Representative Albums: "Real Lies," "On My Own Two Feet," "If the Phone Don't Ring"
Biography
Paul Barrere is a guitarist and singer/songwriter who joined the celebrated cult band Little Feat for the recording of its fourth album, Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974). Barrere stayed with the group, taking, along with keyboard player Bill Payne, an increasing role in singing, playing, and writing as bandleader Lowell George slowly retreated, until the group fragmented following George's death in 1979. Barrere then did sessions and recorded solo in the 1980s until the re-formation of Little Feat in 1988. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Barrere with Little Feat, in Buffalo, New York, May 1, 1977
Barrere is a swing man as a guitarist, who plays a wide variety of styles of music including blues, rock, jazz, and cajun music, and is proficient as a slide guitarist. As the front man for the band he calls the signals on stage for the band to switch keys or songs. Paul also records and tours as an acoustic duo with fellow Little Feat member Fred Tackett.
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Videos
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