FROM NME:
Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin has died aged 68.
Martin, real name Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff, is believed to have died of natural causes.
The star was found by a room mate in his Los Angeles apartment on Sunday (February 1), reports the LA Times. It is thought he died the previous night (January 31).
Martin's Buffalo Springfield bandmates - Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richey Furay and Jim Messina - have yet to comment.
One of the founder members of Buffalo Springfield, Martin joined the band while they were in their embryonic stages after he moved to Los Angeles in the mid-'60s. In his biography 'Shakey', praised Martin as a "sensitive" drummer.
"You get harder, he hits harder," wrote Young. "You pull back, he hits back. He can feel the music - you don't have to tell him."
Martin played on most tracks featured on the band's three albums, including 'Mr Soul' and 'Rock 'N' Roll Woman'. He sang lead vocals on 'Good Time Boy' from their 1967 album 'Buffalo Springfield Again'.
The drummer also alleged that he supplied Stephen Stills with the LSD that inspired him to write the group's biggest hit, 'For What It's Worth'.
After Buffalo Springfield split, Martin attempted to start another band under the name The New Buffalo Springfield. However, after Young and Stills took legal action against the name, he dropped the moniker.
In the '80s Martin toured as Buffalo Springfield Revisited with original bass player Bruce Palmer.
Monkees drummer Micky Dolenz paid tribute to Martin, saying, "It's a great loss. We never worked together, we just hung out a lot. We went to shows together at the Whisky (a Go Go) and the Troubadour. He was a great drummer - it's a well known fact. And he was a really nice guy."
Buffalo Springfield were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1997.
Here's a cool Live version of "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing", live at the Monterey Pop Festival 1967
And the NEW Buffalo Springfield from the 80's
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