Editing Neil Young (section)

===Buffalo Springfield (1966–1968)===
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Once they reached Los Angeles, Young and Palmer met up with [[Stephen Stills]] and [[Richie Furay]] after a chance encounter in traffic on [[Sunset Boulevard]].<ref name="WFP" /> Along with [[Dewey Martin (musician)|Dewey Martin]], they formed [[Buffalo Springfield]]. A mixture of folk, country, [[psychedelia]], and rock, lent a hard edge by the twin lead guitars of Stills and Young, made Buffalo Springfield a critical success, and their first record, ''[[Buffalo Springfield (album)|Buffalo Springfield]]'' (1966), sold well after Stills' topical song "[[For What It's Worth]]" became a hit, aided by Young's melodic harmonics played on electric guitar. According to ''Rolling Stone'', the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and other sources, Buffalo Springfield helped create the genres of folk rock and country rock.<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/buffalo-springfield|title=Buffalo Springfield|magazine=[[Rollingstone.com]]|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Unterberger">{{cite book|last = Unterberger |first=Richie|date=2003 |title=Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury To Woodstock |location=San Francisco |publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=0-87930-743-9}}</ref>

Distrust of their management, as well as the arrest and deportation of Palmer, worsened the already strained relations among the group members and led to Buffalo Springfield's demise. A second album, ''[[Buffalo Springfield Again]]'', was released in late 1967, but two of Young's three contributions were solo tracks recorded apart from the rest of the group. From that album, "[[Mr. Soul]]" was the only Young song of the three that all five members of the group performed together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neilyoungarchives.com/info-card?search=true&track=t1967_0404_01|website = Neil Young Archives|title=Mr. Soul (Stereo)|access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref>

In May 1968, the band split up for good, but to fulfill a contractual obligation, a final studio album, ''[[Last Time Around]]'', was released. Young contributed the songs "On the Way Home" and "I Am a Child", singing lead on the latter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neilyoungarchives.com/info-card?track=t1968_0205_01|website = Neil Young Archives|title=I Am A Child|access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref>

In 1997, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Young did not appear at the ceremony, writing in a letter to the Hall that their presentation, which was aired on [[VH1]], "has nothing to do with the spirit of Rock and Roll. It has everything to do with making money."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/41sp8k/neil-young-slams-rock-vh1-hall-of-fame-ceremony|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229221018/https://www.mtv.com/news/41sp8k/neil-young-slams-rock-vh1-hall-of-fame-ceremony|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 29, 2023|title=Neil Young Slams Rock 'VH1 Hall Of Fame' Ceremony|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=May 1997}}</ref>

Young played as a studio session guitarist for some 1968 recordings by [[The Monkees]] which appeared on the ''[[Head (The Monkees album)|Head]]'' and ''[[Instant Replay (The Monkees album)|Instant Replay]]'' albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news/time-neil-young-cut-loose-monkees/29926|title=That Time Neil Young Let Loose with The Monkees |work=Guitar World |publisher=[[Guitar World]]|date=October 2016}}</ref>