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Guy Barnes Band

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Gig listings:

18 January 2009
Ye Old Axe, 69 hackney Rd, London, E2 8ED
23:00

20 January 2009
The Grey Horse, 46 Richmond rd, London, KT2 5EE
19:00

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The Band

Al Hutton - Guitarist/Backing Vocals

Brad Rice - Bass

Gavin Smith - Drums and Percussion

Guy Barnes - Lead Vocalist/Guitars/Keyboards

About us

Multi Talented Singer/songwriter and entertainer Guy Barnes has been involved in music for over 20 years.

Guy was discovered in 1994 by legendary Audio engineer John Oram who set Guy up with his own studio slowly giving the young singer an apprentiship in the art of recording and production, this gave Guy the chance to record during the day and perform at night.

"I was the luckiest kid in town, I had no real job like my friends, which was a mile away from the year before lumping bits of metal around hours on end for no real money and then getting on a stage at night and trying to look fresh when I was knackered, so I put my heart and soal into learning all I could about studio work.

I used to spend all week writing and recording and then John would let me bring my work up to his studio in Kent and I could mix it on this massive board which was Johns mother ship console at the time, the BEQ series 24, the desk I still use today, with thousands of pounds of outboard for me to fiddle with, it was a real eye opener and most of the time very humbling as well watching John and Dave Cherry Johns right hand man make it all look so easy!"

Guy..s brightest moments included being onstage with legendary guitarist Uli John Roth and Keyboard genius Don Airey for a Jimmi Hendrix tribute show in front of the late Monica Danneman, (Jimmi..s fiance) performing a rendition of Little Wing, and Guy also produced and developed Girl Band Beau-t and helped get them signed to Universal Records, though Guy is very modest about their signing, the band admit they got signed off the back of Guy..s songwriting

"this is a fickle industry to be a performer in especially right now, 100..s of pubs and clubs are closing every day due to the financial climate, the smoking ban and price of alcohol has made alot of people stay at home to drink which in turn has devastated the pub scene and made getting an audience harder than ever so its important to have a back up plan, for me that will always be songwriting, you can still earn money from publishing when your down on your luck as a singer and in this industry its the song thats the key, you can have a great singer or band, if the song sucks..then its over, I still want to write my Imagine, something that will go down in history as an all time great..but which songwriter doesnt!"

After years travelling the world and singing in some of the best venues from the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, to the Green point Bowl in South Africa, Wembley Arena in The UK, and bars and clubs all over Europe, Guy lives on a farm in West Sussex were Guy spends his time writing when he isnt recording with his band, Drummer Gavin Smith, Bassist Brad Rice, and Guy..s 2nd Engineer/Guitarist Al Hutton.

Guy..s self produced album SUICIDE IN FRACTIONS will be available to buy in March 2009

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