About The Music
CATCHY TUNES WITH LYRICS THAT MAKE YOU THINK
Jim’s original songs are lyrics-based and stylistically varied (country, boogie, folk, gospel, ragtime, rock and roll, or a combination).
They tell stories that are sometimes sarcastic, complaining, or ironic – but always funny.
Many mock authority figures (bosses, bureaucrats, politicians, clergy, teachers, therapists, parents, and spouses are all fair game), or point out hypocrisy and greed (religious fanatics, salespeople, beautiful people, old people, backseat drivers, the legal, banking, medical, pharmaceutical and counseling industries, and whatever else might piss him off).
Wrapped around an occasional nugget of sincerity.
Jim’s fondest wish is for other people to perform and record his original songs, hopefully better than he does himself. These musically simple songs are easy to learn and customize to your own style(s). Click HERE for a menu of some original songs, where you can download a free lyrics/chord document for any song on the menu.
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StylisticallY varied, lyrics based, always funnY
Jim Peterson writes original music that tells stories to make you think – just as often as they make you laugh.
About Jim
“Buffalo” Jim Peterson played professionally as a Union musician for decades in Minnesota, Michigan, Alaska and Western New York. He’s been paid for gigs with The Coasters, Little Anthony, the O’Jays, Mel Lewis, Lanny Morgan, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini, Yolanda Rivera, Bob Hope, Debbie Reynolds, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra and the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, among many others.
Now he lives, writes, records and sometimes performs live around Buffalo, New York. He formerly worked for a long time in the legal industry.