Gary Barnacle Musical artist

Gary Barnacle (born 1959, Dover, England) is an English saxophonist, flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work incl. various Princes Trust Concerts at Wembley Arena, the Royal Albert Hall and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, plus the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium in 1988, and television/video appearances, during the 1980s and 1990s, with a large number of popular music acts, including The Clash, Ruts D.C., Level 42, Visage, Paul Hardcastle, Kim Wilde, Tina Turner, General Public, Soft Cell, Elvis Costello, Roger Daltrey, David Bowie, The Big Dish, Pet Shop Boys, Stock Aitken Waterman and Paul McCartney, among others. He was also in an electropop duo called Leisure Process from 1982–83, with ex-Positive Noise singer, Ross Middleton.

Personal facts

Gary Barnacle
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1959
Birth place
England , Kent , Dover
Hometown
England
London

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Musical artist

Career started1977
associated musical artist
Elvis Costello
Jamiroquai
The Clash
Marc Almond
Visage
Kim Wilde
Soul II Soul
Soft Cell
M (band)
Tina Turner
The Beautiful South
Björk
Level 42
T'Pau (band)
The Ruts
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Pop music
Rock music
Synthpop
instrument
Brass instrument
Flute
Saxophone
Keyboard instrument
Conn-Selmer

Gary Barnacle on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gary+Barnacle#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1
  2. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Phantom+Horns
  3. http://www.forevernow.com/band/gjka.shtml
  4. http://www.musikalske.net/kim_wilde/kim_wilde.htm
  5. http://www.newrose.net/scan/Clash/CCSfinal.pdf
  6. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=big_dish