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
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