Tara Nevins Jeb Puryear Chris English David McCracken Ted Pecchio
Past members
Joe Thrift Richie Stearns Jennie Stearns Kathy Ziegler Tom Gilbert Shane Lamphier Jimmy Triplett Jim Miller Jordon Puryear Jed Greenberg Bill Reynolds Jay Sanders Vic Stafford
Website
donnatheBuffalo.com
A musician friend suggested "Dawn of the Buffalo" as a name for the band, which was misheard as "Donna the Buffalo" and, over thirty years later, the band is still called "Donna the Buffalo". The followers of the group are called The Herd, a self-organized "tribe" of people who found each other at the group's live events.[1]
Jeb Puryear - electric guitar, vocals, occasional pedal steel, rare backup vocals
Chris English - drums
David McCracken - electric keyboard, organ
Ted Pecchio - electric bass guitar
Nevins and Puryear do most of the songwriting.
Past band members include:
Keyboards: Joe Thrift, Richie Stearns, Kathy Ziegler and Sam Fribush
Drums: Mark Raudabaugh, Vic Stafford, Tom Gilbert, Shane Lamphier and Jimmy Triplett
Guitar and frequent vocalist: Jim Miller
Bass guitar: Bill Reynolds, Kyle Spark, Jay Sanders, Jordon Puryear and Jed Greenberg.
DiscographyEdit
The White Tape (1989)
The Red Tape (1991)
Donna the Buffalo (a.k.a. The Purple One) (1993)
The Ones You Love (1996)
Rockin' In the Weary Land (1998)
Positive Friction (2000)
Live From the American Ballroom (2001)
Life's A Ride (2005)
Silverlined (2008)
Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday (2013)
Dance in the Street (2018)
ReferencesEdit
^Interview with Jeb Puryear and Tara Nevins, The Americana Music Show, episode 147, released July 8, 2013
External linksEdit
Band official website
Donna the Buffalo Internet Archive
Donna Fans official website
The Donna Base: Search lyrics of all Donna the Buffalo songs, and live shows
October 21, 2023
donna, buffalo, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2021,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Donna the Buffalo news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Donna the Buffalo is a band from Trumansburg New York It plays both original songs and cover versions Donna the BuffaloAt the Festival International 2010 in Lafayette LouisianaBackground informationAlso known asDawn of the BuffaloOriginNew York USAGenresZydecofolk rockcountry rockreggaeroots musicYears active1989 presentMembersTara NevinsJeb PuryearChris EnglishDavid McCrackenTed PecchioPast membersJoe ThriftRichie StearnsJennie StearnsKathy ZieglerTom GilbertShane LamphierJimmy TriplettJim MillerJordon PuryearJed GreenbergBill ReynoldsJay SandersVic StaffordWebsitedonnatheBuffalo comA musician friend suggested Dawn of the Buffalo as a name for the band which was misheard as Donna the Buffalo and over thirty years later the band is still called Donna the Buffalo The followers of the group are called The Herd a self organized tribe of people who found each other at the group s live events 1 Donna the Buffalo is one of the founding and host bands of the annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance and of the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival and is among the headliners at The Great Blue Heron Music Festival in Sherman New York The band was featured in On The Bus a documentary co directed by Dave Sale The band has performed and recorded with a variety of musicians including such prominent folk roots performers as Jim Lauderdale the father and son zydeco musicians Preston and Keith Frank Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones the Malian musician Mamadou Diabate Claire Lynch David Hidalgo of Los Lobos The Duhks and Amy Helm In 2009 Tara Nevins toured with the former Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and his band BK3 Contents 1 Members 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksMembers EditTara Nevins vocals acoustic guitar fiddle accordion washboard occasional backing vocals tambourine Jeb Puryear electric guitar vocals occasional pedal steel rare backup vocals Chris English drums David McCracken electric keyboard organ Ted Pecchio electric bass guitar nbsp Tara Nevins nbsp Jeb PuryearNevins and Puryear do most of the songwriting Past band members include Keyboards Joe Thrift Richie Stearns Kathy Ziegler and Sam Fribush Drums Mark Raudabaugh Vic Stafford Tom Gilbert Shane Lamphier and Jimmy Triplett Guitar and frequent vocalist Jim Miller Bass guitar Bill Reynolds Kyle Spark Jay Sanders Jordon Puryear and Jed Greenberg Discography EditThe White Tape 1989 The Red Tape 1991 Donna the Buffalo a k a The Purple One 1993 The Ones You Love 1996 Rockin In the Weary Land 1998 Positive Friction 2000 Live From the American Ballroom 2001 Life s A Ride 2005 Silverlined 2008 Tonight Tomorrow and Yesterday 2013 Dance in the Street 2018 References Edit Interview with Jeb Puryear and Tara Nevins The Americana Music Show episode 147 released July 8 2013External links EditBand official website Donna the Buffalo Internet Archive Donna Fans official website The Donna Base Search lyrics of all Donna the Buffalo songs and live shows Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donna the Buffalo amp oldid 1177565691, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,