Reviews and Press:
"Excellent Minnesota based band that plays true to the sound. Paul Barry is an excellent harp player who shows his love for WILLIAM CLARKE"- Bluebeat Records
"Talk is Cheap" record featured on Top 40 Albums of 2016- Blues Junction Productions
"Paul Barry and the Ace Tones with Lila Ammons Does it All" KBEM Radio
Paul Barry is an absolute bear on harmonica. What he does best, he does with the caliber of the best in the field. The Paul Barry Blues Band knows Talk is Cheap, but hot harmonica speaks louder than words!" - Blues Blast Magazine
Click here to sample tunes from latest CD, “Talk is Cheap”
"Excellent Minnesota based band that plays true to the sound. Paul Barry is an excellent harp player who shows his love for WILLIAM CLARKE"- Bluebeat Records
"Talk is Cheap" record featured on Top 40 Albums of 2016- Blues Junction Productions
"Paul Barry and the Ace Tones with Lila Ammons Does it All" KBEM Radio
Paul Barry is an absolute bear on harmonica. What he does best, he does with the caliber of the best in the field. The Paul Barry Blues Band knows Talk is Cheap, but hot harmonica speaks louder than words!" - Blues Blast Magazine
Click here to sample tunes from latest CD, “Talk is Cheap”
Bio:
His late 2016 release represents the first solo album by the veteran Twin Cities based harmonica man Paul Barry. Barry has been playing professionally since the 70’s. In the 80’s he befriended the great William Clarke and became a protégé of the late blues man. In the 80’s and 90’s Barry played in two of the Twin Cities best blues bands Bobby Johnson and the Crowns as well as with Dave McCrae and the Blues Exchange. Early in 2016 Paul Barry released an album’s worth of material where he backed the great Otis “Smokey” Smothers shortly before Smothers’ death in 1993. The album That’s Alright was a wonderful surprise. On this brand new CD Barry is joined by guest vocalist Lila Ammons. She is the granddaughter of the great pianist Albert Ammons and niece of tenor sax great Gene Ammons. Barry is also joined by the cream of the Minnesota blues scene including guitarist Jeremy Johnson. This self produced album was mastered by Kid Andersen at his Greaseland Studios in San Jose, California.
His late 2016 release represents the first solo album by the veteran Twin Cities based harmonica man Paul Barry. Barry has been playing professionally since the 70’s. In the 80’s he befriended the great William Clarke and became a protégé of the late blues man. In the 80’s and 90’s Barry played in two of the Twin Cities best blues bands Bobby Johnson and the Crowns as well as with Dave McCrae and the Blues Exchange. Early in 2016 Paul Barry released an album’s worth of material where he backed the great Otis “Smokey” Smothers shortly before Smothers’ death in 1993. The album That’s Alright was a wonderful surprise. On this brand new CD Barry is joined by guest vocalist Lila Ammons. She is the granddaughter of the great pianist Albert Ammons and niece of tenor sax great Gene Ammons. Barry is also joined by the cream of the Minnesota blues scene including guitarist Jeremy Johnson. This self produced album was mastered by Kid Andersen at his Greaseland Studios in San Jose, California.
