Buffalo Killers’ Zach Gabbard on community, family and history in his band’s music
Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers arose following the dissolution of garage-rock act Thee Shams. The newly formed trio — consisting of brothers Andrew and Zach Gabbard on guitar and bass, respectively, along with drummer Joseph Sebaali — is a definite change of pace from the shaggy-haired rock of their previous band. Taking a tack to a different decade, Buffalo Killers’ sound draws strongly from the latter part of the ’60s and the early ’70s, when emotionally resonant lyrics were paired with roots music by the likes of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Buffalo Killers are touring in support of this year’s release on Alive Records, entitled 3, and they stop at Knuckleheads this Thursday, November 10, opening for the North Mississippi All Stars. We recently spoke with Zach Gabbard by phone about the band’s influences and tendency to draw fortuitous opening gigs.
