"Buffalo Commons Theme" genre: Americana
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	In the spring of 2000, I was fortunate enough to be a board member of the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival, in McCook, Nebraska. That year they won the state of Nebraska Local Legacy Award and their festival memorabilia was archived in the Library of Congress with all the other states in the union, each having won a single award also. With that festival archive, I was commissioned to write a theme song for Buffalo Commons. This is that song. It says in these few words the whole life of plains people. It is a work I cherished doing. They are a group of the most enduring, determined, single-minded people of our country. It has been my pleasure to have known and lived among them.
	CD: Early Times   Label: Hen House Music Credits: Songwriter/Singer Michael Adams
	Story Behind the Song Song about the people of the plains. Commissioned work for the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival in McCook, NE. Lyrics Gather 'round now everybody Listen closely and you will hear Stories of hard work and celebration The voice of the pioneer. Listen to the mamas with their babies Or the echoes of a soldiers plight. These are the stories of the Buffalo Commons, These are the tales of the Golden Plains. There was hard times and there was laughter, Bountiful harvests just like gold. The silver ribbons of the railroad The endless sunsets of days untold. Build a sod house on the open prairie On the land where live the great chiefs. These are the stories of the Buffalo Commons, These are the tales of the Golden Plains. Sing the songs and tell the stories, Let our children know what went before. These are the stories of the Buffalo Commons. These are the tales of the Golden Plains.

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