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God Bless the Children
Barry released the single God Bless the Children / Somebody Sing My Song in 1987: Watch the video: Listen to the track:
Read Full ArticleThe Bump
I am a singer and you won’t know me because I never got on Top of the Pops but my voice did – and not just backing vocals either! I sang lead and backing vocals on a major ...
Read Full ArticleMaybe I’m Amazed
The story of “Maybe I’m Amazed” is probably the most complicated and is closely intertwined with “The Bump” so I am writing a blog on how all that came abo ...
Read Full ArticleCold Old Worried Lady
This was my first opportunity to write lyrics for Triumvirat and in truth I might have claimed at least a co-write of the music as well. We were doing a photo shoot at an old railway st ...
Read Full ArticleTriumvirat
The Triumvirat poster was all over America after the release of that album and one of the most frustrating things for me was that the band’s producer and keyboard player, Juergen ...
Read Full ArticleWithout an Aim
Without an Aim… This album that was the reason I turned down the opportunity to join Mike Oldfield on his “Crisis” tour. I was told by several people at the time that ...
Read Full ArticleCrime of Passion with Mike Oldfield
I was living in Sleights, near Whitby with my wife Anne, and my three Kids, Mark, Simon and Lucy. My Triumvirat “prog rock” days had come to an end I was busy writing with m ...
Read Full ArticleTricks of the Light with Mike Oldfield
This was part of the “Discovery” album and it was recorded just above lake Geneva in Switzerland. Vocals for the album were all recorded in a studio Mike had installed in th ...
Read Full ArticleMiss World Perform Barry’s Song
In 1987, God Bless the Children was sung by all the Miss World contestants whilst they were appearing at The Royal Albert Hall in London:
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