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Adam Barry (born 4 April 1981) is the English Hammond organ/piano/accordion/harmonica/backing vocalist for the folk group Merrymouth, led by Barry,
Simon Fowler Simon Geoffrey Fowler (born 25 May 1965 in Meriden, Warwickshire) is an English singer and acoustic guitarist, best known as the frontman of Ocean Colour Scene. The Fanatics Simon Fowler commenced his music career as the lead singer and songwr ...
and
Dan Sealey Dan Sealey is the former session bass guitarist for the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. He was drafted in by the band after Damon Minchella left the band in 2003. Sealey is also in Merrymouth, a folk band with Ocean Colour Scene bandmate Sim ...
from
Ocean Colour Scene Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Solihull in 1989. They have had five top 10 albums including a number one in 1997. They have also achieved seventeen top 40 singles and six top 10 sin ...
. Before joining Merrymouth, Barry was a co-founder member of the band The Misers.


The Misers

The Misers (Fronted by Neil Ivison) are an Americana band, based in
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, they released their debut album ''Amplified Life Stories'' in 2010, recorded at
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. As well as their own UK and European tours, The band have toured the UK on two occasions with Scottish duo
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. Barry has performed and appeared live with The Misers on
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on numerous occasions. Barry left the band in 2011 after the death of his father. Barry's final show was at The Huntingdon Hall Theatre in Worcester, where the band donated all of their fee to St Richards Hospice where Barry's father had died.


Merrymouth

In 2012, Barry received a call from Simon Fowler asking him to play piano on tour whilst he was promoting his debut solo album ''
Simon Fowlers Merrymouth ''Simon Fowler's Merrymouth'' is the debut solo album by Simon Fowler (the singer/songwriter from Ocean Colour Scene) it contains six original Fowler compositions, one of those ("Over My Head") being an OCS re-working. Released on 26 March 2012 ...
'', featuring guest appearances from
John McCusker John McCusker (born 15 May 1973) is a Scottish folk musician, record producer, and composer. An accomplished fiddle player, he had a long association as a member of the Battlefield Band beginning in the 1990s and was later a band member and p ...
and
Andy Cutting Andy Cutting (born 18 March 1969) is an English folk musician and composer. He plays melodeon and is best known for writing and performing traditional English folk and his own original compositions which combine English and French traditions w ...
. Following on from the success of the first album and tour, Barry joined the band on a full-time basis. 2014, now called Merrymouth, Sealey, Fowler and Barry return with their second album,
Wenlock Hill ''Wenlock Hill'' is the second album by Merrymouth, a folk band featuring Simon Fowler and Dan Sealey from Ocean Colour Scene, and Adam Barry. It was released in May 2014 and entered the UK Official Album Charts at #71. Track listing All son ...
, which Barry co produced with Sealey. The album once again features McCusker, and a special appearance from
Chas Hodges Charles Nicholas Hodges (28 December 1943 – 22 September 2018) was an English musician and singer who was the lead vocalist of musical duo Chas & Dave. Early life Hodges was born at the North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton on 2 ...
of
Chas and Dave Chas & Dave (often billed as Chas 'n' Dave) were a British pop rock duo, formed in London by Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock. Hodges died in 2018. They were most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled ''rockney'' (a port ...


Personal life

Barry dated and was engaged to Georgia Smith, a British-Canadian
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artist, and member of the
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. Georgia Smith is the daughter of professional wrestler
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and valet
Diana Hart Diana Joyce Hart (born 8 October 1963) is a Canadian-American writer, model, valet and wrestling personality. She is the youngest daughter of Canadian wrestling promoter Stu Hart and was the second to last child born to Stu and his wife Helen. Sh ...
. Barry is also the cousin of
Katrina Hart Katrina Hart (born 17 May 1990) is an English athlete who won a gold medal for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competing in women's 100 m T37 (athletes with cerebral palsy). She had competed at the 2008 Paralympics but was forced to ...
, an English athlete who won a gold medal for England at the
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
competing in women's 100 m T37 (athletes with
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). Hart has and won multiple medals at the
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.


References


External links


The Official Merrymaker Website

Ocean Colour Scene's Merrymouth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Adam 1981 births Living people English folk musicians English multi-instrumentalists English keyboardists Musicians from Worcester, England Americana musicians