About the Author

Michael Buffalo Smith is an author, journalist, and musician who was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina during the Southern Rockera, when his hometown heroes, The Marshall Tucker Band became one of the biggest bands on the Capricorn Records label. He is the author ofRebel Yell: An Oral History of Southern Rock, and Prisoner of Southern Rock: A Memoir, both published by Mercer University Press.

Reviews

If anybody has been the scribe for the history and growth of the music known as Southern Rock, it's been Michael Buffalo Smith. His devoted and in depth writing has for decades kept the public abreast of the music, the players, the triumphs, and the tragedies. Smith's new book, Capricorn Rising gets to the heart of the matter with one-on-one conversations with the artists who have made this music part of American culture.--Charlie Daniels, 2016 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.Phil Walden and Frank Fenter gave all of us Southern kids who dreamed of having our own place in music a label full of artists who spoke to us. From The Allman Brothers Band and The Marshall Tucker Band to Captain Beyond and Wet Willie, those of us who were raised in the land where Rock and Roll was born finally had OUR bands. Who better to write about it than Michael Buffalo Smith, a man who lives, breathes, and respects that music and those times. Hats off to Phil and Alan Walden and Frank Fenter.--Billy Bob Thornton, Oscar(R) and Golden Globe Awards(R) winning actor, director, writer, and musician