- The White Buffalo (musician)( Jake Smith )【 9 albums 84 lyrics 】
- The White Buffalo is the professional moniker and stage name of American musician and singer/songwriter Jake Smith.
Early life and career
Born in Oregon in 1974/1975, and raised in California, Jake Smith grew up listening to country music and punk rock. He studied history at university. The largest influences on his songwriting are folk singers such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
A baritone, Smith is known for his wide range in pitch within his singing, incorporation of whistling into his music (in place of the harmonica often used in roots music) and his lyrical references to God and war. His singing style has been compared to that of late singer-songwriter Richie Havens.
The White Buffalo's first full-length album, Hogtied Like a Rodeo, debuted in 2002. This was followed by The White Buffalo EP, produced by Eels' Koool G Murder, which Smith states is about 'relationships, love, loss and booze with a little murder mixed in.' This EP was musically grounded in acoustic folk and country blues. In a friend's living room in 2008, he re-recorded the first album, dubbing it Hogtied Revisited. Musically, this 2008 album was a blend of folk, modern rock, and alternative country.
When a bootleg tape of Smith's music made it into the hands of pro surfer Chris Malloy, one of his songs, 'Wrong,' was featured in his popular surf movie, Shelter. This eventually led to further film scoring and composing work, with many of his songs featured in FX's hit show Sons of Anarchy and Showtime's Californication.
In 2010, a second EP, Prepare for Black and Blue, was recorded in six days by producer Jimmy Messer and released through Chad Stokes' Ruffshod imprint via Nettwerk Records earlier that year. Again, this was musically grounded in folk. The music and the artist captured the attention of Unison Music's Bruce Witkin and Ryan Dorn, who then signed The White Buffalo and co-produced Once Upon a Time in the West. This album transitioned to a more roots rock sound, whilst some songs still retained a folk style.
In 2013, a fourth LP, Shadows, Greys, and Evil Ways, was released on Unison Music Group. This was musically a mixture of folk rock and some blues rock. The LP saw positive reviews including NY1 which stated, 'Not since Neil Young's Living with War has there been so strong an artistic statement about this country's occupations.'
In 2015, the album Love and the Death of Damnation was released. Musically this was very varied, with several songs being grounded in roots rock, whilst the song 'Chico' incorporated Latin music, 'Last Call To Heaven' fused folk, blues and jazz, and 'Come On Love, Come On In' was a soul song.
In 2016 The White Buffalo gained enough popularity to inspire a cover group. They played under the name Into the Sun, after a favourite song from The White Buffalo until they lost their guitarist Robert Elliot on April 16, 2017.
In August 2017 Smith released two tracks from his then-upcoming album Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights, the singles 'Avalon' and 'The Observatory'. The single 'Avalon' was described by Billboard as an 'expansive country-tinged rock song' and tells the story of a wayward man's trip to peace. 'The Observatory' was a blend of soft-rock and country-folk.
Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights was released in October 2017 to positive reviews, and was Smith's most electrified rock album yet. Musically, the album was a blend of alternative rock, blues, country and folk. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Love and the Death of Damnation
2015
1.Chico
2.Go the Distance
3.Radio With No Sound
4.Home Is in Your Arms
5.I Got You6.Modern Times
7.Last Call To Heaven
8.Where Is Your Savior
9.Rocky
10.Come On Love, Come On In -
Hogtied Revisited
2014
1.Hideous Heart (Provided)
2.Today's Tomorrow
3.Damned
4.Carnage
5.Sweet Hereafter
6.Bar And The Beer7.Wrong
8.Madman
9.I Believe
10.Story
11.Hogtied Like A Rodeo
12.Woods -
Once Upon a Time in the West
2013-09
1.The Pilot
2.How the West Was Won
3.Ballad of a Deadman
4.One Lone Night
5.Sleepy Little Town
6.BB Guns and Dirtbikes
7.The Bowery8.Wish It Was True
9.Hold the Line
10.Good Ol' Day to Die
11.Stunt Driver
12.The Witch (Provided)
13.I Am the Light -
Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways
2013
1.Shall We Go One
2.The Getaway
3.When I'm Gone
4.Joey White
5.30 Days Back
6.Set My Body Free
7.Redemption #28.This Year
9.Fire Don't Know
10.Joe And Jolene
11.Don't You Want It
12.#13 (Provided)
13.Pray To You Now -
Highwayman (Single)
2013
1.Highwayman -
Prepare for Black & Blue
2010
1.Love Song #2
2.Oh Darlin' What Have I Done
3.Black & Blue4.Into the Sun
5.John Jameson -
The White Buffalo EP
2002
1.Where Dirt and Water Collide
2.Love Song #1
3.10 'Til 24.The Matador
5.Devil Is a Woman
6.The Moon -
Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights
1.Hide and Seek
2.Madam's Soft, Madam's Sweet
3.Robbery4.I Am the Moon
5.The Observatory
6.The Heart and Soul of the Night -
Miscellaneous
1.The Whistler
2.Ziggy Stardust
3.Come Join the Murder
4.Darkside of Town
5.Insane
6.The American Dream
7.The Madman
8.Wish It Was True (Live At the Armory)
9.House of the Rising Sun (with the Forest Rangers) [Season 4 Finale Version]10.The Year
11.Dark Days TxT
12.I Got You TxT
13.House of Pain
14.Time
15.My Lie
16.Lola's Song
17.Avalon
18.House of the Rising Sun (Season 4 finale version)
【Correction of errors in the album information】