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PHOTOS: Buffalo Nichols brings expansive blues to the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert

WYSO | By Ruthie Herman,
Juliet Fromholt
Published July 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM EDT
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Juliet Fromholt introduces Buffalo Nichols at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Juliet Fromholt introduces Buffalo Nichols at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Evan Miller launches WYSO t-shirts at the Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Evan Miller launches WYSO t-shirts at the Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols performs at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Buffalo Nichols autographs a fan’s instrument at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Buffalo Nichols autographs a fan’s instrument at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO
Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
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Attendees at the WYSO Listener Appreciation Concert on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ruthie Herman for WYSO)
Ruthie Herman/WYSO

Born in Texas and raised in Milwaukee, Carl "Buffalo" Nichols takes the American blues tradition and expands it with modern global sounds that, ultimately, traces the roots of the genre through time and geography. Buffalo Nichols performed at Levitt Pavilion Dayton on July 18, 2024 for WYSO's Listener Appreciation Concert.

WYSO music photographer Ruthie Herman was there to capture the event.
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Juliet Fromholt
Juliet Fromholt is proud to be music director at 91.3FM WYSO and Novaphonic.FM. Juliet began volunteering at WYSO while working at WWSU, the student station at her alma mater, Wright State University. After joining the station staff in 2009, Juliet developed WYSO’s digital and social media strategy. She moved into the music director role in 2021, and in 2024, oversaw the launch of Novaphonic.FM, a 24/7 music channel curated by the WYSO team, available streaming and on WYSO HD-2.
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