The school stands at the corner of Kingsway Avenue and Stafford Street, in Crescentwood. His friend Jack Harper went to Kelvin; the bassist Allan Bates says that is where Harper met Neil. He played Winnipeg folk clubs, where he first met Joni Mitchell.
The Squires formed in 1963 and became a fixture of the south Winnipeg community club circuit. On 23 July 1963 they recorded “The Sultan” in CKRC’s two-track studio downtown: his first session.
On 2 November 1964 the Squires, by then a trio, began two weeks at the Flamingo in Fort William; he wrote “Sugar Mountain” on that trip. In mid-April 1965 the band moved there, he said because it was halfway between Winnipeg and Toronto. They met again months later in Los Angeles, and Buffalo Springfield was born.
Ultimate Classic Rock tells the stop without naming the street; it says the Pontiac’s driveshaft later fell out on Sunset. The Rock Hall says plenty of bands started on the Sunset Strip, but none as literally as Buffalo Springfield.
Buffalo Springfield played a run of successful gigs at the Whisky. The club has been on the Sunset Strip since 1964. It still lists shows most nights, with doors at 6pm or 7pm.
Greg Reeves played bass and Ralph Molina drums; the teenage Nils Lofgren was asked to play piano, and Stephen Stills added a little harmony. His canyon neighbour Dean Stockwell wrote most of the unmade screenplay that inspired some of the songs. After the Gold Rush came out on 31 August 1970.
The visitors center is in 147 Taylor Hall; its ten-minute film includes footage of the shooting.
He played new songs nobody had heard, among them “Old Man”, “The Needle and the Damage Done” and “Heart of Gold”. His producer David Briggs wanted the concert out before Harvest. Young wanted Harvest first, and later said he could see Briggs’s point. The tape came out on 13 March 2007 as Live at Massey Hall 1971. Repair work in the hall’s revitalisation revealed stained-glass windows.
The ranch has a lake, and the barn where much of Harvest was recorded. The caretaker, Luis Avila, asked how a young man could afford the place; “Old Man” is the longer answer. The Stray Gators cut “Words”, “Are You Ready for the Country?” and “Alabama” in an old barn on the ranch. The mixing was finished between Quadrafonic and Broken Arrow. Looking back on the lake playback, he said it was a little house heavy.
In summer 1977 he played in the Ducks with Bob Mosley, Jeff Blackburn and Johnny Craviotto. Recordings from those shows came out in 2023 as High Flyin’. The Catalyst still books shows at 1011 Pacific Avenue.
On 22 October 1978 he filmed Rust Never Sleeps here, directing as Bernard Shakey. The film had its premiere in Los Angeles on 20 July 1979. The Cow Palace has been open since 1941.
The school stands at the corner of Kingsway Avenue and Stafford Street, in Crescentwood.
On 19 January 1971 he played Massey Hall alone. It was a homecoming: he had left Canada in 1966.
