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Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Barry Reynolds is a British guitar player, songwriter, composer and producer, best known for his long lasting collaboration with Marianne Faithfull.

After joining blues band Blodwyn Pig alongside Mick Abrahams of Jethro Tull, Barry Reynolds moved to the US in 1972 then travelled to Mexico before returning to the UK and being introduced to Marianne Faithfull through David Wilkie of Fleetwood Mac. Barry and Marianne began a writing partnership and produced the songs "Broken English" and "Why Do You Do It ?",[1] attracting to the attention of Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell who then signed Marianne in 1978 and released the album "Broken English" the following year.

In 1980, Barry Reynolds joined Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, aka the Compass Point Allstars, a studio band Blackwell created and named after his Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas to produce albums by Grace Jones, Joe Cocker and Black Uhuru among others.[2] He then released his first solo album "I Scare Myself" recorded with the Allstars.

After moving back to New-York, Barry Reynolds has since devoted most of his time to writing, notably with Baaba Maal ("Nomad Soul" and "Television" albums), Grace Jones ("Well Well Well" on her 2008 "Hurricane" album), all the while continuing working with Marianne Faithfull. His last collaborations include "The Pirate Project" with Beth Orton, Johnny Depp, Lou Reed and Pete Doherty.

References

  1. ^ David Dalton's "Faithfull: An Autobiography", Little Brown & Co, p. 217 onwards.
  2. ^ Chris Salewicz's "Keep on running: The story of Island Records", Universe, p. 135.

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