Join us Saturday, July 27 for a free in-store performance from Richard Barone! What? Really? Yes! This will be his first appearance in his hometown area in quite some time, and he's very much looking forward. Richard is traveling troubadour style, singing songs new and old from his catalogue and telling stories from his book FRONTMAN (Hal Leonard Books)
Tampa native Richard Barone is an acclaimed recording artist, performer, producer, and author. Since his beginnings as "The Littlest DJ" on Top 40 radio at age 7 in Tampa, to pioneering the indie rock scene in Hoboken, NJ as frontman for The Bongos, Barone has produced countless studio recordings and worked with artists in every musical style. Rolling Stone magazine described his first solo album "cool blue halo" as 'chamber rock’, helping give rise to the popular genre. NPR hailed it a "plaintive masterpiece". Recent collaborators and cohorts include Lou Reed, Tony Visconti, Donovan, and Pete Seeger. He has scored shows and staged all-star at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. His memoir Frontman: Surviving The Rock Star Myth was published by Hal Leonard Books. His most recent studio album, Glow (Bar/None Records), was produced by Visconti, and a deluxe CD/DVD set, “'cool blue halo' 25th Anniversary Concert” was recently released on the DigSin label. Barone lives in Greenwich Village, New York City where he was recently appointed as a Professor at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
A few other interesting tidbits:
- Produced for Tiny Tim
- Executive producer of the documentary The Nomi Song, which includes his remix of Klaus Nomi's Total Eclipse
- Produced a concert to benefit Anthology Film Archives and honor filmmaker Kenneth Anger
- Currently working with the David Lynch Foundation's Transcendental Radio
-The One Foundation - Recently recorded the Pete Seeger song "If I had a Hammer" with Beach Boy Al Jardine
This is a free, all-ages show. Everyone's welcome. Hope you'll be there!
Update: also on the bill:
The BellTowers (Orlando)
DieAlps! (Tampa)