MP3 Barnes Bar-B-Q - FOLK: Folk Blues

Raw Folk-Rock with an often retrospective feel; with some of the ballads feeling perhaps, reminiscent of the 50s or 60s.

13 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Blues, ROCK: Acoustic



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The Liner-notes:
Where I grew up, there was a sense of despair woven into the fabric of life. Hard work defined you. Illness or injury would take you. And faith was that near-intangible that would save you. Above it all, the wind blew over the crops, like a spirit from the surrounding high-desert, longing to reclaim its rightful territoryâ¦
My mother toiled through her childhood, a household containing 13 siblings. Adulthood brought her to a little café to waitress and eventually marry the owner - who would become my father and that of my siblings. Perhaps his death during my infancy, adds fuel to those universal questions: Where am I from? Where am I going? Who am I?â¦
In my own strange way, I am compelled to continue grappling for understanding, by resurrecting, upon a different foundation, that roadside café that was called Barnes Bar-B-Q.
This debut release contains the contributions of Nicholas Russell, Kristen Barnes & Rick Barnes. Ten of the retail price will benefit Heifer International.