Episode 73: Barry Leef

2020-02-23

Barry Leef is a vocalist and guitarist born and raised in Blenheim, a small town in the South island of NZ. He moved to Wellington to chase his dream, formed the band The Simple Image, had a number 1 hit and on things rolled from there. Barry moved to Sydney in the late 60s where the music scene was booming, playing 3 gigs a day, 6 days a week. He met Frank Zappa at a gig, joined his band and toured around Australia for awhile, In the mid 70s, Barry and his mate Ian Couch started the now famous Muso's club gig in Sydney which became the place to be, a real institution. As well as also being a professional session singer, Baz kept busy through the 80s, 90s, the 2000s and now with his own bands, projects and shows. In 2018, Barry released his album Rhythmized, featuring Peter Northcote, Dario Bortolin, Bill Risby, Mick Skelton, Kere Buchanan, Ashleigh Leef, Tony Azopardi, Tom Rainey and Garry Steel. You can find more information on Barry here at his website, facebook and bandcamp Episode music: Intro - "Forever" from Rhythmized (B...

Barry Leef is a vocalist and guitarist born and raised in Blenheim, a small town in the South island of NZ.

He moved to Wellington to chase his dream, formed the band The Simple Image, had a number 1 hit and on things rolled from there.

Barry moved to Sydney in the late 60s where the music scene was booming, playing 3 gigs a day, 6 days a week.

He met Frank Zappa at a gig, joined his band and toured around Australia for awhile,

In the mid 70s, Barry and his mate Ian Couch started the now famous Muso's club gig in Sydney which became the place to be, a real institution.

As well as also being a professional session singer, Baz kept busy through the 80s, 90s, the 2000s and now with his own bands, projects and shows.

In 2018, Barry released his album Rhythmized, featuring Peter Northcote, Dario Bortolin, Bill Risby, Mick Skelton, Kere Buchanan, Ashleigh Leef, Tony Azopardi, Tom Rainey and Garry Steel.

You can find more information on Barry here at his website, facebook and bandcamp

Episode music: Intro - "Forever" from Rhythmized (Barry Leef)

Outro - "Baby Come Back" from Rhythmized (Barry Leef)

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