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TIL Neil Young was in a band with Rick James, along with Bruce Palmer, who would be another founding member of Buffalo Springfield, plus Goldy Mcjohn and Nick St. Nicholas, two future members of SteppenWolf. All partially thanks to Levon Helm and Garth Hudson, two members of "The Band"

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