Clive Barnes has been slowly gaining a worldwide reputation as one of the finest Lapslide/Regular acoustic guitarist and songwriters on todays scene. Having released four critically acclaimed albums, Played and recorded with Joe Cocker, Taj Mahal and Eric Bibb,four sold out US tours, tours of France, Germany and the UK and various awards, Including Album of the Year 2002 in the US magazine 'Acoustic Guitar'. Acoustic Guitar Magazine USA Album of The Year 2002.
Clive's talents as a guitarist have been employed by some of the most respected musicians working today,like Blues Legend Taj Mahal Grammy winning songwriter Jim Lauderdale,Nashville Bluegrass Flat picking legend Steve Kaufman, and most recently New York Singer/Songwriter Eric Bibb who took Clive on tour in France and the UK in 2005.
Playing in front of huge crowds everynight on the French festival circuit with Eric Bibb.
Clive also got to play with some other hero's on that tour including Blues Legend Taj Mahal and Joe Cocker. Clive has also toured with David Crosby, Tony Joe White, Joe Ely, Dr. John, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Joe Cocker, Taj Mahal, Solomon Burke, Terry Callier, Garth Hudson (The Band) Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Peter Green, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Bert Jansch, George Benson, and The Holmes Brothers.
Clive's own concerts are not to be missed with RTE Television critic Harry Guerin writing after witnessing Clive in Vicar Street Dublin, "Clive is a lap slide guitarist who can make one acoustic sound like six, Barnes transported the entire, hushed venue across the Atlantic to where the paths taken by the Delta Blues, Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen all led to his own special territory. Balancing intensity with between song banter that would challenge any stand-up, Barnes' four songs were a revelation, and with each one you could hear him shrugging off more and more of his 'best kept secret' status."
ALBUMS and REVIEWS Welcome To Farewell (2001) Hotpress Magazine 9/10 Irish Times **** 4/5 Acoustic Guitar Magazine USA Album of The Year 2002, Read artical here http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag115/HomegrownWinners.
html Live At The Spirit Store (2002) Irish Independant **** 4/5
Goldtooth Cinnamon (2004) Hotpress Magazine 9/10 Irish Times **** 4/5
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