[6] After relocating to Florida, they played at the Kandy Bar and local clubs in the West Palm Beach area.
The Miami Pop Festival was produced by Michael Lang and was a precursor to Woodstock in 1969.
[7] In 1972, he was a member of Crazy Horse and played on the album, At Crooked Lake, contributing vocals, piano, organ, guitar and mandolin and wrote most of the songs for the album,[8][9] During the 1970s, he and brother Rick were based at West Palm Beach then moved to Southern California and playing at venues in Southern California which included The Troubador.
[10] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was the lead vocalist in a latter version of Buffalo Springfield put together by drummer Dewey Martin.
During that period, Axton and his band played the first Farm Aid concert in Bloomington, Illinois.