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The Original Billy Buffalo Band

Shadric     Gary     Dolor       Chuck     Bruce

THE BILLY BUFFALO BAND

Shadric Smith        Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Vocals

Gary Durr       Fender Bass, Harmony Vocals

From El Paso, Texas.   Bassist extraordinaire, guitarist, singer-songwriter.   Met in Colorado Springs,  worked with in the Out of the Blue band.   Current whereabouts unknown.

 

Dolor Adams      Drums

From Austin, Texas and Clare, Iowa.   Amazing drummer...was 18 at the time of this session.   Also original drummer for the HAWKS pop-rock act.   Currently lives in Austin, TX.

 

Chuck Henderson       Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Harmony Vocals

From Buffalo, New York and Iowa City, Iowa.  Multi-talented guitarist-singer-songwriter.  Worked with in Blue Railroad Train duo.   Currently living in Iowa City.

 

Bruce McCabe     Piano,  Accordion, Harmony Vocals

From Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Singer-songwriter.  Terrific piano man...veteran of Lamont Cranston Band and Hoopsnakes.   Played with and wrote songs for Jonny  Lang.   Currently living in Minneapolis.

 

Special Guest Musicians:

Recorded at Creation Audio in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Vassar Clements     Fiddle  ( Tracks 2 - 3 - 4 )

Mike Russell     Fiddle  ( Tracks 1 - 8 - 10 )

Kenny Putnam     Fiddle  ( Track 4 )

See my Cool Links page for Updated info on Kenny Putnam  

Abe Lee ( Lloyd Abraham )  Harmonica  ( Track 3 )

Kenny Putnam, Vassar Clements, Lloyd "Abe Lee" Abraham, Shadric 

As you can see from the photos,  we all had a lot of hair when these pictures were taken back in 1978.    I was extremely fortunate to assemble such a hairy AND talented group musicians, especially the legendary fiddler-violinist, Vassar Clements.  

( see Bill McIntyre Messenger Review  ) 

 

  

Engineers Frank Wiewel, Kirk Kaufman with Shadric, mixing tracks.

Special Thanks to Cliff Siegel & the late Doug Lee for believing in me.

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