erry "Buffalo" Ware's first album received much praise from George Geddes in
Pipeline 54 and his second is up to the mark too. It comprises mostly originals by
Terry who provides nearly all of the guitar work on the album. He has a great bunch
of musicians working with him, the rhythm section of Ray VanHooser (drums) and
Marlin Butcher (bass) hold things together with a tight but rounded style. Terry
brings others in to augment the sound on most tracks. Dennis Borycki is a frequent
player, genrally filling out the sound on organ and most notably on the Davie Allan
medley of Chopper and Fender Bender. This is atypical of the album's sound, but
Terry's tastefully fuzzed sustain makes it a fine feature. The other well known
non-original is a masterful and stirring arrangement of You Don't Have To Say You
Love me, we're not talking limp copies here.
Mike Hosty joins the fray for the moody Belmont Blues where he adds some tasty slide
to contrast with Terry's lead over Dennis' organ fills. Clear Bay Glide is a fine
and proud ballad that is taken to a higher plane with its deft touches of slide
whilst Snownado is an out and out rockin' twanger. There's another dreamy ballad in
Desert Solitaire which Shads bands should investigate, a country break in Baffaroo,
and more rockin' on Buster's Panic with its hints of surf.
Which brings me around to the album's opener, Galactic Orphan. This also has a
slightly surfy feel but is remeinscent of so many rather average surf bands that,
for me at least, it make poor introduction to the album. Ditch it and move straight
into the meat, it's worth it.
erry "Buffalo" Ware's first album received much praise from George Geddes in
Pipeline 54 and his second is up to the mark too. It comprises mostly originals by
Terry who provides nearly all of the guitar work on the album. He has a great bunch
of musicians working with him, the rhythm section of Ray VanHooser (drums) and
Marlin Butcher (bass) hold things together with a tight but rounded style. Terry
brings others in to augment the sound on most tracks. Dennis Borycki is a frequent
player, genrally filling out the sound on organ and most notably on the Davie Allan
medley of Chopper and Fender Bender. This is atypical of the album's sound, but
Terry's tastefully fuzzed sustain makes it a fine feature. The other well known
non-original is a masterful and stirring arrangement of You Don't Have To Say You
Love me, we're not talking limp copies here.