Barry Goldberg
Barry Goldberg (born December 25, 1942 in Chicago , Illinois ) is one of the most distinguished keyboard players on the US blues scene since the late 1950s.
biography
Even during his school days, Goldberg played the piano in various bands and clubs on Chicago's North Side. One of his friends was guitarist Mike Bloomfield , who eventually converted him to the blues. Goldberg played with blues legends like Howlin 'Wolf and Muddy Waters , but also with young blues fans like Steve Miller , Charlie Musselwhite , Harvey Mandel , Nick Gravenites , Robbie Robertson , Mitch Ryder , Jimi Hendrix and Paul Butterfield .
In 1965, Goldberg accompanied Bob Dylan when he replaced the acoustic with the electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival and launched folk rock . In 1966 the Barry Goldberg Blues Band released an album .
Goldberg was a member of Mike Bloomfield's band Electric Flag , which made its first appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 . In the same year Goldberg accompanied Stephen Stills , Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield on their album Super Session . In 1969 Goldberg and Bloomfield recorded the highly regarded album Two Jews Blues .
In the 1970s, Goldberg was one of the namesake of the KGB project . In the following years he wrote music for film and television productions again and again. Occasionally he performed with his own band or accompanied fellow musicians during their performances.
Under the band name The Rides , he recorded the album Can't Get Enough with Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd in 2013 , which was followed by a second collaborative work entitled Pierced Arrow in 2016 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1987: Drei auf dem Highway - Three for the Road (Three for the Road)
- 1989: Powwow Highway (Powwow Highway)
- 1990: Captain America
- 1990: Flashback
- 1993: Return of the Living Dead III
- 1995: Best of the Best 3 - No Turning Back
- 1999: The house of the future (Smart House)
literature
- Colin Larkin: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Guinness Publishing, Enfield, Middlesex 1992.
- Bert Muirhead: The Record Producers File. A Directory of Rock Album Producers 1962-1984 . Blandford Press, Metuchen, NJ 1985.
- H. Stephen Wright, James L. Limbacher: Keeping Score. Film and Television Music, 1980-1988 . Scarecrow Press, Poole, Dorset 1991.
Web links
- Literature by and about Barry Goldberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Interview with Barry Goldberg about Mike Bloomfield
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldberg, Barry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues musician, keyboard player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |