around the crowd playing. The next thing I knew, he had come up to me and took off his guitar and handed it to me during the song. Now, this is not the first time Chris has done this. He did it to me once down in Tampa when a bunch of them were jamming with Montgomery Gentry. I was taking photos when he called me over and took off the gui- tar and handed it to me. Chris is like that. It’s one of the things I like about him. So on this night I did my best as I sat there at the front table hooked to my oxygen tank. Honestly, I had not played the guitar and almost a year but somehow I managed to get back up on my bike - so to speak. It was great fun, but after I soloed just a bit I pointed to the stage for someone else to take a lead. Then I called Chris over and handed him the guitar back, which he proceeded to shred into tiny tooth- picks, closing out one of the hottest sets I have seen in quite a while.


(Scott Glover Photo)


Note: The Christmas Jam had chosen me as the beneficiary to assist with medical bills. There were signs and t-shirts that red “Save the Buffalo.” That was just part of the tireless work done by David Peck to prepare for the show. I want to publicly thank everyone in- volved: Alan Walden, Chris Hicks, all of the musicians, Dave & Peggy Peck, The Hangar, Preston Leaphart,everyone who donated auction merch or provided other support- and a special thanks to everyone who shared that magical night with us. Well, everyone except the person who stole all the door money. No cool, my friend. But you know what they say about karma...


-Michael Buffalo Smith


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80