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Lord Buffalo Drummer Yamal Said, a Legal U.S. Resident, Detained by Border Patrol

Band cancels tour to concentrate on bandmate's safety, freedom

Local heavy Americana band Lord Buffalo announced via Facebook and Instagram Wednesday that drummer and legal resident Yamal Said has been held by Customs and Border Patrol for the last two days. A music instructor at the Texas School for the Blind, he has been a fixture of the Austin scene for two decades, formerly as a drummer for the Black and as part of Lord Buffalo for the past eight years. The psychedelic sludge-blues quartet had been preparing for an eight-date European tour in support of their latest album, Holus Bolus, with post-Krautrock noise outfit Orsak:Oslo.

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