Biography

American Troubadour
Award Winning Singer-Songwriter

Internationally known American recording artist and award winning songwriter with numerous radio hits throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Poland and Israel. Barry’s 2011 release “The Crooked Road” contains 12 self-penned songs which has produced 6 radio hits. His duet with Marty Wolfe of the Texas Heat Band, “That Girl Who Sang Johnny Cash” won the German Country Prize “Song of the Year 2011. Since 2008 several advance single releases from the CD have topped the International Mainstream Country Top 40, the European Country Music Association (EMCA) Top 40 charts, Germany’s Country Music Airplay Charts. “Airport Love Story” occupied a spot on the ECMA’s Top 100 for six months, peaking at #3.

Barry grew up in the foothills of the mystical Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and has been serenading crowds around the world with ballads and other favorites as well as his special brand of original music for over 39 years. In his fourth decade of songwriting and performing, his repertoire includes more than 700 songs from 360 different recording artists, spanning from Country Music's roots to those Country Songs of today in addition to other types of popular music to include Bluegrass, Irish Folk, Oldies, Rockabilly, Classic Rock, Swing, and R&B.

In his 16th year of performing as a solo artist based in Germany, he has opened shows for 5 time Grammy Winner and Tejano Music Legend “Flaco Jimenez”, Honky Tonker “Dale Watson”, Canadian’s Best Known Family Bluegrass Group “The Goods” along with the hot new Grammy winning Tejano Band “Los Texmaniacs.” Of San Antonio Texas.

Maintaining the tradition of the Troubadour, he’s armed with a ringing acoustic guitar and strong voice to entertain crowds from 1 to 1000 or more.

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