Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 THE WHITE BUFFALO 7 p.m. Door | 8 p.m. Show$25 advAll Ages+ $2 at the door if under 21 Everyone knows that you can sing For The White Buffalo aka singer / songwriter / guitarist Jake Smith, Oregon-born, Southern California-raised it was time to take the less travelled path; to assemble notions for studio album Number 8, the follow-up to On The Widows Walk (Snakefarm, 2020), and embark on a voyage of discovery.Out with the old, the organic, the expected, the tried; in with the new new producer, new studio, new location, no distractions, no looking backEnter Year Of The Dark HorseYou think were a country band? A folk band? Americana? Rock? What the fuck are you gonna say now?! laughs Jake. With this album, I wanted something outside of what Ive ever done. I wanted to open up. Do something dangerous. Im hard to put into a singular genre as it is, but now I really wanted to take away any kind of preconception or pigeon-holing.And dont ask me, cos I dont know what it is! Its a genre-bending thing theres elements and influences from ELO, Daniel Lanois, Tom Waits, The Boss, circus, pirate music, yacht rock, and Im driving and pushing some of these numbers in a way Ive never done before. At the top of the pandemic, I put the acoustic guitar on its stand, got a synthesizer and began writing on it, not really knowing how to play keys, just exploring the different sounds and landscapes. In the not knowing, it allowed me to expand my vocal melodies and compositions in ways the guitar had possibly limited.