John Barnett

THE FIRST RECORD "THE DANCE OF GHOSTS" IS NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I grew up listening to many different types of music including classic rock and blues, but slowly became aware of the intensity of the hill country blues happening around me in my hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi. Artists like R.L. Burniside, Junior Kimbrough, and Kenny Brown were creating moonshine drenched, churning and psychedelic rhythms with snakelike slide guitar and longing lyrics. I became infatuated with this music and grew to meet and know some of these musicians, infiltrate their scene, play with them on stage and eventually place my own stamp on the hill country style. I played weekly gigs at a bar in Oxford called Parrish Baker Pub where I began utilizing my love of poetry and melodic rock and folk to develop my own songs and style. I recently recorded a full length record entitled "The Dance of Ghosts" here in Oxford at Tweed Recording Studios. It was engineered by my friend and producer Andrew Ratcliffe who also played drums on the record. A few other friends joined us to play bass guitar and I play acoustic rhythm, electric, and slide guitar. The record is very lyrical which is an aspect I believe to be equally as important as the music itself. As aforementioned, my musical interests are vast which is apparent in my songwriting. The record features something for everyone including blues/rock jams, psychedelic rock, and acoustic folk/rock poetry. I currently perform with an electric blues band in and around oxford mississippi as well as an acoustic folk/hill country blues solo set occasionally.