That's me on the Left! (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
By NATHAN HALVERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Hundreds of people attended a memorial service Sunday in Sonoma for harmonica legend Norton Buffalo. The all-day service began with traditional African dancers making their way down the aisle of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, where Buffalo’s family and close friends gathered to remember the father, husband and harmonica virtuoso. The...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Time: 5:30pm - 11:00pm Location: Paradise performing Arts Center Street: Clark Rd. @ Nunnely City: Paradise, CA At Norton's request the Sunday night benefit will feature. . . Big Mo and Friends, Carlos Reyes and Friends, Tom Rigney and Flambeau and Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings. $40 General Admission. FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT Call Bill Anderson toll free 1-877-397-3363...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Wikipedia : The son of a harmonica player, Norton Buffalo was born in Oakland and raised in Richmond, California. In high school he performed in a series of bands. By the early 1970s he gained renown as a San Francisco Bay Area musician, playing with such Bay Area groups as Clover, The Moonlighters, and Elvin Bishop. In early 1976 Buffalo joined the “farewell” European...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
From the San Francisco Gate (via The Daily Swarm): Norton Buffalo, harmonica virtuoso, one-of-a-kind performer and consummate accompanist to the stars, died Friday night from cancer in Feather River Hospital, near his home in Paradise (Butte County). He was 58. “He was the antithesis of East Coast cynical,” said Raitt, who spent Sunday morning watching Buffalo videos...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... on Sunday raised $2,000 and a dozen cases of food for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Norton Buffalo dies Harp player Norton Buffalo , who played with -- among many others -- the very fine blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers , has died at the age of 58. He had played with the Steve Miller Band for years, and was regarded as one of the most versatile harp players...
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I won't be surprised if you've never heard of Norton Buffalo ( wiki , website ), but he's been huge out west here for many years. I've been to see him at a lot of small venues around here. At times, his show was the only live music for forty miles. He made his harp rock . EssEffChron (11-01) 21:11 PST PARADISE (BUTTE COUNTY) -- Norton Buffalo, harmonica virtuoso, one-of-a-kind...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Norton Buffalo , a singer-songwriter and the harmonica player for the Steve Miller Band since 1975, died Friday, Oct. 30, at the age of 58. Buffalo first wrote about being diagnosed with lung cancer in September after feeling ill following a concert. After his personal doctor mistakenly told him that his lungs sounded fine, he was diagnosed with Stage...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Blues harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo died Friday, following a brief battle with lung cancer. Buffalo, 58, learned in September he had cancer and was attempting to beat the disease. Friends learned he went into a coma Thursday night and then died Friday afternoon, said Bill Bowker, a longtime Sonoma County DJ and music promoter and longtime acquaintance of Buffalos...
RovinsWorld (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Norton Buffalo (1951-2009) From the Midnight Blues Society on Facebook who posted: "It is with a heavy heart to report that Norton Buffalo passed away today, 10/30/09....he was a good human being, with a great musical talent and a big heart...more information about his memorial and this benefit will be forthcoming, for now, our thoughts are for his peace...and his wife...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Listen to Norton Buffalo & George Thorogood performed at Marin Civic Auditorium on September 29, 1984
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... ($30-$99) go on sale Nov. 22 at (415) 512-7770 or . - Robert HurwittSteve Miller, Doobies plan Buffalo tributeThe Steve Miller Band and Doobie Brothers will co-headline a tribute to musician Norton Buffalo on Jan. 23 at the Fox Theater Oakland. The harmonica virtuoso, who died last month after suffering from lung cancer, spent 33 years as a member of Miller's band and appeared...
That's me on the Left! (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Please go here to read Harmonica maestro Norton Buffalo dies at 58 . Listen to Norton play with Bonnie Raitt (checkout his solo at 1:30):
