zrx1100]

Like being a fly on the wall. Love it... Thanks

[@joeherbert7555]

So great to see the guys getting together and having so much fun. Thanks for posting!

[@mindstash704]

That's as simple and true as it gets.

[@brentzorro9739]

this stuff is gold......

[@dorianchriste8645]

Great rehearsal clip of one of my favorite all time bands. These guys were amazing live! It was obvious they loved playing together.

[@davegibson8997]

Seminal sounds from the glory days of rock’n roll. Thanks Mindstash

[@tomotto3197]

No foul language or cursing joy to listen to. The generation X and Millennials can’t talk without swearing. Mindsash for President

[@sharonramone7186]

Thank you yet again!

[@mindstash704]

you are welcome, yet, again. LOL ;)

[@We_are_the_light]

What a treat thank you

[@normannoriega9557]

One of the finest band from Los Angeles. Wish we had more of them to day. Were did all the hippies go . thank you gentleman

[@Datanditto]

They sold out.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@Datanditto not all of em. Sold out. That's something people said decades ago. What does that even mean? We work, pay taxes had kids like most people. What did u expect? For us to panhandle and say peace and love and nothing more? Hippie was/is a way of thinking and living

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Still around

[@johncummins6655]

They're left wingnuts ruining the country in congress now.

[@thmssperry]

Thanks so much for this amazing footage! Having played with Bruce and Dewey I was glad to see they got some camera time. It truely was a five man band!

[@tpstrato2270]

Workin men working the craft

[@BeachGirlLaw]

Awesome- thanks for posting !

[@rojachi7847]

Great stuff! A musician myself, it is very cool and interesting to see these guys just hanging out and acting pretty much like the rest of us.

[@JInfinity7]

These guys are pretty good. Someone should sign them.

[@MrAllan9]

I was plying these guys music for decades on the road ,great thrill, but the best thrill of all Is jamming with other musicians, addictive.😃

[@plev10]

"Rock 'n roll on TV isn't cool." Neil Thanks for the amazing upload.

[@dailyflash]

This is so amazing. The COMPLETE original Springfield lineup, and they’re getting together just for the fun of it apparently. I haven’t seen all of the segments, but did they even play any Springfield songs that day? If they didn’t at all that makes it even more remarkable. Just jamming and hashing our new ideas. There’s a hierarchy based on success and money that goes Young, Stills, Furay, Palmer, and Martin.

[@alanlane6419]

Brilliant to see some film footage of rock history with Stephen and Neil ..... please find some more must be loads out there somewhere

[@RogerBarraud]

Yes please!!1!! :-)

[@RogerBarraud]

Scary part: I think I'm about 15 years older now than they were back then :-/

[@michaelmazurek7445]

Very cool to feel like I'm just sittin' in. Thanks again.

[@mindstash704]

That's a great compliment because that was what I was going for. I didn't interact w/ the band while taping, kept as a low of a profile as I could- didn't move around a lot, let it come to the camera. I was trained in doc to be a fly on the wall, but, back then, it was instinctual as well. Cameramen get lost inside the lens. There are moments when they all acknowledge a camera in the space, can't get around that, but there wer surprises on their faces, too, which happens to me when I'm focused on something and somebody comes up next to me from out of the blue. That's a good indicator that they were doing their thing for the most part.. I was already friends w/ Dewey and Bruce, up in Topanga, had struck up a friendship w/ Stephen, so they were used to me- Neil and Richie I had met in the rehearsal space from behind the camera. lolol Anyways, I don't want to overanalyze it to death, (he says after the fact) ;)

[@RogerBarraud]

@@mindstash704 Well in that case, it worked perfectly! :-) Thankyou!

[@krisscanlon4051]

Nice to see them all relating like they did despite their differences...chemistry...its a rare thing.

[@petermacmullin]

love that ... play the new one that we haven't played before that we haven't played today...

[@HH-iv6mf]

AWESOME!!!!!!!

[@Appalling68]

Just ran across this NOW, on March 29, 2020! Oh my f**king god!!

[@steveb796]

Waiting for Stephens wife to come in. “Y’all gotta clear out now.”

[@uluakitonga6599]

good to see this part of private life of musicians

[@henryfrick3429]

Great stuff bring out more

[@dianekennedy2495]

Thanks so much. Love these guys.😍😍😍😍

[@mindstash704]

LOL The comment I posted about Joe Vitale was in response to another comment. Thanks, Diane. I've got a thing for these guys, too. :) :) :)

[@gregormiller4037]

When they grab their nose to stop the drip and their eyes light up....Yeah, I know:)

[@billenplum]

That's so good! Thanks so much Mindstash! What a gem. No, a barrel of gems ! You made my day... my week ! :D

[@jimchumley6568]

That was to cool!

[@markahearn1]

You know you hit the big time when even at a casual rehearsal, you have a roadie to replace your broken string.

[@WisconsinWanderer]

Wow this unbelievably cool to see this iconic band together.☮️✌️

[@m.a.c.8366]

super look inside... they've set up in a "living room and are rocking

[@StudioZ7]

Cool to see Neil Young drinking 7-Up.

[@larydixon4824]

This clip is a short piece of Rock history.. This reunion of Buffalo Springfield never happened, and no one really knows why.. Neil has said that he thinks it was his own fault, that everything was moving much too fast for him at the time.. Who knows ! But this is a clip of them all together, and the feelings are High, and there is magic in the air.. At least the spirit was caught on tape, and for that we are thankful.. Enjoy... Lary

[@mikesears4002]

I went to see BS at Winterland, but a sign was posted that they had broken up. Instead, Chambers Brothers, Beautiful Day, and Albert King IIRC.

[@kathleen3177]

a treasure

[@StONed-mb1iv]

Stephen Stills Sitting, Steinberger ,Smiling, Singing.....stoned....

[@ptownscribe1254]

Just like with Beatles: Get Back, it's hard for a layperson to fathom how all this warm, witty camaraderie doesn't translate to moving forward as a moving - or at least intermittently active - band.

[@JVJR2]

Long time Drummer Joe Vitale is playing keys in this and you can hear his voice throughout. Very cool

[@alaintoselli]

Un grand merçi pour la suite 🎸🎤

[@mindstash704]

C'est rien. Merci!

[@stephenfiore9960]

...Neil is pretty funny when he is relaxed...

[@mindstash704]

Neil relaxed? LOL Werner Herzog once told me to relax because I was too intense. There are degrees of being relaxed. LMAO

[@scottbaxendale323]

.....and not being a douche.

[@danbennett2891]

Felt like he was giving Richie a rib with the religious show comment.

[@StanKindly]

Very cool posts! I got to play an outdoor gig with Dewey in the summer of '98 and had a blast

[@mindstash704]

Where was that? Was that w/ Frank and Stanley, too?

[@mtnxlx]

Legendary musos, I wish I could see them play.

[@margaretfoley6593]

Awesome!

[@bobquack1]

Wow! the original 5 guys in the lineup! And they're getting along! It's better without drugs.

[@Nannada1212]

Is it really? Seems like a couple hate the others.

[@howie9751]

Which one was Rich Furay?

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@howie9751 dark hair, glasses

[@jeffreykoman3867]

Amen!

[@dreembarge]

So cool.

[@17ultralimited69]

They were great together. I miss them.

[@mikecaldwell4442]

neil forgot to show up for the third practice

[@stephenfiore9960]

:...Check out the ancient “one ton” guitar tuner at 3:14.....

[@mindstash704]

Richie Furay was really into it, so if you like him, you're in good company.

[@RjBenjamin353]

Lol!! Ha ha that’s ancient!!!

[@mindstash704]

@@RjBenjamin353 and so am I not to mention the musicians in the room who are all older than me. I might be off here, you tell me, but the impression I got from Richie Furay while he was tuning his guitar, eschewing the help of the guitar tuner in the room, was that it was a cool, new thing. I'll check but I think he told Bruce, something to that effect. IDK, was it new, at the time?

[@mindstash704]

As far as the, now, vintage equipment is concerned, I do know that Neil was getting off on some new software for the keyboard that Joe Vitale had gotten ahold of and was working with.

[@elmalo551]

Neil still uses those tuners in 2020. He has 5 of them up on stage.

[@beverlyhayward1995]

Awesome

[@herkrln]

Wow Love This Thanks

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

I'd say from 1978. Stills Young band. The gold Atlantic album on the wall-possibly for CS&N.

[@cross_fire935]

Around 4:17 you can hear Stills say 1986

[@cleatusbarncoat8642]

Love Stephen’s tiny apartment living room. Neighbors were really lucky.

[@mindstash704]

I don't think the neighbors knew wtf was happening over there.

[@glengamble526]

I doubt it’s an apartment, though…

[@gialollobrigida1713]

That’s his house 😊

[@thomasromano9321]

That's most likely his music room in a very big house. A lot of music awards on the wall.

[@geevee333]

ooooooo...i wanted it to carry on... :)

[@harvey1954]

Making a reference to the Beach Boys' Little Honda" with the "first gear" remarks. Hard to believe Stills would go with CSN&Y to put some money in Crosby's pocket. I'm sure Bruce and Dewey could have used the bucks that a Buffalo Springfield tour would have made.

[@johncummins6655]

Crosby was such a waste.

[@RORER714z]

cool stuff man

[@jamesnash7262]

...jeez, Steve Stills music-room looks more-or-less just like my music-rooms ! only with several more gold records on the wall...lol...

[@mindstash704]

at least, you've got a music room. I have nothing, but then, I'm not a musician so that makes sense. I just used to make money off of them. LOLOL ;) But this one is for fun.

[@jamesnash7262]

...this was so enjoyable Mindstash...as a Springfield fan since FWIW was released, and most subsequent band spin-offs...to see the boys in a home-setting is priceless...Neil does seem a little revved-up,lol...and still the question remains, why was there never, to the best of my knowledge, a subsequent project with Richie and SS or NY ?

[@alexyamach3635]

Looka more like a Stills-Young band rehearsal. Strange seeing the back of Neil's head without a bald spot.

[@mindstash704]

LOL It's funny seeing my head w/ a bald spot now, too. It depends upon where you are at in line and what your relationship w/ your hair is. I think watching my body deteriorate over time is funnier then it is sad.

[@mindstash704]

Oh...and remember that you are seeing an edited version of the rehearsal

[@Tmonroe]

Nice welding glasses!

[@mindstash704]

LMAO!!!

[@dougie0109]

Sounds like the "El Dorado" chords from the "Freedom" album.

[@msa4998]

Agreed. Was singing along. The origins of El Dorado came from “Road of Plenty”.

[@andrewmasset8751]

Betcha they kept this clean just for us...

[@mindstash704]

They had been on camera before and knew better.

[@billr2375]

Dont think they ever toured as B.S. that year...I remember seeing NY and Crazy Horse in the Rusted Out Garage Tour that year--he had Bruce Palmer at Bass and used a Tour Bus painted with "Buffalo Springfield" on that Tour. Palmer is gone now...

[@rah527able]

I Have This Sound In My Head ......

[@Bobletizia]

dewey looks great. I hada chance to jam with him and robin at the Bonnie castle downs concert.

[@ProfessorTime]

I think the rehearsals were for naught. I don't believe they played any dates as "Buffalo Springfield" in 1986. That would have been big news. Didn't hear a thing.

[@mindstash704]

You're right.

[@janiterinadrum1627]

Water buffalo Springdale is my most favoritest band

[@mindstash704]

If you remembered it you weren't there. It sounds to me like you were there. lol ;)

[@oppothumbs1]

Sound like something off Zuma but like a Hurricane . Is that Dewey Martin in the film?

[@BigSky1]

Oppothumbs M Yes

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

The heart of the 80s. Record company said, Good, but we need a synth on it instead of Stills' guitar

[@Daveman712]

When does Part 3 come out???

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

Glad to see Stephen fixed his teeth

[@lewisc215]

Who will fix your mind?

[@oppothumbs1]

Lot him from being one of the Monkees but glad for that.

[@mindstash704]

I hadn't noticed. I'll check it out.

[@gialollobrigida1713]

He didn’t need fixing’….you risk messing with ur voice too when u do that

[@ZTWalter3]

Wow ....that’s great stuff. Got anymore?

[@mindstash704]

Thanks, ZT. Next up from the '86 rehearsal will be a look at the band working on the material that Stills brought to the party. It's blues based and was a good platform to show off Stephen's guitar playing skills although, it was so new that he didn't have the lyrics down and had to fill in the word and phrasing blanks w/ sounds... I have more interviews to draw from, as well, and am weaving them together into a mini-doc w/ some voiceover, by yours truly. In terms of original, footage I produced and directed the promotional video that Doug Collins and Stu Cooke used to show promoters after they had their 50th birthdays, (on the same day, no less) and decided to reform and tour as Creedence Clearwater Revisited w/ Elliot Easton who was formerly w/ the Cars and a couple of other crack musicians. They have some of their performances on youtube and I have been taken aback by some of the negative comments. ie w/o Fogerty, they are nothing. WTF?? These guys are all top notch musicians. I've got a few other sticks in the fire as well. I'll be at a Stephen Stills Judy Collins concert locally and am going to see if I can pull off my old friendship w/ Stephen to get some exclusive access. Would love to tape them singing Suite Judy Blue Eyes together.

[@stephenfiore9960]

....From “garage band” ....to... “national act”..... back ...to “living room band”

[@mindstash704]

From my experience, there isn't a much of a talent gap between bands that have become famous and bands that are working the backwater circuits or experienced weekenders jamming at the pub other than how good and prolific the songwriting is and an established band has more time and resources available to refine their work once they get into the game. But at the heart of it, musicians jamming are musicians jamming.

[@quincesongs]

I gotta change my string so he hands it off to someone else

[@MK-mq3wi]

Stephen's long time guitar tech Doug Briedenbach-

[@georgebethos7890]

I’m to BIG to change a string

[@palmyrah]

At least he took the broken one off. Come on -- you gonna change a string if there's someone around to change it for you? Not me, brother or sister.

[@mindstash704]

LOL yep. He had to concentrate on other shit, I guess. LMAO!

[@tedpeterson1156]

He doesn't even have to tune them anymore.

[@terrydoyle4120]

musical archaeology!!!!!!!

[@carltuckerjr1252]

[@mindstash704]

Hey my brotha. There's been a great crowd hangin out, comin and goin and u fit right in. I didn't know what to expect a year ago, but the right bees have been comin to the honey- the music that we love or grew up with and these guys are interesting in their own right, to say the least...LMAO... Fuck them guys.... nooooo... just kiddin...puff....pufff.... old enuff 2 get away w/ it w/o giving a fuck.;) Thanks brother.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Martin and Palmer were a tight rhythm section even then.

[@johnrothenberg9848]

Why would you stop filming? I mean right at the beginning of Stills new song?

[@michaelweiss7755]

Where is that house? It looks like my cousin’s in Encino. He even had they same bronze sailboat on the mantle.

[@danbennett2891]

Cool . . . Did he have all those gold records on the wall too? 😋

[@mindstash704]

It was on Gloria between Ventura Blvd and the 101. Right in the middle of things but hidden in plain sight. It's a dead-end w/ low traffic and houses on large lots ser-off from the street.

[@jasonsmith-bm1sv]

Exactly how much footage of this reunion exists?

[@bobtoepfer4858]

i saw this video years ago........

[@Jeff-zx6rt]

look at these dads go

[@dennis-1983]

Bruce Palmer was the pocket - no Bruce = no Springfield.

[@freed4q628]

didn't see Crosby there

[@Autumn-Mist]

Does any1 know if all the original players are still w/the group & what r their names, also where r they 2day? In what state do they reside? I was exposed 2 this group @ an early age, because of older siblings & cousins/. 2day I heard "For what it's worth & a lump of emotion swelled in my throat. I wonder if they realize they r part of the fabric that changed history.

[@mightylonesome9426]

Hate to ask but besides Neil Young, whose who? Is the guy in the red cap Stephen Stills? Who are the others. Thanks

[@gialollobrigida1713]

Lol