- The White Buffalo (musician)( Jake Smith )【 84 songs in total 】
- 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.
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10 'Til 2
2002
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30 Days Back
2013
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Avalon
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Ballad of a Deadman
2013-09
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Bar And The Beer
2014
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BB Guns and Dirtbikes
2013-09
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Black & Blue
2010
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Carnage
2014
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Chico
2015
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Come Join the Murder
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Come On Love, Come On In
2015
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Damned
2014
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Dark Days TxT
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Darkside of Town
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Devil Is a Woman
2002
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Don't You Want It
2013
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Fire Don't Know
2013
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Go the Distance
2015
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Good Ol' Day to Die
2013-09
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Hide and Seek
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Hideous Heart(Provided)
2014
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Highwayman
2013
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Hogtied Like A Rodeo
2014
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Hold the Line
2013-09
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Home Is in Your Arms
2015
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House of Pain
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House of the Rising Sun (Season 4 finale version)
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House of the Rising Sun (with the Forest Rangers) [Season 4 Finale Version]
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How the West Was Won
2013-09
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I Am the Light
2013-09
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I Am the Moon
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I Believe
2014
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I Got You TxT
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I Got You
2015
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Insane
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Into the Sun
2010
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Joe And Jolene
2013
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Joey White
2013
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John Jameson
2010
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Last Call To Heaven
2015
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Lola's Song
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Love Song #1
2002
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Love Song #2
2010
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Madam's Soft, Madam's Sweet
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Madman
2014
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Modern Times
2015
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My Lie
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Oh Darlin' What Have I Done
2010
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One Lone Night
2013-09
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Pray To You Now
2013
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Radio With No Sound
2015
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Redemption #2
2013
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Robbery
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Rocky
2015
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Set My Body Free
2013
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Shall We Go One
2013
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Sleepy Little Town
2013-09
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Story
2014
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Stunt Driver
2013-09
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Sweet Hereafter
2014
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The American Dream
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The Bowery
2013-09
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The Getaway
2013
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The Heart and Soul of the Night
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The Madman
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The Matador
2002
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The Moon
2002
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The Observatory
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The Pilot
2013-09
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70
The Whistler
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71
The Witch(Provided)
2013-09
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The Year
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This Year
2013
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Time
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Today's Tomorrow
2014
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When I'm Gone
2013
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Where Dirt and Water Collide
2002
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78
Where Is Your Savior
2015
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Wish It Was True (Live At the Armory)
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Wish It Was True
2013-09
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Woods
2014
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Wrong
2014
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Ziggy Stardust
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#13(Provided)
2013