1946 - Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada on the 9th of September.
1965 - He left to join The Mynah Birds and it was here where Palmer met Neil Young.
1968 - In January, Palmer was removed from the band and officially replaced by Jim Messina.
1969 - Palmer resurfaced in the summer for two weeks as the bassist for Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young.
1971 - Palmer released his lone solo record, The Cycle Is Complete, on Verve Records.
1977 - Palmer joined former Kensington Market Band singer/guitarist Keith McKie and lead guitarist Stan Endersby.
1982-1983 - Palmer resurfaced as the bassist in Neil Young's Trans Band, playing a mixture of Young classics and electronica-infused material to clearly unenthralled audiences throughout America and Europe.
1966 - Palmer was inducted with his bandmates into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2004 - Died of a heart attack in 2004 in Belleville, Ontario on the 1st of October.