Bobby Barth
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Bobby Barth | |
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Background information | |
Born | Coffeyville, Kansas | December 5, 1952
Genres | Southern rock Hard rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, drums |
Years active | 1969–present |
Bobby Barth (born December 5, 1952, in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist. As a player, Barth is most known for his emotional melodic style and his slide work.
Education
Barth attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas, and finished his formal education at Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Fountain, Colorado. He began playing drums in 1960, working weekend and one-night shows in 1963. Barth learned guitar basics from his stepfather, and in 1968 he left home and began to play music full-time.
Music career
Barth joined the Colorado group Wakefield in 1969, as lead guitarist and singer. Wakefield was made up of Pueblo, Colorado, natives Charlie Ferrill on drums, Carl Marcon on bass, Mike Carrol on trumpet, Ron Struthers on sax and flute and San Francisco native Paul Zamucen on congas and timbales. The band performed in clubs across the country until parting company around 1973.
Barth launched Babyface around the same time,[1] with Colorado drummer Bobby Miles, California bassist Mike Turpin, and Wisconsin keyboardist Edgar Riley Jr. This band went through a few member changed and recorded their first and only record for now-defunct ASI Records. Although the band felt betrayed by the producer, who changed the direction of the record after the band left the studio, the record produced a top 20 song on the Billboard A/C charts. The band, which considered itself to be a cerebral rock band, but was stuck performing for crowds that expected to hear its top 20 hit, was forced to disband in 1978.[1]
After a short time Barth, Turpin and Riley joined forces with guitarist Michael Osborne and drummer Teddy Mueller to reform the Babyface concept without the intrusion of ASI Records and emerged in
The band continued to tour and record, until in 1984 Osborne and Barth were involved in a fatal car crash. Barth escaped with only spinal injuries, but Osborne was killed in the crash. Barth recorded his solo record, Two Hearts One Beat, as a tribute to Osborne in 1985.
Barth joined
In 2004, the original members of Blackfoot (minus Medlocke) asked Barth to reunite and to tour again. From 2004 till 2010, Barth and Blackfoot were touring, with Barth fronting the band. He left in late 2010. In 2012 an anthology of his work covering seven CDs with Axe was released on Cleopatra records, titled Axeology followed by a 4 cd set of the first four axe records “Axe” “Living on the Edge” “Offering” and “Nemesis”. In June 2012, the final Axe show was filmed on their 35 anniversary and released as a DVD/CD package called Axe Live 2012 on the NEH Record label. Barth went into semi retirement in 2015 moving his family and studio to Lafayette County, Florida. On September 20, 2019, the release of Axe the Final Offering on Escape Music was made and is rumored to be the last Axe recording, making a total of 12 records spanning over 40 years.
Other interests
Although a working musician all his life, Barth says his greatest accomplishment was receiving the Colorado Master of the Year Award in 1998 while serving as the
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
- ^ White, Dale. "Sharpening the blade," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, October 7, 1979.