Barry Reynolds

Barry was born in the North of England and moved to London at the age of 15 where the young guitarist and budding musician met Steve Took of T-Rex and banjo player Larry Wallace. Through these connections Barry eventually ended up playing guitar for the blues band Blodwyn Pig alongside Mick Abrahams of Jethro Tull. In 1972 Barry moved to California and travelled to Mexico, doing acoustic shows before he was forced to return to the UK.

Back in London he was introduced to Marianne Faithfull through David Wilkie of Fleetwood Mac. Barry and Marianne began a writing partnership and produced the songs 'Broken English' and 'Why Do You Do It?', attracting to the attention of Chris Blackwell who signed Marianne to Island Records in 1978 and released the album 'Broken English' the following year.

Chris also asked Barry to join the Compass Point All-Star Band with Sly Dunbar, Robbie Washington and Wally Badarou, playing alongside the artists who recorded in the Nassau studio such as Joe Cocker, Grace Jones and Black Uhuru. Barry Released his own album "I Scare Myself" in 1982 with reggae duo Sly and Robbie.

Barry took up writing on a more full-time basis and continued working with Marianne Faithfull. As well as writing with her, he works as her musical director and still tours with her to this day. Carrying on from the success of this collaboration, Barry began working with African artist Baaba Maal. Together they produced tracks for the 1998 album 'Nomad Soul' and a forthcoming album due out in 2009.

Barry is now living in New York where he has been working on 'The Pirate Project' with Beth Orton, Johnny Depp, Lou Reed, Pete Doherty to name but a few. He has also been writing with Sabena and Didi from the Brazilian Girls and is about to begin work on a new album with Sophie Auster (daughter of novelist Paul Auster) as well as writing with french singer Charlotte Gainsbourg and Anthony from Anthony And The Johnsons.