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January 2020 F R I E F N D . S O O F M. IM C H A E . L B B U F . F A L O ISSUE #77 Oh Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam

NEWS KUDZOO Magazine’s latest issue features our interview with the voice of RARE EARTH , Peter Rivera! Look for an all new edition spotlighting the relaunch of , coming February! www.kudzoomag.com

December has seen Buffalo touring in support of his latest book, The Road Goes On Forever: 50 Years of All - man Brothers Music (Mercer University Press). He had a blast signing books with fellow author ( and for - mer Allman Brothers road manager ) Willie Perkins at the grand reopening of Capricorn Records in Macon, GA Dec. 2-3; Buff returned to Zebulon , the next weekend for a signing and acoustic concert and reading at Concord Event Center , and was honored to be a guest author at the annual Mercer University Press Author’s Michael Buffalo with Robin Duner-Fenter, son of Capricorn Luncheon December 13-14 in ! On Saturday, De - co-founder, Frank Fenter, at the relaunch of cember 21, Buffalo attended his final book event of the year, Capricorn Studios in Macon. signing at The Book Shelf in Tryon, NC . He will give a HOME TOWN book reading, discussion, signing, and Q&A with very special guest Paul T. Riddle (founding member of Marshall Tucker band and frequent drummer with the Allman Brother s) at Hub City Book Shop in Spartan - burgf at 6 PM.

Buffalo’s Projects in the works: ( For those keeping score at home. ) Books: Fix it in the Mix: A Memoir by Paul Hornsby and Michael Buffalo Smith (Mercer University Press) with a foreword from will be pub - lished in the fall of 2020; Hippies, Heritics & Rebels: Conversations in is in line for publication soon, as is The Buffalo Reader , a collection of 15 years of columns and blogs; Sisters , a novel about two distinct Southern families is in progress, as is a book of short fiction; a screenplay, co-written by Buf - falo’s friend Richard Smith is in the works; a book of Michael Buffalo’s poems and song lyrics is being assem - bled; two MORE books are in the works; also, one Top Secret music book.We could tell you, but we would have to kill you.

Books available at mupress.org (or Amazon, B & N, etc) The Road Goes On Forever; From Macon to Jack - sonville; Capricorn Rising;Rebel Yell; Prisoner of Southern Rock; All others available on demand from lulu.com. Personalized copies available from the author. Buffalo unplugged in Zebulon, GA. QUOTES ABOUT BUFFALO’S WORK has written about over the last thousand years.” - Col Bruce Hampton (Performing Artist) (On The Road Goes on Forever. ) “This is truly the “Bible” of .” “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Michael B. for a long - (musical director and keyboardist for time. On a personal note, I love and appreciate his work, es - . Former member of the pecially about nd friends that have been such a blessing Allman Brothers band.) -Paul T. Riddle (Founding drummer of and frequent fill-in drummer for "Michael Buffalo Smith as a musician, writer, critic, and the Allman Brothers) southern music historian really gets it. His taste and deep appreciation for the real thing are qualities that inspire all “There will never been enough books written about the of us in his wake. And it's a big wake." ABB, fans just want more! Michael’s The Road Goes on - Billy Bob Thornton, (Oscar & Golden Globe Winner Forever joins the list of must haves for everyone’s growing and Rock Drummer) library. Covering 50 remarkable years, this one is packed with some great stories, interviews and, of course, Michael’s insights on recordings, events and musical connections "Michael Buffalo Smith begins Rebel Yell aptly with an in - with other artists and the musical industry. Another sight of Charlie Daniels', that the brotherhood between classic!” Southern musicians is the unifying force behind the genre -Sandy Wabegijig "Blue Sky" (Former wife of Dickey "Southern Rock" more than any single musical style Betts, Mother of ) shared by bands from the South. Smith then invites us to sit at the table with the heroes and legends of the diverse genre: the players, technicians, crew members and friends. . .It is fitting that this history is expressed in the vivid voices of the people who lived it, many who we have • Buffalo’s latest CD, Makin’ it Back to Macon , pro - since lost. There is no prouder southern tradition than the duced by Paul Hornsby with guests that include Tommy love of storytelling, except maybe the love of playing music Talton and Billy Bob Thornton, is available at Amazon, together. Rebel Yell is a gift Smith has given back to the iTunes, cdBaby and everywhere good music is sold. musicians he has always loved, and we all benefit from re - Signed/Personalized copies are available at no additional ceiving it." cost at shows or via the mail from Michael Buffalo. - Galadrielle Allman (Daughter of ) [email protected] (Author of Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father)

"Michael Buffalo Smith has done it again! Just when you think you’ve read everything there is to know about South - ern Rockers, here he comes again with a wealth of info on the fathers of the genre—The Allman Brothers Band! This is a “must read!” -Paul Hornsby (Record Producer, Keyboardist, found - ing member of Hourglass with Duane and )

“This is a wonderful way to enter the world of southern rock. Rebel Yell, straight from the horse’s mouth - or out of the mouths of babes - however you put it, Michael Buffalo Smith has again shown why he is "The Ambassador of Southern Rock!" I found out things about friends that we had never discussed, and we discussed a lot. Thanks Buffalo.” - , Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter (founding member of Cowboy)

“It's really hard to argue with anything in Michael's book. (Rebel Yell ) Every word's a quote! He did an amazing job of compiling these mini-stories that are not drawn out or Buffalo shared a signing table with the amazing Carl Ware, boring. Highly recommended!” - (Guitarist, author/businessman/activist st the annual Mercer Author ) Luncheon in Atlanta.

“Michael is the Flannery O’Connor of Southern music- in - tegrity of music and literature. These [the artists in this book] are only a few of the great people and things Buffalo Visit michaelbuffalo.net