Dicky Barrett
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Michael Barrett |
| Born |
June 22, 1964 Providence, Rhode Island, US |
| Genres |
Ska punk Punk rock |
| Occupation(s) |
television announcer musician radio personality actor voice actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels |
Taang! Mercury Records Big Rig Records SideOneDummy Records |
| Associated acts |
Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1985 – 2003, 2007–present) Toxic Toast Cheapskates Impact Unit |
| Website | http://bosstonesmusic.com |
Richard Michael Barrett (born June 22, 1964), better known as Dicky Barrett, is the frontman of Ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Barrett is known for his distinctive loud, gravelly voice.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Barrett attended Norwood Junior High School and Xaverian Brothers High School in Massachusetts. He left Xaverian Brothers High School and went on to Norwood Senior High Norwood, MA and later Bunker Hill Community College where he met Bosstones drummer Joe Sirois. He now lives in Los Angeles. He has mentioned that he is an Irish Catholic. He married Rosemary in 2002.
Prior to his association with the Bosstones, Barrett played in the local Boston area bands Cheapskates, Toxic Toast (as mentioned in Michael Patrick MacDonald's book Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under), and Impact Unit.
Barrett has spent the majority of his musical career playing with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He appeared on eight full-length albums, three EPs and a live album with the Bosstones, as well as touring continuously throughout the world, until the band's announcement of a hiatus in December 2003. The band's 1997 release, Let's Face It, would prove to be the band's biggest break, mostly due to the first single "The Impression That I Get," which charted at number one on the Billboard charts.
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