The White Buffalo is the professional moniker and stage name of American musician and singer/songwriter Jake Smith. 　　Born in Oregon, and raised in California, Jake Smith grew up listening to Country music and Punk rock. He studied history at university. His largest musical influences are folk singers such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. 　　He is known for his wide range in pitch within his singing, incorporation of whistling into his music and his lyrical references to God and war. His singing style has been compared[by whom to that of late singer-songwriter Richie Havens.