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David Barbe (pronounced ˈbɑɹ.bi BAR-bee; born September 30, 1963) is an American musician and producer/engineer from
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and director of the Music Business Certificate Program at the
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. 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
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, Mercyland, and Buzz Hungry, as well as solo performances. He has produced nearly every album by the popular
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band
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, and has worked as producer and engineer with
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. He has an all-star solo band in Athens called the Quick Hooks.


Biography

David Barbe was musically influenced by his parents — "Time Lady"
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and composer John Barbe — who were both
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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.


Music career

Barbe moved to
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in 1981 to attend the University of Georgia. In Athens, he played occasional guitar with
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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. He was tutored by John Keane in music production and engineering. Barbe also played with
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in the
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band. He contributed a number of songs, some from Buzz Hungry and some original, that were performed live and/or released as
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, such as 'Where Diamonds are Halos' which was also recorded as part of a
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radio session. He left Sugar in early 1995. Barbe joined Mould for a full gig on October 18, 2009, at the Treasure Island Music Festival. In 1997, Barbe and two co-owners opened Chase Park Transduction studios in Athens. Since opening Chase Park, Barbe has worked as a producer, engineer, writer and musician on hundreds of recording projects with many artists, including
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, Deerhunter, the Glands, Jerry Joseph, Amy Ray, k.d. lang, and R.E.M. Barbe has performed in a wide variety of "one-off" bands such as Christa McAuliffe and the Challengers and helped create or contribute to many cassette and vinyl compilation records around Athens and Atlanta such as ''Proud o' Me Gluttony'' and ''Some''. He performed at
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2007 with
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. In 2011, Barbe remixed and reissued Mercyland’s sole full-length album, ''No Feet on the Cowling''. In August 2010, Barbe was named interim director of the University of Georgia’s Music Business Certificate Program, then in March 2011 he was appointed the certificate program’s director on a permanent basis by
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Dean Robert Sumichrast. David's parents, Jane and John Barbe, were inducted into the
Georgia Music Hall of Fame The Georgia Music Hall of Fame was a hall of fame to recognize music performers and music industry professionals from or connected to the state of Georgia. It began with efforts of the state's lieutenant governor Zell Miller to attract the music ...
on September 26, 2015.


References


Flagpole Magazine - Mercyland Profile


External links

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Chase Park Transduction
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