OBITUARY: Buffalo Springfield Drummer Dewey Martin Passes Away

Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin died January 31st of unknown causes. He was 68. Born Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff, Martin cut his teeth in Nashville, playing with Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers. He moved to L.A. in the mid-1960s and learned that a fledgling band was looking for a new drummer. The groups guitarist, Neil Young, was highly impressed by Martin during his audition in 1966. He was a sensitive drummer, Young says in his biography Shakey. You get harder, he...

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