Jon Batiste

Released: September 28, 2018

Songwriter: Batiste

Producer: T Bone Burnett Jon Batiste

[Chorus 1]
Mr. Buddy was someone who never steered me wrong
He was always singing the good song
Even when some folks would hiss and jeer, he wouldn't give
He was always gonna be him

[Verse 1]
As the years went by, he didn't need a pass of kin
He was in the family by then

[Verse 2]
On the railroad tracks, he'd skip a stone and we'd pretend
That the moment we were in would never end
Even though I knew that Buddy wouldn't always be
I still have my buddy here with me

[Chorus 2]
Mr. Buddy was someone who never steered you wrong
And I will always sing his song

Jonathan Michael Batiste (born in Kenner, Louisiana, USA on November 11, 1986) is a Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire. He is the bandleader of Stay Human; a house band of the talk program “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

This New Orleans native grew up alongside Trombone Shorty and started his career at a young age touring with luminaries like Wynton Marsalis, Louis Hayes, and Roy Hargrove.

When he’s not directing music for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jon tours with Stay Human around the world.

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