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Barry Dunaway is a veteran of several Yngwie Malmsteen tours, having anchored the bass slot throughout the 1988 "Odyssey" tour (including its historic performances in Moscow and Leningrad) and returning in 1996 to take on bass duties for the "Inspiration" tour. With Facing the Animal, Barry established his bass sound on the album itself, sharing the bass credits with Yngwie. Says Yngwie, "I wanted to play bass on several particular songs for this album, with Barry doing the rest of the songs. He did a really good job of anchoring the bass for this album."

Barry currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida. He divides his time between practicing, teaching (E-Mail Barry), and performing locally (Orlando, St. Augustine, Jacksonville) and nationally with the Voices of Classic Rock. In addition, Barry is working on an album, Lucky Deadman on which he is a veritable "one man band", writing, playing, singing, and recording. The current demo was produced by Scott Whittier and Britt McTammany, who also added several instrumental tracks to the compositions, at DigitalVideoArts in Jacksonville.

Barry was born a baby boomer in St. Petersburg, FL, and traveled with his military family living in Travers City, Michigan, Kodiak, Alaska, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, & Miami , Florida. Barry started his musical career in 1971, playing music with his older brother Don and sister Sharon in the folk group called Chuffa. They traveled up & down the east coast playing in coffee houses and listening rooms for the college folk circuit.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

1973 -- Moved to Atlanta and played with several popular folk rock acts -- Silverman, Dawson Boys, Cheyenne & Deborah McColl

1976 -- Joined the Elgin Wells Extravaganza in Atlanta playing jazz, fusion & funk.

1977 -- Barry toured the US with MagicCat, a rock band consisting of three former members of Starbuck.

1980 -- Barry's first experience with a band to have a major label deal was with Whiteface, an Atlanta band who recorded "Change of Face", their second LP on Mercury Records with producers Phil Benton & Peter Lubin.

1981 -- Whiteface works with producers Phil Benton, Paul Davis and engineer Ed Seay in Atlanta as studio rhythm section to record with Teddy Baker, Ed Ratzloth and James Anderson. Cut demos with Major Lance and Turley Richards, and also recorded several local jingles.

Doug Bare, lead singer and keyboardist of Whiteface and Barry form new band, "Bareback" with guitarist Tommy Strain (Starbuck, Magic Cat, Mother's Finest) and drummer Mac Crawford (Molly Hatchett). They sign management with Charles Brusco in Atlanta.

1982 -- Barry joined the Atlanta-based band "Riggs" and recorded tracks for the band's second album on Warner Brothers Full Moon label with producer Jeff Glixman.

1983-84 -- Barry, along with Jerry Riggs, and Pat Marchino joined the Pat Travers Band in the fall of 1983 and toured with Kiss. This was Barry's first taste of sold out coliseums, tour buses & free bass strings!!

1985-86 -- Through Barry's friendship with Jeff Glixman, Barry auditions for Joe Lynn Turner in New York, NY. Barry toured the US with Joe Lynn Turner"s band who was supporting "Rescue You" an Elktra release and opened for Pat Benatar, Night Ranger & Loverboy.

1986 -- Barry moved to New York and recorded demos with Chuck Burgi, Pat Thrall & Al Anderson, lead guitarist with Bob Marley and the Wailers.

1987 -- Barry was back on the road again in 1987 touring the US with Pat Travers after spending a second freezing winter in NYC.

1988-89 -- A nine month tour with Yngwie Malmsteen to support "Oydssey" (featuring Joe Lynn Turner on vocals) took the band through the US, Canada, Japan, Europe and ending in Russia after performing 21 sold out shows in Moscow and Lenningrad.

1990-91 -- Barry joined the New Jersey based band Saraya with his long time friend, guitarist Tony Bruno. The band recorded "When the Blackbird Sings" produced by Peter Collins.

1992 -- Back with Yngwie Malmsteen in the US touring for Fire & Ice tour.

1993 -- Worked again touring the US with Pat Travers - Ansley Dunbar on drums and Tony Spinner on guitar.

1997 -- Barry worked with Mark Boals on Mark's solo album, "Ignition" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles with guitarist Doug Aldrich and drummer Chris Frazier.

1996-99 -- Recorded and toured again with Yngwie Malmsteen and his many various band members including drummers Cozy Powell, Tommy Aldridge, Jonas Ostman & John Macaluso; singers, Joe Lynn Turner, Mats Levin & Mark Boals. These years yielded many colorful stories & accomplishments.

2000 -- In the spring of 2000, Barry worked his first show with Voices of Classic Rock in Charlotte, NC thanks to his friend Joe Lynn Turner.

2001-02 -- Barry continues to write & record his own music and currently performs with Voices of Classic Rock and the Larry Hoppen Band.

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