benefit concerts are always a celebration of music, and Young has a way of luring headline-stealing artists to his annual fundraisers.
This year is no different, only Young is reuniting one of his former groups — country-rock superheroes Buffalo Springfield — to play the Oct. 23-24 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. Fans will remember Buffalo Springfield and its short, if influential, career. In two years and three records, Buffalo — which included Neil Young, and at its core — left a mark on rock ‘n’ roll, particularly with its blend of folk and country music.
Of course Young and Stills are still recording and touring — as is Furay, who is a pastor at a Broomfield church and the frontman of the Richie Furay Band and Poco. Both Stills and Furay will join Young in California for the shows.
“Neil called and asked if I wanted to play with him and Stephen for his charity and I, of course, said yes,” Furay said.
Also on the Bridge School benefit bill: Pearl Jam, Elton John and Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and others.
Young recently told the Los Angeles Times, “We make Pearl Jam look like a young band. It’s all a matter of perspective.”
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Ricardo Baca is the founder and co-editor of and an award-winning critic and journalist at The Denver Post.
