Dan Armonaitis at the Spartanburg Herald wrote avery nice article on Michael Buffalo last week. Read it here:http://tinyurl.com/lsa2eay

Michael’s Book Signing Tour for REBEL YELL: ANORAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ROCK (Mercer Univer-sity Press) began on January 30th in Spartanburg, followedby Greenville, SC the next day; This weekend we visitTryon, NC; future signings include Asheville, NC; Charlotte,NC; Atlanta; Macon, GA; Nashville, TN.; Jacksonville, FLand more. Keep up with the tour dates atmichaelbuffalo.net. Extra special thanks to Craig Stevensof Washington, DC for assistance with the book tour financ-ing.

Michael Buffalo has announced that he will begin recordinga new album this spring. The album will be recorded atMill Street Sound Studios in Inman, SC with TimLawter (formerly of The Marshall Tucker Band) produc-ing, and will feature several guest appearances from classicSouthern 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 TheMarshall TuckerBand will be our fea-tured cover story inthe next issue ofKUDZOO Maga-zine, coming to a webbrowser near you dur-ing the first week ofMarch. The issue willalso feature DianeDurrett, T. GrahamBrown andmuchmore. kudzoomag.com

Buffalo’s Projectsin the works: (For

those keeping score at home.) Books: Southern Accents: ACollection of Columns, Blogs & Other Writings; Hippies,Heretics & Rockabilly Rebels (500 pp of interviews withrock 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 byBuffalo’s friend Richard Smith; a book of Michael Buffalo’spoems and song lyrics; a book of Buffalo’s Southern Rockphotography over the years; two MORE Southern Rockbooks; a true life book about Buffalo’s battles with weightand health, and how he overcame it all; also, one Top Secretmusic book. We could tell you, but we would have to killyou.

Be sure to check out Buffalo’s (mostly) weekly Podcast, TheKUDZOO Radio Hour.http://www.spreaker.com/user/kudzoo

Buffalo’s increasingly hard-to-find first book CarolinaDreams: The Musical Legacy of Upstate SouthCarolina (Marshall Tucker Ent., 1996) chronicles theearly history of The Marshall Tucker Band, and featureschapters on The Sparkletones, Hank Garland, Artimus Pyle,Rudy “Blue Shoes” Wyatt and many others. We have a veryfew copies left for sale. If you are interested in obtaining acopy, e-mail: michaelbuffalosmith@gmail.com

F.O.M.B.FRIENDS OF MICHAEL BUFFALOFebruary 2015 ISSUE  #53

BOOKS & MUSIC: LIFE IS GOOD!

Michael B. backstage with Doug Gray before a rocking concert byThe Marshall Tucker Band at The Fillmore in Charlotte,

January 24, 2015.

NEWS

REBEL YELL BOOK SIGNING TOUR

Friday, January 30, 2015Hub City BookshopSpartanburg, SC

Saturday, January 31, 2015Joe's Place, Bookshop & Wine Bar64Greenville, South Carolina

Saturday, February 7, 2015The Book Shelf94 North Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782(828) 859-9304 www.tryonbookshelf.com/ Special guests scheduled to appear: Franklin Wilkie (formerMarshall Tucker Band bassist, 1980 -1984); Tim Lawter (formerMarshall Tucker Band bassist, 1985 - 2000); Justin McCorkle(Son of founding MTB guitarist, George McCorkle)Signing at 4 PM. Q & A to follow.

Thursday, March 26, 2015 6:30 PMFiction Addiction, 1175 Woods Crossing Road, Suite 5, Greenville,SC (864) 675-0540“Men of the South” Panel Discussion and Book Signing Event fea-turingMichael Buffalo Smith (Rebel Yell); Carl T. Smith (Matthew’s Island); Jeffrey Stayton (This Side of the River); Tick-ets: $10 (Can be redeemed toward a purchase)

May 16 & 17, 2015South Carolina Book FestivalColumbia Metropolitan Convention Center1101 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC 29201.(Exact presentation and signing day and time TBA)http://scbookfestival.org/

More dates coming soon. For updates, visithttp://www.michaelbuffalo.net/tour

COMMENTS ABOUT REBEL YELL

“This is a wonderful way to enter the world of southernrock. "Rebel Yell," straight from the horses mouth - or outof the mouths of babes - however you put it, Michael Buf-falo Smith has again shown why he is "The Ambassador ofSouthern Rock!" I found out things about friends that wehad never discussed, and we discussed a lot. Thanks Buf-falo.” - Tommy Talton, Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter (founding member of Cowboy)

“It's really hard to argue with anything in Michael's book.Every word's a quote! He did an amazing job of compilingthese mini-stories that are not drawn out or boring. Recommended!” - Ed King, Guitarist, Lynyrd Skynyrd

“Michael is the Flannery O’Connor of Southern music, in-tegrity of music and literature. These [the artists in thisbook] are only a few of the great people and things Buffalohas written about over the last thousand years.” - Col Bruce Hampton, Performing Artist

"Michael Buffalo Smith as a musician, writer, critic, andsouthern music historian really gets it. His taste and deepappreciation for the real thing are qualities that inspire allof us in his wake. And it's a big wake." - Billy Bob Thornton, (Oscar & Golden Globe Win-ner and Rock Drummer)

Michael Buffalo’s Three Self-Published booksare available online at www.lulu.com

Outlaws, Rebels & RenegadesVolumes I & II

Fifteen years of Southern Rock Interviews, fromGregg Allman to Doug Gray, Dickey Betts,Skynyrd,

Charlie Daniels, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, more!

The Brown Box: Remembering The Greenville Memorial Auditorium

History of the last venue Ronnie Van Zantperformed at.

Michael Buffalo’s CD’s (or downloads) are avail-able online at www.cdbaby.com & iTunes

Happy To Be Here (1996)Midwest Carolina Blues (2000)

Southern Lights (2002)Something Heavy (2005) Visit michaelbuffalo.net

The Mercer Univer-sity Press Annual

Author’s Luncheonwas held in Atlantaon December 6th,

Buffalo had achance to meet fel-low Mercer authorsas well as CNN’sNancy Grace, aMercer grad, au-thor, and host ofher own show on

HLN. Great fun washad by all.