House of Glass includes songs about global warming, world peace, and the environment, as well as science fiction, bowling, love, and a jazzy instrumental.  Pacific Buffalo is a local Tucson duo.  Our sound is "cool rock and hot, jazzy folk."

Chuck's from Seattle and Lori grew up in Buffalo, so we're Pacific Buffalo.  

House of Glass tracks:

Celebrate:  Chuck stumbled upon some interesting chords and then added Latin, African, and urban rhythms.  The result is a world-beat call to get up and dance.

Crystal Ball:  The first song in our earth trilogy, this is about our house of glass and features a gypsy scale.

Standing Still:  Song number two in our trilogy was inspired by the 1951 movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Vertical Horizon:  While hiking along the San Pedro River, Lori thought about Mother Earth and our nearest neighbor, and the third song in the trilogy was born.

The Going Away Blues:  Chuck’s friend Jim wrote this wonderful blues tune, which resonates with a lot of us.  Chuck gave it his own New Orleans interpretation.

Bowling:  This song is dedicated to Lori’s father, a musician who liked to bowl.  The lyrics were written a while ago, and the melody rolled down the alley this year.

The Painter:  This song is dedicated to Chuck’s mother, an artist who loved the ocean and all of nature.

If:  This love song took Lori months to finish.  It needed time to find its voice.

The Jive Waltz:  Chuck wrote this many years ago.  The title and drum intro were inspired by a Cannonball Adderley tune, The Jive Samba.  Brazilian jazz of the 1970s influenced the vocal parts.