Dan Armonaitis at the Spartanburg Herald wrote a very nice article on Michael Buffalo last week. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/lsa2eay Michael’s Book Signing Tour for REBEL YELL: AN ORAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ROCK (Mercer Univer- sity Press) began on January 30th in Spartanburg, followed by Greenville, SC the next day; This weekend we visit Tryon, NC; future signings include Asheville, NC; Charlotte, NC; Atlanta; Macon, GA; Nashville, TN.; Jacksonville, FL and more. Keep up with the tour dates at michaelbuffalo.net. Extra special thanks to Craig Stevens of Washington, DC for assistance with the book tour financ- ing. Michael Buffalo has announced that he will begin recording a new album this spring. The album will be recorded at Mill Street Sound Studios in Inman, SC with Tim Lawter (formerly of The Marshall Tucker Band) produc- ing, and will feature several guest appearances from classic Southern Rock stars. Buffalo was interviewed on Superbowl Sunday, February 1st on “Roundtable” on 91.7fm/WSGE, Gas- ton, NC. The show will soon be archived on Buff’s website. Doug Gray and The Marshall Tucker Band will be our fea- tured cover story in the next issue of KUDZOO Maga- zine, coming to a web browser near you dur- ing the first week of March. The issue will also feature Diane Durrett, T. Graham Brown and much more. kudzoomag.com Buffalo’s Projects in the works: (For those keeping score at home.) Books: Southern Accents: A Collection of Columns, Blogs & Other Writings; Hippies, Heretics & Rockabilly Rebels (500 pp of interviews with rock stars from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s; Outlaws, Rebels & Renegades III (Even more classic Southern Rock inter- views); Sisters, a novel about two distinct Southern families (The number one rule is “write what you know about!); three screenplays, two of which are being co-written by Buffalo’s friend Richard Smith; a book of Michael Buffalo’s poems and song lyrics; a book of Buffalo’s Southern Rock photography over the years; two MORE Southern Rock books; a true life book about Buffalo’s battles with weight and health, and how he overcame it all; also, one Top Secret music book. We could tell you, but we would have to kill you. Be sure to check out Buffalo’s (mostly) weekly Podcast, The KUDZOO Radio Hour. http://www.spreaker.com/user/kudzoo Buffalo’s increasingly hard-to-find first book Carolina Dreams: The Musical Legacy of Upstate South Carolina (Marshall Tucker Ent., 1996) chronicles the early history of The Marshall Tucker Band, and features chapters on The Sparkletones, Hank Garland, Artimus Pyle, Rudy “Blue Shoes” Wyatt and many others. We have a very few copies left for sale. If you are interested in obtaining a copy, e-mail: [email protected] F.O.M.B. FRIENDS OF MICHAEL BUFFALO February 2015 ISSUE #53 BOOKS & MUSIC: LIFE IS GOOD! Michael B. backstage with Doug Gray before a rocking concert by The Marshall Tucker Band at The Fillmore in Charlotte, January 24, 2015. NEWS