On WABE’s series “Speaking of Music,” we hear stories from local musicians in their own words. This installment takes a listen to the music of the Buzzards of Fuzz. Guitarists and vocalists Benjamin Davidow and Van Bassman provided an inside look behind the curtain of their gritty, spaced-out psychedelic rock outfit.
Though the pair come from different musical backgrounds, with Davidow raised by two adept pianists and surrounded by music and Bassman discovering the music life later in high school through a Jimi Hendrix obsession, they enthusiastically joined forces when they met in Atlanta.
Bassman described the local scene as a proving ground for hard-working musicians. “The ‘City Too Busy to Hate’ won’t accept anything less than our best, and when we travel to other cities to perform, we bring a lot of that with us. It’s a hard scene, and it keeps you on your toes,” said Bassman. Davidow chimed in, “Well, we tried to leave, but the traffic was so bad, we couldn’t get past the perimeter.”
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