Born in Baltimore, MD, Barry began his career as a touring musician playing guitar and pedal steel with the Maryland based western swing band, Cowboy Jazz. Their two album releases on Rounder Records became favorites of the legendary Northern California radio station KFAT, whose generous airplay in the San Francisco Bay Area led to regular West Coast touring. On one of those tours, after jamming at a San Francisco club with Matthew Kelly, Barry was invited to join his band, Kingfish. Touring with Kingfish introduced Barry to other Bay Area based bands and in 1994, he became a founding member of the David Nelson Band. DNB caught the attention of Phil Lesh who included Barry and other DNB members on shows with him at The Warfield Theater in 1999. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000, Barry became a regular member in most of Lesh’s touring lineups from 2005 through 2008 and has guested with him numerous times since, having played well over a hundred shows with the various formations of the band. In 2007 he joined Roger McNamee’s new group, Moonalice. The group’s 2009 CD release was produced by Grammy award winning producer T-Bone Burnett.
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