Trent Barney - Guitar, vocals, mandolin, bass, harmonica
Hired hands fill the rest of the sound. Such as David Barney on percussion, for these 3 songs, as well as Rob Cooper on Bass.
Influences
Wilco, Bob Dylan, The Replacements, Ride, Neil Young,John Lennon,Peter Yorn,Jeff Buckley,Ani Difranco,Pavement,Radiohead,Rusted Root,Dar Williams,Bruce Springsteen and more that I can't seem to think of presently.
Sounds Like
Blues Traveler met Costello, and gave birth to an "alternacoustic" bastard child of grundge..... someone once said
Trent Barney the son of an accomplished bluegrass musician has been involved in music since right around birth. He had no choice but to listen at a very young age, and would sing along with his dad, much of the time seceretly. His early influences were the Beatles, and any album that his brothers were into: from Billy Joel to Billy Idol. In his High School Years His brother David turned him on to the Punks : Ramones, the Damned, Bad Brains, New York Dolls, and shortly after Trent started singing for his first band "Live Animals". They quickly disolved, but not before Trent caught the ear of his schools music director Ned Rosenblatt. "Ned taught me about vocal control, not just screaming my parts...play to the emotion of the song" Trent remembers. After High School Trent spent a short stint in the Army, which introduced him to the DC music scene. He then joined the DC area grunge band "Foam" as their frontman. When "Foam" dissolved he and co writer Paul George formed "Dead Flowers", to decent success. When the band's run ended in 1998 Trent packed up and moved to Baltimore, chasing after some Kerouacian dream. "I was obsessed with altering my mind and my surroundings, just to try to find some Zen of writing. I even had an antique Underwood". A few years passed untill Trent picked up a guitar. He borrowed his Brother-in-law's Rickenbacker, and taught himself to play. With the help of good friend and mentor Rob Thorworth, he was able to start penning songs almost immediately. He started performing his original songs at open mic nights to great reviews, which lead him to play Bar and Restaurant gigs all over the Baltimore area, while forming the song writing duo "Dedales" with Brian Stellmach. Anxious to raise his children outside of the city, Trent moved his wife and two kids to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Currently, Trent is working on his debut album, where you may be able here familiar acts like Table Top Poets or Rob Thorworth. Who knows? "With this being my first record, I really wanted to take my time and make sure that I remain true to my roots." Being heavily influenced by Wilco, Dylan, Lennon, Springsteen, Cat Stevens, Bill Monroe, Ride, Radiohead and the Replacements, it would seem like a daunting task to try to fuse all of his influences into his own sound. A challenge Trent willfully accepts. To book Trent or for more info, or just to say "hello" please send an email to dedales@netzero.net
In an effort to get our Baltimore bearings and get in on the great music scene to our northern neighbors we are doing a special record giveaway for our show this Monday- We'll be joining the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band in Baltimore Oct 21st at the 8x10- folks who email us to reserve a ticket (or 3) get a free new record (league.junior@gmail.com) already reviewed in the Washington Post and announced in the NY Times...hmmm fancy cheers, Junior League Band all records on itunes, Amazon, Pandora Radio and mo'
