Claim: Neil Young is a musician.

Buffalo Springfield was an American-Canadian rock band , formed in Los Angeles in 1966 . Their original lineup included Stephen Stills -LRB- guitar , keyboards , vocals -RRB- , Dewey Martin -LRB- drums , vocals -RRB- , Bruce Palmer -LRB- electric bass -RRB- , Richie Furay -LRB- guitar , vocals -RRB- , and Neil Young -LRB- guitar , harmonica , piano , vocals -RRB- . Pioneering the folk rock genre , Buffalo Springfield , along with the Byrds , combined elements of folk and country music with British invasion influences into their early works . Their second studio album , Buffalo Springfield Again , marked their progression to psychedelia and hard rock .   With a name taken from a steamroller , the group signed to Atlantic Records in 1966 and released their debut single `` Nowadays Clancy Ca n't Even Sing '' - a regional hit in Los Angeles . The following January , the group released the protest song they were most prominently known for , `` For What It 's Worth '' . After various drug-related arrests and line-up changes , the group decided to break up in 1968 . Stephen Stills went on to form the folk rock supergroup Crosby , Stills & Nash with David Crosby of the Byrds and Graham Nash of the Hollies . Neil Young had launched his successful solo career and reunited with Stills in Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young in 1969 . Furay , along with Jim Messina , went on to form the influential country-rock band Poco . The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 .