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About Me

1. CHRONIC HORNS with Gov't Mule and Toots Hibbert, New Years Eve 2. Buford O'Sullivan and the Roosters with Mike Drance 3. Easy Star All-Stars at Plock, Poland 4. Standing behind Lee "Scratch" Perry (with Dub is a Weapon) as he speaks words of wisdom Buford, well that would be me. Here I go, writing my own bio. Okay, well I am a trombonist-songwriter, novelist, all-around creative guy. Would it be that I get rich off this stuff, I'm sure that I'd handle the wealth in a tasteful manner. In the interim, I'll just keep on movin', don't stop, no... (I've always liked that song for some reason). I live in New York City, and do a bit of traveling, as you can see by the schedule. I enjoy knowing the world on a first-hand basis, rather than watching it on TV. The more I see, the better I feel about things. This has allowed me to be of the opinion that all people are all the same, no matter where you go - everyone is equally liberal, conservative, xenophobic, open, all of it. You can't focus on one group of people and say that "They are all the same...", because it isn't just them. It is us. WE are all the same. So, let's just get on with it and enjoy life, please.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2005
Band Website: bufordosullivan.com
Band Members: There have been many in the Bands of Buford - such legends as Ben Klingberg, Ben Hirson, Ben Rogerson, Agent Jay, Jay Hackett, Glen Hackett, Glen Saunders, Dave Hahn, Dave Hillyard, Dan Jesselson, Tom McGee, Colin Stetson, Victor Rice, Victor Axelrod...
Influences: Joe Bowie and Defunkt, Rico Rodriguez, George Lewis, Don Drummond, Fred Wesley, Jack Teagarten, Roswell Rudd - and on the home front, Clark Gayton, Art Baron, Vinnie Nobile, Rick "Chunk" Falkner...The Specials, The Skatalites, Captain Beefheart, Gracan Moncur III, Sun Ra, Morphine, Pig Bag, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fela, Eric B. and Rakim, Sly and Robbie, Fishbone opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers...Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Anthony Burgess, Bill Bryson, Phillip K. Dick...Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, James Rosenquist
Sounds Like: Heaven with a beer in your hand, the perfect venue where drinks are good and inexpensive, the sound is crystal clear, and the air is freshened by the breeze coming in from the evening sea. The funnest party where you can dance any way you wish, and nobody would ever care to be critical.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Here We Go Again

I had the funnest gig two nights before New Year's. It wasn't really a gig, in that I did not get paid to do it, but there I was on stage at the Beacon Theater with the Chronic Horns (Jenny Hill, Pam...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:01:00 PST

Happy Season Blog Post

As this year melts away into memory like a glacier, I sit and contemplate a lot of things. It was a good year, mostly. I mean, look at my picture at the pyramids! Come on, it can't be bad. I saile...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:53:00 PST

Home

REMINDER: Live at the Knitting Factory, August 4: Buford O'Sullivan and Royal Roost, 10:30pm!Imagine being at a night club on the roof of an old building, maybe a century old. Across the street, you...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:40:00 PST

06, 07, 07

This is my birthday, or about two hours UNTIL the celebration of my emergence, the slap, the crying, and the blurry vision. Quest for food and drink. Search for the moment, that constantly moving cr...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

Tranquility

Okay, so now I've gotten the good idea aka Towellee, to market "Tranquility" on this myspace page. For those of you who don't know, this is my science fiction/detective novel, written by me, publishe...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:27:00 PST

Holiday Cheer!

Well, one more tour over and done. THIS time, it was amazing, by far the BEST U.K. experience I've ever had. The Easy Star All Stars sold out 4 shows in a row, including Dingwalls in London! Rave r...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:21:00 PST

I'm Back!

I have been ignoring thie Myspace thing for a while. I guess I burned out on it, but upon the realization that is the 'essential self-promotional tool' that it is, well it seems that I must refresh t...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:05:00 PST

Fall '05

Fall 05. Just finished a crazy tour of the West Coast with the Easy Star All Stars. Wow, this time I dug the 'coast in a big way. I saw the Space Needle, I climbed the mountain right outsi...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:45:00 PST

Summer 05

Oh, what's in store? Winter '05 was not without its turmoil, dead space, and strange life turn-arounds. Spring was not without its flowers, one of the most hauntingly beautiful I've ever seen up her...
Posted by Buford OSullivan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST