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Seven New Tunes Available for Download -- Happy Soca (caribbean), Zapatista Norte (latin), We Need Freaks (spoken word), Workin' The Job (funk), I'm Lost In Babylon (reggae), Green And Leafy (folk), and A Quiet Day (world fusion) -- Click on Free Music
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DISCOVER SLOW GUITAR!
Everybody has heard of fast food. Some of you more sensitive and enlightened types have probably heard of slow food. Well now it's time for you to listen to the man who invented Slow Guitar!
Barry Hyman, who has been playing guitar and pedal steel guitar since way back in the previous century, tries to make every note sing. Would anyone ever want to hear a singer "shred" a song? Barry doesn't shred. He doesn't care how many notes you can play per minute. Can you play the right note at the right time, with a sweet tone? Can you shape it and massage it and make it special? Everything nowadays moves too fast. When you are making love, are you in a hurry? We hope not! Sit back, get comfortable, click on the gadget at the top of the page that lets you hear all the free music on this site, and get ready to enjoy some Slow Guitar...
Barry Hyman (AKA King Happy) is a performer, composer, bandleader, recording artist, and music teacher. He specializes in guitar and pedal steel guitar, but he also sings and plays bass, harmonica, keyboard, banjo, sitar, and percussion. He began playing guitar in 1964 and has been performing regularly ever since. He started his own independent record label, Sweet and Happy, in 1983, and has released numerous albums since then. Barry has played from coast to coast in dozens of duos, trios, and bands over the years, and has performed on tv and radio many times. His compositions have been used to accompany films, dance performances, and plays. His spoken word tune “Recruiters” was played on NPR, and “The Journalist” reached #7 on the American Idol Underground national charts. (Click "Links" to hear these tunes from the King Happy "In My Country" cd.) Barry currently performs as a solo artist, in a duo with singer CINDY LEGGE, and with the bands HILL HOLLOW and NATURAL HISTORY.
The photo below shows Barry playing pedal steel guitar with his band ZUELA at the Bush's Last Day Party in 2009. Nick Hetko is on the right.
