john "j-fos" foster: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, incidental harmonica, occasional johnny carson impressions
chip martin: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, periodic high hilarity
jay "j michaels" hager: bass, vocals, mexican food and hikeage behind the hollywood sign when i hang with him in los angeles
the compressor and mary ann (a/k/a "and the rest"): various and sundry instruments on various and sundry tracks
Influences
a random sampling, in random order (both formative and transformative):
the beatles, stevie wonder, brian wilson, xtc, lindsey buckingham, elvis costello, gladys knight, joe jackson, carpenters, gregg allman, the 5th dimension, billy joel, michael penn, thomas dolby, blood sweat & tears, mother's finest, lyle lovett, steely dan, jackson browne, level 42, 10cc, james taylor, manhattan transfer, elton john, they might be giants
Singer/songwriter, keyboardist, producer, abstract artist, and filmmaker Perry Barton is a man with ample punctuation in his description. When he's not flying around the country performing, he's in the studio writing and producing radio/TV jingles, music for the web, and his own stuff.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Perry relocated to Nashville in 1996. During the course of his career in music he has worked with, received compliments from, and spotted in public, Several Famous People. Today he brings to the wonderful world of MySpace his own eclectic pop/rock utterances and winning smile.
This page will regularly feature Perry's newest songs as they are completed, as well as older gems from the 80s and 90s. (No one got more mileage out of a PortaStudio back in the day...)
A video featuring a few of the voices in Perry's head:
Hey, check out the art of barton store at cafepress.com for cool threads and stuff for the crib, all featuring Perry's real gone abstract artwork.
Perry Barton = Art (with a capital 'A'). I've been so lousy at keeping in touch; let's see how long it takes me to lose interest in MySpace... ;) Thanks for the add, and bulletin me when you're gigging somewhere rated PG-13 or below.
Perry, thanks so ever much for performing with us this past weekend. You are an amazing talent, and just an all around helluva guy. We sure hope you enjoyed your time with us.
Hey Perry - music sounds GREAT! Hope you're doing well, and hope to see you up in Nashville one day this summer (I need to get up there). Tell Chip I say "hi"...see ya.
Perry you may already know this but I throughly enjoy the time YOU spend here in Seattle at LONGHORN! I hope we book you again soon Be well and know I keep you in my thoughts and Prayers. Peace be with you brother.
ROBERT
Greeting and yo from somewheres over here, PB. Hey! Tickled to run into youse-all here in cyberspace, and goshdarn you are sounding mighty fine these days too. And your imbedded player works better than the stock flash player, to boot. Stay groovy and spanks 4 da +. I'll be back...
Hey Perry! It does seem like fifteen minutes ago that we were doin' the nacho circuit! As a matter of fact, I was just contacted by a girl that used to manage one of the Carlos McGee's and it was the first time that I'd talked to her in over 15 years! Hope you're doing good. I'll probably be up in Nashville in a couple of months and I'll let you know when and maybe we can hang or record or something. Take care, BT
Hi Perry!
Just dropping by to wish you a HAPPY V-DAY! Hope to make beautiful music with you again soon. (Ok, some people could take that the wrong way..haha.)
Hey Perry,
So glad you joined the myspace revolution. Say goodbye to any spare time....
How have you been? Hope to make some great music with you soon!!!
Dan
Perry,
Great to hear from you. Hope your doing well. Do you talk to Michael Steele much? He and I are still working together with Randall Bramblett. Hope you can come out to a show next time we are in Nashville.
