For What It's Worth is a revealing insiders look at an influential and groundbreaking rock group whose remendous talents have gone on to achieve legendary status in the annals of rock music history. Besides chronicling Buffalo Springfield's roots and career, the book offers rare and personal glimpses into several seminal music scenes, notably the Greenwich Village folk movement, the embryonic San Francisco scene, and LA's Sunset Strip, along with a lesson in the pitfalls of the music industry. Written with founding member Richie Furay and including the insights, recollections, and reflections of band members, managers, close friends, associates, and contemporaries, the book paints a unique portrait of one of rock music's most beloved groups. Updated edition includes new epilogue.

John Einarson is a respected Canadian rock music historian and writer. He has published articles for Goldmine, Record Collector, Mojo, Rock Express and Western Report, among others, and is a frequent contributor to the Winnipeg Free Press. John has also published a number of music history books, including Shakin` All Over: The Winnipeg Sixties. He lives in Winnipeg with his family, and teaches history. Each year he hosts a popular rock `n` roll revue involving close to one hundred students.

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John Einarson and Richie Furay, a founding band member, look at the history and effect of the band's short, tumultous life, before various issues ripped them apart.

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This proves to be more than just another look at an influential yet hort-lived band. Furay and Einarson truly take the reader inside the life of these musicians, the time and the band, not to mention the music. A fun read, I found it engrossing and captivating.

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