Jim Messina

Bursting with talent, Buffalo Springfield formed in 1966 following a fortuitous encounter in a Los Angeles traffic jam between Stills and Richie Furay (veterans of the Greenwich Village folk scene) and Neil

March 8, 1946, Scottsbluff, Nebraska), Jim Messina (b. December 5, 1947, Maywood, California), and Rusty Young (b. February 23, 1946, Long Beach, California). Later members included Timothy B. Schmit (b. October 30, 1947, Sacramento, California) and Paul Cotton (b. February 26, 1943, Los Angeles, California).