BARRY T. BAYS III bio info updated 10/19/2009

Barry T. Bays III
Instructor of Music
Guitar & Bass
P.O. Box 3256
Delta State University
Music Department
Cleveland, MS 38733
662-846-4620 Studio
662-843-6505 Home
662-846-4605 Work Fax
barry@barrybays.com E-Mail

Barry Bays has performed and recorded with some of the top musicians in the world. Here are a few, in no particular order: Shawn Lane, Sean Rickman, John Mohead, Kenny Brown, Kyle Cook, Greg Crowe, The Beat Daddys, Roger Fisher (Heart), Grammy Nominee Hubert Sumlin, Bobby Rush, Colin Linden, Grammy Winner Jimbo Mathus, Kristian Dambrino (Miss Mississippi 2005), Jim Dickinson, Johnny Holiday, Stan Lassiter, Jeff Sipe, Andy Timmons, Craig Erickson, Chris Nix, Billy Branch, Sam Carr, Eugene Gales, Jeff Healey, James "T. Model" Ford, Johnny Neel, Willie Foster, multi-Grammy nominee Dorothy Moore (Misty Blue), Handy Award nominee Willie King, Handy Award winner Little Dave Thompson, St. Louis Blues artist Big George Brock, Rolling Stones/John Lennon/ George Harrison/Sheryl Crow saxophonist Bobby Keys, Eric Clapton/J.J., Cale/Joe Cocker drummer Jimmy Karstein, Billy Gibson, Terry "Big T." Williams, Diunna Greenleaf, Blind Mississippi Morris, Albert King Award winner Daniel "Rev. Slick" Ballinger, Chicago Blues Diva Nora Jean Bruso, Sid Herring (The Gants), Greg Ruggiero, Cary Hudson, Bostons Blues Poet/saxophonist Dick Lourie, John Horton & Mississippi Slim, Terry Harmonica Bean, and the Bluff City Backsliders. Guitar Player Magazine (January 2004) featured a lengthy interview with Barry and Swede bassist Jonas Hellborg detailing their personal and musical relationships with the late keyboard/guitar virtuoso Shawn Lane. Barry also appeared in the July/August 2007 issue of Delta Magazine and the March/June 2004 special double issue of Living Blues Magazine entitled Mississippi Blues Today! Barry, along with P. Renee Foster, contributed to Dr. Stephen A. Kings book Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control. Since its publication, professors at recognized Research I institutions, including the University of North Carolina and Yale University, have used the book in their undergraduate and graduate courses. In addition, a number of University libraries across the country have added the book to their respective collections. The book has received highly favorable reviews from noted ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman and the 2003 Reggae Festival Guide. Barry is the Director of Bands at Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute in Cleveland, Mississippi. www.deltamusicinstitute.com

This is what's on my iPod at the moment:
J.S. Bach, Shawn Lane, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Toy Matinee, Kevin Gilbert, Jeff Sipe, Sean Rickman, The Band, Oteil Burbridge, Jaco Pastorius, Eva Cassidy, Blue Mother Tupelo, Les Claypool, Primus, Owsley, Kai Eckhardt, Regina Spektor, Mindy Smith, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Seal, Lauryn Hill, The Allman Brothers, Little Feat, Living Colour, Todd Rundgren, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, The Doors, Jim Morrison, Van Morrison, John Mayer Trio, Ryan Adams, Bryan Adams, Patty Griffin, John Mohead, Johnny Neel, Hollie Poole, Chris Parker, Kristian Dambrino, Fergie, Willie King, Tori Amos, Charlie Worsham, Jack Johnson, Foo Fighters, J.J. Cale, The Alan Parsons Project, Alanis Morissette, Jeff Healey, Damien Rice, Bill Withers, Norbert Putnam, Jonas Hellborg, Selvaganesh, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Victor Wooten, Richard Bona, Allan Holdsworth, U.K., Bill Bruford, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Bill Monroe, Earl Skruggs, Norah Jones, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Sid Herring, R.L. Burnside, Joseph Spence, Junior Kimbrough, Al Green, Tyrone Davis, Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Fiona Apple, Sara Evans, Flim & the B.B.'s, Yellowjackets, John Scofield, Brandi Carlile, Joss Stone, Creed, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Meshuggah, Billy Gibson, Billy Gibbons, Johnny Cash, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Monty Python, Thelonius Monk, Sviastoslav Richter, Maurizio Pollini, Cyprien Katsaris, The Willys, Angelo Badalamenti, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Neville Brothers, Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Ivo Popasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band, AC/DC, Green Day, Albert King, Head East, Billy Preston, Alice In Chains, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Eddie Van Halen, The Beat Daddys, Donny Hathaway, Frank Sinatra, Paul Rogers, Bad Company, The Cars, Steve Morse, The Dixie Dregs, Bill Evans, Björk, Black Crowes, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake, Bonnie Raitt, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Boston, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Brand X, Buddy Guy, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon, Carole King, Charley Patton, Chicago, Citizen Cope, Everclear, Junior Wells, D'Gary, Curtis Mayfield, Dave Matthews, Band of Gypsys, Morphine, The Doobie Brothers, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, The Eagles, Eddie Cusic, Little Dave Thompson, Elton John, Ohio Players, Elvis Presley, Ennio Morricone, Bo Diddley, Eric Johnson, Fleetwood Mac, Florence Foster Jenkins, Frank Zappa, Freddie King, James Jamerson, The Funk Brothers, Bootsie Collins, George Clinton, Funkadelic, Parliament Funkadelic, Bernard Odum, Glenn Gould, Jackson Browne, James Brown, Jascha Heifetz, Jeff Berlin, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Zawinul, Weather Report, Duke Ellington, Joni Mitchell, John McLaughlin, Journey, Kansas, Steve Walsh, Kiss, Mark King, Level 42, .38 Special, Offspring, Koko Taylor, Linda Rondstadt, Marvin Gaye, The Meters, Mike Stern, Muddy Waters, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Oscar Peterson, Otis Redding, Pat Metheny, Paula Cole, Jewel, Paul Simon, Paul Young, Eddie Money, Phineas Newborn Jr., Pink Floyd, David Gilmore, The Police, Queen, Rage Against The Machine, Gin Blossoms, North Mississippi Allstars, Patrick Smith Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea, Cheech & Chong, Shakti, Little Walter Jacobs, Richard Johnston, Robben Ford, Robert Johnson, Jeffrey Steele, Sacred Steel, Robert Randolph, Terry "Big T." Williams, Abie "Boogaloo" Ames, The Rolling Stones, The Wallflowers, Ross Rice, Human Radio, Rush, L. Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Salamat & Nazakat Ali, Santana, Scorpions, Ulrich Roth, Zakkir Hussein, Scott Henderson, Gary Willis, Tribal Tech, Alain Caron, Uzeb, Marcus Miller, Sheryl Crow, Wesley Willis, Grover Washington Jr., Sly & the Family Stone, Larry Graham, Graham Central Station, Soggy Bottom Boys, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Mahal, Talking Heads, Delbert McClinton, David Bowie, Earth Wind & Fire, Ted Greene, Temple of the Dog, Andy Johns, The Temptations, Tom Petty, Tool, Rocco Prestia, David Garibaldi, Tower of Power, Trilok Gurtu, U. Srinivas, War, Weezer, Wes Montgomery, Whiskeytown, The Who, Wilco, Wild Cherry, Wilson Pickett, Styx, Yes

Here is a selected list of some of the people that I have been lucky enough to work with:
Bill Abel, Airegin, Chad Anderson, Steve Azar, Ron Bailey, Daniel Slick Ballinger and the Soul Blues Boys, Terry Harmonica Bean, The Beat Daddys, Dan Bell, Johnnie Billington, Rod Bland, Todd Bobo, Bordeaux Blues Connection (Julian Brunetaud, Anthony Stelmaszack, Fabrice Bessouat, Yvan Aucouturier), Billy Branch, Eden Brent, Jessica Brent, Janice Briggs, Big George Brock, Dannette Brown, Kenny Brown, Nora Jean Bruso, Mojo Buford, Cedric Burnside, The Business, Cadillac John and the Shoplifters, Sam Carr, Scott Coopwood, Chris Cotton, Bill Crowder, Joey Cummings, Eddie Cusic, Angela Czamanske, Kristian Dambrino, Ray Davis (P-Funk), The Deep Cuts, Vincent de Frank, Delta Grass, Jim Dickinson (Rolling Stones, Big Star), Butch Dixon (Son of Willy Dixon), David Lee Durham & Ladies' Choice Band, Steve Ebe, Electric Tater (Wiley Mr. Tater Foster - The Music Maker), Mike Ellis, Caleb Emphrey, Jr., The Famous Unknowns, Little Willie Farmer, Roger Fisher (Heart), James T. Model Ford, Willie Foster, Morgan Freeman, Freestyle, Burt French, The Frustrations, Daniel Gales, Eric Gales, Eugene Gales, Giant Steps, Billy Gibson, Jacqueline Gooch Nassar, Prentis Goodwin, The Gospel Notes, Donald Grant, Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy, Larry Grisham, Jay Harrington, Jeff Healey, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Jimmy Henderson (Black Oak Arkansas), Sid Herring (The Gants), Don Hickman, Michael Holloway, Walter "Mississippi Slim" Horn, John Horton, The Hurricane Horns, Calvin Jackson (R.L. Burnside), Washboard Jackson, Roland Janes (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis), Wesley Jefferson Band, Andy Johns (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Joni Mitchell), Big Daddy Johnson, Big Jack Johnson, Richard Johnston, Monroe Jones, Paul "Wine" Jones, Roland Jordan, Joyful Noise with Christopher Dixon, Jimmy Karstein (J.J. Cale, Eric Clapton), Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones, John Lennon, George Harrison, Sheryl Crow), Kenny Malone Kimbrough, David Kimbrough, Chris Thomas King, Willie King and the Liberators, Jay Kirgis, Randy Kling, Danny Lancaster, Shawn Lane, George Lawrence, Pat LeBlanc, Colin Linden, The Lions Of Winter, Tom Lonardo, Miranda Louise, Dick Lourie, Papa Mali, Jimmy Junior Markham (J.J. Cale), Alex Maryol, Masque, James Mathus Knockdown Society (Jimbo Mathus), Britt Meacham, The Fish Michie Quartet, Jake Mitchell, John Mohead, Dorothy Moore, Blind Mississippi Morris, Olga, Kenny Neal, Johnny Neel, None of the Above, Outcast not them!), Casey Son Phillips, Hollie Poole, Michael Powers, Jessie Primer, III, Skeeter Provis, Denny Purcell, Norbert Putnam, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., Ross Rice, Sean Rickman, Joe Ringold, Mickey Rodgers, Greg Ruggiero, Bobby Rush, Jeff Scott Rust, Doug Scarborough, Ed Shaughnessy, Anthony Sherard, Steve Smith (Journey, Vital Information), South Main, Jim Spake, Ssipp, Gerald Stephens, Michael Jefry Stevens, Josh "Razorblade" Stewart, Strict Middling, Hubert Sumlin, Keith Sykes, Greg Fingers Taylor, Otis Taylor, Sharde Thomas (Otha Turner), The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, James Son Thomas, David "Little Dave" Thompson, Three Legged Dog, Time Bandits with Shawn Lane, Ed Townsend (Marvin Gaye), Troy Turner, Allen Vizzutti, Bil Vorndick (Bela Fleck), Little Bill Wallace, Patrick Weathers, Steve Weist, Bobby Whitlock (Eric Clapton), Joey Williams (The Blind Boys of Alabama), K.M. Williams, Terry Big T. Williams, Ron Wilkins, Keith Wood, Nannette Workman, Charlie Worsham, YYZ, Zirconia

FESTIVALS
Abe's Blues Festival
Airport Grocery Blues Festival
Beale Street Labor Day Music Festival
Beale Street Music Festival
Bonita Blues Festival
Bruce Street Blues Festival
Bunny Roast
Cooper-Young Music Festival
Crossroads Music Festival
Crosstie Arts Festival
Delta State University Fallfest
Delta State University Springfest
Farish Street Holiday Blues Festival
Fourth Of July Festival - Morocco, Africa Garvin Park Concert Series Greenville Gospel Festival Gulf Coast Jam Haley Heikens Annual Trash Bash Ham Festival Highway 61 Blues Festival High Sierra Music Festival Howlin' Wolf Festival 10th Annual Janis Joplin Birthday Bash Johnny Clyde Copeland Blues Extravaganza Jubilee Jam Juke Joint Festival King Biscuit Blues Festival Lazy Oaks Fourth of July Celebration Memphis In May International Music Festival Memphis In May / VH-1 Traveling Road Show Nashville Film Festival Natchez Bluff Blues Festival Octoberfest Oxford Double Decker Arts Festival Railroad Festival River City Blues Festival River To The Rails Riverfront Park/Dancin' In The District Music Festival Sloss Furnace Birthday Blast Blues Festival Sonny Boy Williamson, II Tribute Jam Strand St. Mardi Gras Festival Sunflower River Blues Festival Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Tennessee Williams Festival Tenth Annual Janis Joplin Birthday Bash Thunder On Water Uncle Sam Jam Day 15th Annual Warfield Music Festival Zoo Blues Festival

OPENING ACT / SHARED FESTIVAL BILL
Brint Anderson
Average White Band
Marcia Ball
Jeff Berlin
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Spencer Bohran
R. L. Burnside
Britton Cameron
John Carter Cash
Tommy Castro
Cephas & Wiggins
Ray Charles
Willie Clayton
Clutch
Joyce Cobb
Deborah Coleman
James Cotton
Creed
Eddie Cusic
CYC
Tyrone Davis
Diamond Rio
Tinsley Ellis
Steve Forbert
Robben Ford
T-Model Ford
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers
Larry Garner
Goose Creek Symphony
Jimmy Hall
Alvin "Youngblood" Hart
Jeff Healey
The Impressions
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Jolie & The Wanted
Paul "Wine" Jones
Junior Kimbrough
Little Jimmy King
Eddie Kirkland
Little Feat
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Dave Matthews Band
Edwin McCain Medeski
Martin & Wood Buddy Miles
Little Milton
Dorothy Moore
Newport Jazz Allstars with Slam Stewart
North Mississippi Allstars
Original P Pinetop
Perkins Pinmonkey
Snooky Pryor
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
RatDog
Run-DMC
Son Seals Sevendust
G.G. Shinn
Jack Sizemore
Percy Sledge
Smithereens
Stir Marty Stuart
Sugar Blue Hubert
Sumlin Son Thomas
George Thorogood
Wayne Toups
Ike Turner
Jivin' Gene Vincent
Joe Louis Walker & Boss Talkers Tony
Lynn Washington
John Weston