Barry Leef's guest appearances

Barry Leef

The Gig Life Podcast

Local Open Mic

Kevin Kelly

Tom Scott

James Taylor

Steve Gadd

Ben Rodgers

David Jones

Rick Wakeman

Sarah Smith

Leo Sayer

Karen Lee

Jim Kelly

Stan Bicknell

Phil Keaggy

Gordon Rytmeister

Jeff Porcaro

OwlTail

Barry Leef or Baz to his friends, has a long and storied career as one of Australia's most recognizable musical voices. Baz started his career in the late 60's with a couple of #1 hits on the New Zealand charts before moving to Australia and joining the progressive hard rock band, Bakery in 1972. His talents though, were never exported commercially to the world like his contemporaries. Baz was under an internationally binding contract during this time, so when Frank Zappa came calling, asking him join his band the opportunity had to be turned down. He continued his string of musical successes through the 80's with the highly regarded band, Supermarket. Leef's most recent release, entitled "Rythmized", is a solo effort with his favorite music from the 60's and the 70's. It is a fresh interpretation of music from that era, it's full of blues, soul and pop music and we get to listen to four of these tracks in this episode. Website: Home - Barry Leef Classic Rock Band Sydney Bandcamp: Music | Barry Leef (bandcamp.com)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/localopenmic/support

Barry Leef or Baz to his friends, has a long and storied career as one of Australia's most recognizable musical voices. Baz started his career in the late 60's with a couple of #1 hits on the New Zealand charts before moving to Australia and joining the progressive hard rock band, Bakery in 1972. His talents though, were never exported commercially to the world like his contemporaries. Baz was under an internationally binding contract during this time, so when Frank Zappa came calling, asking him join his band the opportunity had to be turned down. He continued his string of musical successes through the 80's with the highly regarded band, Supermarket. Leef's most recent release, entitled "Rythmized", is a solo effort with his favorite music from the 60's and the 70's. It is a fresh interpretation of music from that era, it's full of blues, soul and pop music and we get to listen to four of these tracks in this episode. Website: <a href="https://barryleef.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home - Barry Leef Classic Rock Band Sydney</a> Bandcamp: <a href="https://barryleef.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music | Barry Leef (bandcamp.com)</a>--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/localopenmic/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/localopenmic/support</a>

Barry Leef! His highly recognizable vocals set Barry apart from even the youngest of current singers, his personal stories will keep you asking for more.

Barry Leef is a vocalist and guitarist born and raised in Blenheim, a small town in the South island of NZ.  He moved to Wellington to chase his dream, formed the band The Simple Image, had a number 1 hit and on things rolled from there.   Barry moved to Sydney in the late 60s where the music scene was booming, playing 3 gigs a day, 6 days a week.   He met Frank Zappa at a gig, joined his band and toured around Australia for awhile,   In the mid 70s, Barry and his mate Ian Couch started the now famous Muso's club gig in Sydney which became the place to be, a real institution.   As well as also being a professional session singer, Baz kept busy through the 80s, 90s, the 2000s and now with his own bands, projects and shows.   In 2018, Barry released his album Rhythmized, featuring Peter Northcote, Dario Bortolin, Bill Risby, Mick Skelton, Kere Buchanan, Ashleigh Leef, Tony Azopardi, Tom Rainey and Garry Steel.  You can find more information on Barry here at his website, facebook and bandcamp Episode music: Intro - "Forever" from Rhythmized (Barry Leef)                          Outro - "Baby Come Back" from Rhythmized (Barry Leef)   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   A big thank you to Aeron Napper and the team at Raptor Signs  Check them out for all your graphics, signage, design, installation and car graphics and covering.  Click here to securely donate to The Gig Life Podcast.  Your support is very much appreciated. Thank you.   https://www.thegiglifepodcast.com   You can check out The Gig Life Podcast socials on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

<a href="https://barryleef.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barry Leef</a> is a vocalist and guitarist born and raised in <a href="https://www.newzealand.com/au/blenheim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blenheim</a>, a small town in the South island of NZ.  He moved to Wellington to chase his dream, formed the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simple_Image" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Simple Image</a>, had a number 1 hit and on things rolled from there.   Barry moved to Sydney in the late 60s where the music scene was booming, playing 3 gigs a day, 6 days a week.   He met Frank Zappa at a gig, joined his band and toured around Australia for awhile,   In the mid 70s, Barry and his mate Ian Couch started the now famous Muso's club gig in Sydney which became the place to be, a real institution.   As well as also being a professional session singer, Baz kept busy through the 80s, 90s, the 2000s and now with his own bands, projects and shows.   In 2018, Barry released his album <a href="https://barryleef.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rhythmized</a>, featuring Peter Northcote, Dario Bortolin, Bill Risby, Mick Skelton, Kere Buchanan, Ashleigh Leef, Tony Azopardi, Tom Rainey and Garry Steel.  You can find more information on Barry here at his <a href="https://barryleef.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barryleef/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> and <a href="https://barryleef.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bandcamp</a> Episode music: Intro - "Forever" from Rhythmized (Barry Leef)                          Outro - "Baby Come Back" from Rhythmized (Barry Leef) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A big thank you to Aeron Napper and the team at <a href="http://www.raptorsigns.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raptor Signs </a> <a href="http://www.raptorsigns.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check them out</a> for all your graphics, signage, design, installation and car graphics and covering. <a href="https://paypal.me/thegiglifepodcast?locale.x=en_AU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> to securely donate to The Gig Life Podcast. Your support is very much appreciated. Thank you. <a href="https://www.thegiglifepodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thegiglifepodcast.com</a>   You can check out The Gig Life Podcast socials on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegiglifepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegiglifepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/thegiglifepod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>

Episode 73: Barry Leef