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The son of a harmonica player, Norton Buffalo was born in Oakland and raised in Richmond, California. In high school he performed in a series of bands. By the early 1970s he gained renown as a San Francisco Bay Area musician, playing with such Bay Area groups as Clover, The Moonlighters, and Elvin Bishop.

In early 1976 Buffalo joined the “farewell” European tour of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and was recorded on the band’s final live album We’ve Got A Live One Here! [5], which included Buffalo’s song Eighteen Wheels. After the tour, Buffalo returned to California, briefly played with a number of local bands, and later in 1976 he joined the Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle national tour. He also played harmonica on the band’s hit follow-up album Book of Dreams, released in May of 1977. Buffalo appeared on the tracks Winter Time and The Stake.

By the late 1970s Buffalo had formed his own band, The Stampede, and recorded two Capitol Records albums: Lovin’ in the Valley of the Moon and Desert Horizon. His harmonica work als