Born as the son of the veteran jazz drummer Bird Award and Boy Edgar winner 'Sir' Pierre Courbois and art teacher Wendelina Courbois-Dam
'76 Barend started to play the bassguitar (he also played the drums, Indian tabla's and the Scottish bag pipes at that time). In '78 his first live performance at the young age of 11
Barend studied jazz bassguitar at the Lyceum of Music in Arnhem NL
Influenced by bass-players like: Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Larry Graham, Jimmy Garrisson, Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Paul Jackson, Bernard Edwards, Doug Wimbish, Marcus Miller, John Entwistle, John Deacon, Michael Anthony, Jeff Berlin, Geddy Lee, Jonas Helborg, Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, Alain Caron, Dave La Rue and Dutch bass hero Herman Deinum
Barend uses:
4,5,6 string fretted and fretless Warwick Streamer stage 1 basses,
Fender Jazz and Precision basses, Stuart Spector USA NS-2/4 basses, Musicman Stingray basses, Peter Boekholt and Ellio Martina basses, Hartke, Ampeg and SWR amplification, Sadowski pre amp-DI
EBS black label series bass pedals
Digitech whammy, space station and jamman pedals
Kahler bass tremolo's
Hipshot D-tuners
Curt Mangan strings
Monster cables
Discography:
PERFECT STRANGERS - Outside Lookin' In
WHISTLER/COURBOIS/WHISTLER- W/C/W'91, Fata Morgana, Grote Prijs NL'91
W/C/W'92, Privilege'93
TAMAS SZEKERES - Guitartales, Downbelow station, Guitarmania, Dream Lake
COURHOF Live at the Willemeen '93 NL
KILL CITY REBEL - Damaged but alive
BERT HEERINK - Pop in je moerstaal live
BAREND COURBOIS - Tunes for a friend
D.D.A.AGENCY PRESENTS - The Barend Courbois Band
THE JIMI HENDRIX MUSIC FESTIVAL - Featuring Walter Trout, Omar Dykes, Popa Chubby, Michael Lee Firkins
THE PROJECT- Burning Heart (For Jason Becker)
ZAKK WYLDE - Live at the Paradiso Amsterdam NL
PIERRE COURBOIS QUINTET - Big Party (Election Tune SP), De 20e eeuw in 20 liedjes
IAN PARRY - Consortium Project
THE ROOSTERS - Back to yesterdays future
DOCTOROLIVE - First Dee-Jay on the moon
MAXIMA - Blue Sky Thunder
BISS - Joker in the Deck
THE JOHN HAYES PROJECT - Live at The Katoenklub NL
ACTION IN DC - Bon in Black
EUROPEAN BASSDAY 2003
JANEZ HURSEPUNY - Space in Chain featuring John Hayes
STEVE FISTER - Dodgin Bullets, Live Bullets - Live in Europe, Deeper than the blues
GARY BARDEN - The Agony and Xtasy featuring Michael Schenker
VENGEANCE - Back From Flight 19, Planet Zilch, Greenbellies Vol.2, Dutch Rock'98, Rock 'n Roll Shower - 1983-1998, Crazy Horses, Back in the Ring, MTM 10th Year Anniversary CD - Down Down Down, Same/Same ... But Different (the best of Vengeance live), Soul Collector
EBS Bass X-perience Benelux Tour Live DVD. New CD 's and DVD's coming Soon: T.I.M , P.B. DANIELS BAND , NOUD MEETS , GRAIN , STEVE FISTER
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