Annie
Rose & The Thrillers
Baby
Knockors
Big Momma Thornton
Binj
Charlie
Musselwhite
Cool
Ray & The Shades
Dynamic
Logs
Earthquake and The Tremors
Eddie
& The Atlantics
High
in The Saddle
Joe Lee Hooker
Jr.
Cadillac
Kidd
Africa
Loverboy
Queen
Ida
Red
Dress
The
Reputations
Robert
Cray
Seafood
Mama
Skyboys
Wise
Guys
Zydeco
Others ?
Image courtesy of
Ali Hamilton
My husband's (Blake Hamilton) parents owned the Buffalo Tavern from 1976-80. Their names are Jack and Connie Hughes.He remembers Robert Cray playing there,as well as Quarter Flash (when known as Seafood Momma), Jr. Cadillac, Queen Ida, High in The Saddle, Baby Knockers, The Skyboys, and Charlie Musselwhite.
He has two Buffalo Tavern windbreakers, and a chrome zippo Buffalo Tavern lighter. An image of the back of one of the windbreakers is pictured above.
Paul Hammons, a man who worked for them and built the larger stage and made some modifications, recently died.
Ali Hamilton, July 2010
Every Friday night the rock radio stations listed bands playing at local taverns and the Buffalo was always rocking.
Some of the other bands that played there were Dynamic Logs, Big Momma Thornton, Joe Lee Hooker, Loverboy, and Zydeco.
When the Hughes bought the Buffalo,the bar already had a huge buffalo head, and Jack stuck a joint in its mouth. A customer drew the picture, and the rest was history.
Ali Hamilton, July 2010
I always loved the layout of the Buffalo - as good a tavern layout as I ever played in.
I played sax there with Annie Rose and The Thrillers, The Dynamic Logs, and also Cool Ray and the Shades (our first gig was there). I played with Kidd Afrika for a while, and I believe we played there also. They were both excellent regional bands and were very popular, full time working bands during their era. Both played numerous originals, as well as covers. I’ll always have fond memories of the Buffalo!
Aloha,
David Link, June 2015