INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS Part 2 The Compass Point Years

INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS Part 3 Nassau to New York to Now

On Part 3 of INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS, the exclusive series of interviews with legendary songwriter and rhythm guitarist BARRY REYNOLDS, host and DJ/musicologist GREG CAZ starts off with a deep dive into the end of the Compass Point years, touring the world with Marianne Faithfull throughout the late Eighties and early Nineties, and various musical collaborations and exploits throughout the subsequent years until today.

Throughout this third and final episode, Barry and Greg get into the last Compass Point Allstar sessions (with artists like John Martyn, Black Uhuru and Joe Cocker), his musical reunion with Marianne Faithfull, spending years on the road as her music director and main producer, and collaborations throughout the years with an impressive list of award-winning musicians and artists, including the legendary Baaba Maal, Bette Midler, Roberta Flack, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antony and the Johnsons and more. Barry also discusses his recent trips to Jamaica teaching reggae for the Blackwell Foundation, working with contemporary performing talents like New York-based artist Tammy Faye Starlite, his ongoing songwriting and touring with Grace Jones, and his upcoming book project focusing on his salad days touring as a teen guitar pro in Hamburg in the early Sixties.

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Throughout INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS, an in-depth series of conversations with music journalist/DJ musicologist GREG CAZ, Barry reveals his fascinating story from Lancashire to London, Nassau to NYC. A great raconteur and fine gentleman, Barry talks about growing up fast as a talented guitar playing young teenager in and around the blues scene in London and the early Beatles era in Hamburg, to creating the groundbreaking "Broken English" album with Marianne Faithful, and being an integral part of the unique hybrid sound on some of Island Records greatest albums recorded at Chris Blackwell's legendary Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas from 1979 through the mid-80s. The "Compass Point Allstars," backed an incredible variety of top artists at the time, including Joe Cocker, Black Uhuru, Robert Palmer, and so many more rock and reggae greats. Barry continues to be a musical collaborator with many of the finest international artists working today, an in-demand producer, prolific songwriter, and of course, a rhythm guitar master.

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INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS Part 2 The Compass Point Years

On Part 2 of INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS, the legendary songwriter and rhythm guitarist talks about becoming a member of the Compass Point Allstars with Sly & Robbie, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung and Sticky Thompson, featuring amazing adventures at the Nassau studio with Joe Cocker, Robert Palmer, Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth, Jean-Paul Goude, Black Uhuru, Chris Blackwell, Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr and more! And of course, plenty of inside stories about his long and fruitful writing and recording collaborations with Grace Jones, from where the Compass point era all began…

Throughout INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS, an in-depth series of conversations with music journalist/DJ musicologist GREG CAZ, Barry reveals his fascinating story from Lancashire to London, Nassau to NYC. A great raconteur and fine gentleman, Barry talks about growing up fast as a talented guitar playing young teenager in and around the blues scene in London and the early Beatles era in Hamburg, to creating the groundbreaking "Broken English" album with Marianne Faithful, and being an integral part of the unique hybrid sound on some of Island Records greatest albums recorded at Chris Blackwell's legendary Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas from 1979 through the mid-80s. The "Compass Point Allstars," backed an incredible variety of top artists at the time, including Joe Cocker, Black Uhuru, Robert Palmer, and so many more rock and reggae greats. Barry continues to be a musical collaborator with many of the finest international artists working today, an in-demand producer, prolific songwriter, and of course, a rhythm guitar master.

For more information about INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS, go to the INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS page on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network’s Audio Dramas Channel

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INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS Part 1 Lancashire to Hamburg to London

Episode 1 of INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS features Part 1 of this exclusive interview series with legendary guitarist, songwriter and Compass Point Allstar BARRY REYNOLDS, in conversation with New York DJ/musicologist and music journalist GREG CAZ.

On Part 1, Barry reveals his fascinating early years in Lancashire as a teenage guitar prodigy in the UK and around the early Beatles scene in Hamburg, becoming a top recording and studio musician and solo artist in early '70s London. A great raconteur and gentleman, Barry also talks about his fortuitous meeting with Marianne Faithfull in the late '70s, eventually creating the critical and commercial success Broken English and more.

Known for his iconic songwriting and guitar work with Marianne Faithfull and Grace Jones, Barry is also one of the original Compass Point Allstars, the group of international musicians that created some of rock-n-roll and reggae’s most ground-breaking ‘70s and ‘80s albums and sessions at Chris Blackwell’s studio in the Bahamas. He continues to produce, write and play with new and veteran international recording artists including Baaba Maal, Brazilian Girls, Tammy Faye Starlight and more.

For more information about INSIDE BARRY REYNOLDS, go to the Audio Dramas Channel on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network.

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