A great baritone voice is featured on The Nostalgic Rambler this week. Canadian Keath Barrie was heard on easy listening radio stations singing such beautiful songs as "Christian Island." The combination of Barrie's deep voice and the song's romantic lyrics really evoked a sense of contentment and adventure.
Barrie was born in Canada and grew up in Germany before returning to his native Canada. His career there gained him fame and he performed with such Canadian favorites as Anne Murray.
Barrie died in 2004. A few years ago he had a website where his cds could be purchased. I noticed recently the webpage was gone. A few of his LPs are available on ebay from time to time. His son, who is a fantastic wildlife artist, offered this information to me about his dad's recordings:
Hello Jeff! I don't have many of my father's CDs left (that's why I took down his website). Until they are all gone, they are still available by calling 1-877-267-8781 I appreciate your efforts in promoting memories of Beautiful Music - too bad only a handful of radio stations still play some! Kind regards, Marc.
I didn't find any clips of Keath Barrie music on Youtube so I'm presenting this short excerpt here for you to enjoy.
For those interested, I have just (two nights ago!) created a Facebook group for Keath Barrie's fans. Please join and share whatever thoughts you have about this great singer. Search for 'Keath Barrie Appreciation Group' I would be interested to hear from Marc Barrie on his thoughts on the group although I'm not sure he is on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteGerry, what a great idea! I'm going to join the group right now!
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ReplyDeleteMy friend Erica is getting married in May and she asked if I could locate a keath Barrie called, "Reach Out". Erica was saying there is a song on the CD called,"Woman You're Beautiful". Here dad said when she gets married he would love to have this dance with her daughter(thirty eight years later looks like this dance is going to happen, unless I can't locate this song for her). So this song is very special to her. I was wondering if you could help me out in locating this CD. I cannot seem to find it on CD format;only lp.
Regards
Marty
Hi, I am just listening to Keath Barrie's album Twilight Zone, which I detected in my mother's LP collection. Great!
ReplyDeleteI just found a signed LP of Keath Barrie’s “Beautiful Best” in my dad’s vinyl collection. Listening to it now on my stereo. What a gorgeous voice he had!
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