Al Ham • The Buffers

The Hamilton College Buffers proudly present their (virtual) rendition of a Hamilton College traditional fight song, “Al Ham.”

As we all well know, when Buffers get bored…they start singing. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many a Buffer out of the bars and back into their homes, where they were left with nothing to do but sing aimlessly to themselves. Through the miracles of modern technology, hidden cameras placed in the home of each Buffer since the group’s founding in 1950 managed to capture, one by one, this spontaneous breaking out into song. These random captures were arranged into the piece you see here.

A big thanks to all of the Alum-Bos who submitted to this project and to those who supported the effort along the way! This video features 45 participants from the Classes Of 1952, 1989, 1995-2005, 2008-2015, and 2017-2022:

Lawry Gulick ’52 (Founding member!!!)
Jeffrey “Gone-Bo” Gonyeau ’89
Timo “Wey-Bo” Weymouth ’95
Scott “Salad-Bo” Rockwell ’96
Aeran “Lint Bo” Doron ’97
Yungjin “Oh-Bo” Oh ’98
Tony “Pipe-Bo” Katsetos ’99
Jamie “Shaw-Bo” McKee ’00
Ben “Truck Bo” Hirshfield ’00
Tyler “Skippy Bo” Hirschey ’00
Neil “Bow-Bo” Basu ’01
Sam “Brady-Bo” Brown ’01
Jared “Shakes-Bo” Johnson ’02
John “Flo Bo” Damaske ’02
Dave “Guy Bo” Steadman ’03
Jon “Grizzly Bo” Fredericks ’04
Mike “Good Bo” O’Leary ’04
Alex “MAM-BO” Morrison ’05
Dan “Just-Say-No-Bo” Walker ’05
Matt “Scrum-Bo” Linden ’08
Mike “Giggity-Bo” Singer ’09
Aaron “Backstreet-Bo” Richterman ’09
Chris “Vegeta-Bo” Kunhardt ’10
Will “Ready, Set, Bo” Reid ’10
Carl “Kareem Abdul Ja-Bo” Crafts ’11
Colin “Skin And Bo” Chapin ’12
Andrew “Inconceiva-Bo” Taub ’12
Luke “Mamma’s Bo” Walsh ’13
James “Sweet’N Bo” Keefe ’13
Andrew “Tae Kwon Bo” Rippel ’14
Claeson “Casper The Friendly Bo” Dillon ’14
Evan “Knick-Knack Paddy-Whack, Give A Dog A Bo” Warnock ’14
Will “Build-A-Bo” Chouraqui ’15
Matty “Tickle-Me-Elm-Bo” Golding ’17
Collin “Is That For Here Or To-Bo” Purcell ’17
Michael “Yoko On-Bo” Burchesky ’17
Max “Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rain-Bo” Flath ’17
Chris “Panic! At The Disc-Bo” Lovejoy ’18
Tim “Where In The World Is Carmen San Dieg-Bo?” Henderson ’18
Matt “Heisen-Bo” Lebowitz ’18
Jared “Adora-Bo” Belsky ’19
Sean “Pumpkin Spice Macchiat-Bo” Rose ’19
Danny “Pee-Wee Herm-Bo” Berger ’20
Calvin “Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Bo” Neumeyer ’20
Matty “Whatever Floats Your Bo” Jackmauh ’22

Video Production by Michael “Yoko On-Bo” Burchesky ’17
Audio Editing/Mixing by Andrew “Tae Kwon Bo” Rippel ’14
Additional Assistance by Aaron “Finding Ne-Bo” Simons ’22

Each part was filmed individually from members’ homes (in Summer 2020) and then edited together. This production abided by CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19.