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Terry Buffalo Ware

Terry "Buffalo" Ware

About Me

Self taught guitarist, with a lot of help from some great musicians along the way. Main love is guitar oriented instrumental music be it surf, twang, swing, country, jazz or otherwise. Worked as a touring musician for many years throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s mostly with Ray Wylie Hubbard and also Jimmy LaFave. Currently teach guitar and play with whoever asks. Lead the house band every year at the annual Woody Guthrie festival in Okemah, OK. Have a sometimes instrumental band called The Shambles. Have released three independent albums, the most recent being "Reverb Confidential," which was preceeded by "Ridin' the Reverb Range" and "Buffalo Tracks." A lover of all kinds of music, as long as it comes from the heart.

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Member Since: 8/19/2007
Band Website: home.flash.net/~tware/
Band Members: I mostly freelance these days and also have a sometimes instrumental band, The Shambles, which includes myself on guitar, Ray VanHooser on drums, Marlin Butcher on bass, Bob French on guitar and Dennis Borycki on keys. The band plays in this configuration most of the time, but also in others depending on who may or may not be available. Guest Shambles have included Susan Hyde-Holmes on bass, Michael McCarty on drums, T.Z. Wright on keys, Dan Duggin on keys and accordian, Steve Grunder on bass, and Dean Brown on drums.
Influences: The Ventures, Link Wray, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Frank Zappa, Don Rich, George Harrison, Jesse Ed Davis, Davie Allan, Freddie King, Duane Eddy, Brian Wilson, The Shadows, Bugs Henderson, Mike Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix, Dick Dale, James Burton, Steve Cropper, Grant Green, Charlie Christian, Randy California, Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Harvey Mandel, Al Anderson, Django Reinhardt and plenty of others.
Sounds Like: All my influences.
Record Label: OkieMotion Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

60th Anniversary of "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos"

Today is the 60th anniversary of the plane crash that inspired Woody Guthrie's song "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)." Below is an article about it if you care to read.   written by Chris M...
Posted by Terry Buffalo Ware on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:39:00 PST

Review from New Gandy Dancer, UK

Okay, it's toot your own horn time here at Bufforama World Headquarters. Following is a review from New Gandy Dancer, The Magazine for Rock Instrumental Music, Issue 83.Very welcome return for the exc...
Posted by Terry Buffalo Ware on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:40:00 PST

Unsung Guitarists Part 1

 Jesse Ed Davis. I first became aware of Jesse from his playing on the first Taj Mahal album. He was born in Norman, but unfortunately I never got to meet him or see him perform live. I loved his...
Posted by Terry Buffalo Ware on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:13:00 PST