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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = The Buffalo Club| image = The Buffalo Club.jpg| caption = The Buffalo Club promotional picture. L-R: Ron Hemby, John Dittrich, Charlie Kelly| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Nashville, Tennessee , USA | genre = country music|Country | years_active = 1997| label = Rising Tide Records|Rising Tide | associated_acts = Barry Beckett The Imperials Restless Heart | past_members = John Dittrich Ron Hemby Charlie Kelly The Buffalo Club was an American country music group composed of Ron Hemby (lead vocals, guitar ), John Dittrich (vocals, Drum kit|drums ), and CharlieKelly (vocals, guitar). Before the group's foundation, Hemby was a vocalist in the Christian group The Imperials , Kelly played guitar for Doug Stone , and Dittrich was the drummer in the country pop band Restless Heart from 1984 until the mid-1990s. The Buffalo Club released a self-titled album on the Rising Tide Records label in 1997 and charted three singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard country charts that year, including the Top Ten " If She Don't LoveYou ". Dittrich disbanded the group at the end of the year and rejoined Restless Heart soon afterward.
History
The Buffalo Club was founded in 1997 by John Dittrich, who had just left his role as drum kit|drummer in the band Restless Heart .cite web |url= http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/The-Buffalo-Club.html |title=The Buffalo Club biography |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=Oldies.com Dittrich met vocalist Ron Hemby, formerly of The Imperials , in the mid-1990s after suggesting that he write songs for Restless Heart. After Restless Heart disbanded, Dittrich then suggested that they form a new group, and recruited Charlie Kelly, who had previously been a backing musician for Doug Stone and Tom Wopat . Working with Dan Goodman as their manager, the three musicians recorded a demo (music)|demo , which was sent to Ken Levitan, the president of Rising Tide Records .
Initially, the group was to be called Johnny Ringo, but was renamed The Buffalo Club as representatives of Rising Tide disliked the original name. The Buffalo Club's debut single, " If She Don't LoveYou ," reached a peak of number 9 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts. This song had been previously offered to Restless Heart, who declined it.cite web |url= http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp? xid=339 |title=The Buffalo Club - The Buffalo Club |accessdate=2008-11-08 |last=Loy |first=Robert |work= Country Standard Time The Buffalo Club's self-titled debut album, produced by Barry Beckett , was released on March 25, 1997. It received a mostly unfavorable review from Country Standard Time magazine, whose critic Robert Loy said "the harmonies are above average, and Ron Hemby's vocals deserve better material than anything here." Following "If She Don't Love You" were two more singles: the number 26 "Nothing Less Than Love", originally recorded by Bryan White , and the number 53 "Heart Hold On," which was co-written by Blackhawk (band)|Blackhawk lead singer Henry Paul (musician)|Henry Paul .
Dittrich left the band in August 1997 for medical reasons,cite web |url= http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4662328-1.html |title=Nashville Scene |accessdate=2008-11-08 |date=1997-09-20 |work= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard and the other two members soon parted ways as well.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1473183/06232003/id_0.jhtml |title=1997 at a country glance |accessdate=2008-11-08 |last=Wix |first=Kimmy |date=1997-12-29 |work= CMT Dittritch briefly rejoined Restless Heart to record new selections for a Greatest Hits album in 1998. He and the other four founding members of the band officially reunited in 2003.
The Buffalo Club (1997)
Infobox album | Name = The Buffalo Club | Type = studio | Artist = The Buffalo Club | Cover = Buffalo_Club.jpg | Released = start date|1997|03|25| Genre = Country | Length = 37:18 | Label = Rising Tide | Producer = Barry Beckett cite album-notes |title=The Buffalo Club |bandname=The Buffalo Club |year=1997 |publisher=Rising Tide Records |publisherid=53044
Track listing
#"You Should See Her Now" (Greg Barnhill, Vince Melamed , Hawk Wolinski) - 4:26 #"Heart Hold On" ( Henry Paul (musician)|Henry Paul , Vicky McGehee, Mike Lawler) - 4:00 #"The Funny Thing Is" (John Dittrich, Rick Bowles) - 3:34 #"Never Enough" ( Pat Alger , Marc Beeson ) - 3:34 #"All My Life" ( Steve Seskin , Annie Roboff) - 3:14 #" If She Don't LoveYou " ( Trey Bruce , Beeson) - 3:38 #"After Alice" ( Gary Burr , JohnBarlow Jarvis) - 4:05 #"End of Lonely Road" (Melamed, Bob DiPiero , Barnhill) - 3:29 #"Wish for You" (DiPiero, Rob Hemby) - 3:12 #"Nothin' Less Than Love" (Wayne Tester, Rusty Young (musician)|Rusty Young ) - 3:59
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
The Buffalo Club
John Dittrich - Backing vocalist|background vocals , drum kit|drums
Ron Hemby - Singing|lead vocals , Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar
Charlie Kelley - background vocals, electric guitar
reflist DEFAULTSORT:Buffalo Club Category:American country music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1997 Category:Vocal trios Category:Rising Tide Records artists
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