David Barbe
| David Barbe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 30, 1963 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Genres | Rock, Punk |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts | Sugar, Mercyland, Buzz Hungry, Drive-By Truckers |
David Barbe (September 30, 1963) is an American musician and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia and director of the Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia. He is chief of Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens. Barbe is known for his work as a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and bass guitarist in Sugar, Mercyland, and Buzz Hungry, as well as solo performances. Also, he has produced nearly every album by the popular country rock band Drive-By Truckers, and has worked as producer and engineer with Son Volt. He has an all-star solo band in Athens called the Quick Hooks.
David Barbe was musically influenced by his parents — "Time Lady" Jane Barbe and composer John Barbe — who were both big band musicians.
Barbe and his wife, Amy, have three children — daughter Annabelle and sons Winston and Henry. He is a past president of the Athens-Clarke County Little League baseball league and has managed his sons' all-star teams to several city championships.
Barbe moved to Athens, Georgia in 1981 to attend the University of Georgia. In Athens, he played occasional guitar with punk favorites Bar-B-Que Killers. He later formed his own group, Mercyland in 1985 and acted as the main songwriter, bassist, and co-lead singer. After Mercyland disbanded in 1991, he fronted Buzz Hungry.
It was shortly after this that two key things came up that influenced the course of his career. One was John Keane offering to tutor him in music production and engineering, and one was Bob Mould asking him to join Sugar. Barbe initially turned Mould down, feeling that he should stay home and look after his family. But his wife encouraged him to accept. The band was Mould's show; Barbe placed only one track, "Company Book," on a proper Sugar full album release. However, he did contribute a number of songs, some from Buzz Hungry and some original, that were performed live and/or released as B-sides, such as 'Where Diamonds are Halos' which was also recorded as part of a BBC radio session. In 1994, with his family now including three children, he decided he needed to leave Sugar.
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