Paul Barrère

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Paul Barrère (2009)

Paul Barrère (born July 3, 1948 in Burbank , California - † October 26, 2019 in Los Angeles ) was an American rock guitarist and singer , who was mainly a member of Little Feat in the 1970s through his slide guitars -Game gained notoriety.

Life

Barrère was the son of Hollywood actors Paul Bryar (actually Gabriel Paul Barrere) and Claudia Bryar .

Barrère joined Little Feat in 1972 and made his debut on the 1973 album Dixie Chicken , for which he also wrote the song Walking All Night with keyboardist Bill Payne . In addition to his work with the band, he was also active as a session musician, for example for Bonnie Raitt , Carly Simon and Robert Palmer . After separating from Little Feat in 1979, Barrère began recording his solo debut album On My Own Two Feet , which was released in 1983. Real Lies followed in 1984 . In 1988 he was part of the reunion of Little Feat and in 1995 also released his third solo work If the Phone Don't Ring , which contains recordings of the two solo LPs. Together with Fred Tackett , Barrère recorded the acoustic concert album Live from North Cafe in 2001 . At the beginning of 2013 Paul Barrère released the CD Riding The Nova Train with Roger Cole on their own "Better Daze" label.

Paul Barrère had been suffering from hepatitis C since 1994 . He was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015 , but he continued to make music. He died in October 2019 at the age of 71.

Discography

Solo albums

  • 1983: On My Own Two Feet
  • 1984: Real Lies
  • 1995: If the Phone Don't Ring

With bluesbusters

  • 1981: This Time
  • 1984: Merry Christmas
  • 1986: Accept No Substitutes

With Fred Tackett

  • 2001: Live from North Cafe
  • 2009: Live in the UK 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Paul Barrere July 3 1948 - October 26, 2019 , littlefeat.net
  2. ^ Harris M. Lentz III: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2011, McFarland, p. 46 [1]
  3. ↑ Harvey Kubernik, Scott Calamar: Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon . Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. August 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ Larson Sutton: Paul Barrere Talks Feat, Fred, Phil and Phish . March 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Little Feat's Paul Barrere refuses to let cancer slow him down . In: cleveland.com . ( cleveland.com [accessed February 18, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Barrère, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rock singer and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Burbank (Los Angeles County) , California, USA
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2019
Place of death los Angeles