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Barry Vail

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About Me

My name is Barry, some folks call me Schvail, others call me BarryBob ... I sing songs and play guitar. I play in a band called Joe Gould's Secret, check out www.myspace.com/joegouldssecret to hear some demo songs ... you can purchase my solo e.p., This Morning, This Evening at Cdbaby.com by clinking on this link:To contact about booking please email [email protected] ...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/9/2005
Band Website: just this, just now
Band Members: Barry Vail: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, and keys. Rick Hoag: engineer, backing vocals, electirc guitar, bass, percussion, and keys. Brian Anderson: keys.
Influences: Bob Dylan, Neko Case, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The Band, Wilco, Neil Young, Spoon, Elliott Smith, Son Volt, Beck, Jack Logan, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Okkerville River, Alejandro Escovedo, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Damien Jarardo, Gomez, Patsy Cline, Greg Brown, Muddy Waters, Blackalicious, Les Savy Fav, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, The Meters, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, Nirvana, Cat Stevens, Hank Williams, Sly Stone, Broken Social Scene, Ray Charles, The Meat Puppets, Willie Nelson, Devandra Banhart, The Beta Band, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, People Under The Stairs, Pete Seeger, The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, Digable Planets, De La Soul, Rage Against the Machine, Woody Guthrie, Jeremiah Bowles, Jason Morace, Rick Hoag, Brian Anderson, Ian James Grunfeld, Devin Gaylord, Children of the Revolution, and Eric Branner...
Sounds Like: white boy blues
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Big Solo Show! Opening at The Mars Bar, Nov. 17th. Hells Yeah!

Folks, if yr in town, please come on out to The Mars Bar on Nov. 17th. I'll be opening for some fantastic performers starting at 9pm. I'll be busting out my best solo material that hasn't seen the lig...
Posted by Barry Vail on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:15:00 PST

Live Recording of JGS at The Nectar, May 2007

Hello All-Thought you might be interested to know that we got the link for the live recording of our show from The Nectar from earlier this spring. Here's the link to the mp3 zip drive:JGS @ The High...
Posted by Barry Vail on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:54:00 PST

JGS Demo Done n' Done, n' The Nectar set list from 6/8

It is with great pleasure that I present to you the new JGS Demo. You'll find the songs posted on the myspace page, available to download, and the CD will also be available at our upcoming shows.A spe...
Posted by Barry Vail on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:29:00 PST

JGS demo rough cuts now up

this is fun ... if you follow the link below to the JGS myspace, you'll notice two new versions of 'old' songs, and two new songs are now up from our demo recording session on 4/28 with engineer Matt ...
Posted by Barry Vail on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:44:00 PST

Tonight at The Rendezvous, Living Room Jam sponsored by NadaMucho.com

Hey Y'all,Barry here. My musical cohort, Ian James, and I will be playing music in a cool new event at the Rendezvous in Belltown tonight, Friday, April 27th. We'd love for you to join us- there'll be...
Posted by Barry Vail on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:04:00 PST

JGS on Puget Sound Public Access TV

Okay, okay. Many of you have families and more important things to do with your time than to stay up late seeing my band on random weeknights. SO, we went out and appeared on Kent Public Access tele...
Posted by Barry Vail on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:53:00 PST

JGS at The Mars Bar, 11/25

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll-I'm thankful for friends, family, and playing music at The Mars Bar on Saturday evening. Music starts at 9pm, JGS will close the night startin' at 11pm. Hope to see ya out t...
Posted by Barry Vail on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:37:00 PST

"Something Scary" at number 69 on Neil Young's LWW: Songs of the Times

I discoverd last week that "Something Scary" was listed on Neil Young's Living With War: Songs of The Times site at number 206. Today I saw it has jumped up to number 69! Check it out, there's over 9...
Posted by Barry Vail on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:51:00 PST

JGS' "Something Scary" .206 on Neil Young's Living w/ War

Yo Everyone!  Check it out! "Something Scary" is number 206 on Neil Young's Living With War Songs of the Times.   Living With War Today, Songs of the Times   Please check it out and c...
Posted by Barry Vail on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:36:00 PST

... set list from The O Lounge, 6/24 ...

another great night at The O Lounge ... thanks to Amy Stolzenbach for sharing the bill, she kick's ass ya'll check her out sometime ... thanks also to Megan and Joshua for being so damn cool, servin' ...
Posted by Barry Vail on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:24:00 PST