Saturday, July 26
The Center for the Arts presents
DANCE CONCERT with
Norton Buffalo & the Knockouts
8:00PM, $20

"A case of near bewildering talent...he plays harmonica with a virtuosity that has widened eyes and opened mouths throughout the music industry. No one else who puts tongue to reed can touch him." - San Francisco Chronicle

"...more than anyone else, anywhere, Chris Cain represents the future of the blues." - San Jose Mercury News

Norton Buffalo is regarded as one of the most versatile and talented harmonica players in the music business. In Rock, R & B, and Blues circles, as well as in New Age, Country and Jazz circles, he is widely acclaimed as the finest multigenre harmonica player of our time.

Norton Buffalo on youtube.com

His most recent release with his band "The Knockouts", King of the Highway, on Blind Pig Records, was surprisingly, his first solo release since his late-70's albums on Capitol. Buffalo has hardly been idle during that time. For the last thirty years Buffalo has been a highly celebrated member of the Steve Miller Band, recorded and toured with some of the top names in music, worked in movies and television, and stayed very busy performing and recording with several of his own diverse musical ventures as will be noted below.

In addition to his work on record and on stage with Steve Miller, who spotlights Norton’s playing at shows and introduces him as "...my partner in harmony..." Buffalo has also been highly sought after as a recording artist, having played on over 125 albums by artists as diverse as Bonnie Raitt (he did that searing harmonica solo on "Runaway"), Kenny Loggins, The Doobie Brothers (including the Grammy Award-winning "Minute By Minute", The Marshall Tucker Band, Johnny Cash, Kate Wolf, David Grisman, Kenny Loggins, Juice Newton, Laurie Lewis and Elvin Bishop.

Besides performing live before the millions of Steve Miller fans he has played for over the last thirty years, Norton’s onstage musical talents have also in demand by notable musicians such as Kenny Loggins and Olivia Newton-John, who have also enlisted the harmonica ace for their U.S. touring bands.

www.norton-buffalo.com