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Michael Buffalo Smith
8+ albums
rockguitarSouthern Rockblues rock
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About Michael Buffalo Smith - Greenville, SC Michael received his very first guitar at the age of seven, a toy Roy Rogers model. Apparently, Smith was less than interested at the time, since the instrument was left outside, leaning against a tall pine tree, and exposed to rain, sleet and snow for about a month. When Michael finally remembered the guitar, it was nothing more than a pile of warped wood and plastic. While attending college in Spartanburg, Michael ran across a guitar playing cat named Gregg Yeary, and the two started getting together to learn covers of everything from Johnny Rivers to The Cars, from The Stray Cats to Bruce Springsteen. The two also began to write together. Soon, Gregg met David Haddox, a legendary drummer who had been the teacher to a 15 year old red-headed wonder named Paul T. Riddle, who would go on to fame and fortune with The Marshall Tucker Band. David was also touring drummer with "The Killer," Jerry Lee Lewis. Pulling Michael's old friend Joey Parrish into the mix, the band set out to play their first gig, at an amphitheater in Pacolet Mills, S.C. Because they were playing both hard country and mainstream rock, the band decided to open for themselves, as the country band, Desperado. Later they would play the rock and roll show as Standard Deviation. About two months later, as the band took on a new bass player and solidified, they changed their name to The Buffalo Hut Coalition. The BHC played everywhere, from clubs to festivals and pri
