Barry Haggarty

Guitar player par excellence, Barry Haggarty has played with the best in the business.
Barry played guitar for the legendary Ronnie Hawkins before forming his own touring band and releasing the single 'Come To Me", with Ixtland Records. Barry later joined Bentwood Rocker , and with this talented group, released an album with Quality Records entitled ' Take Me to Heaven'. Barry released another single with Capital Records ' Second Wind ' which was produced by Ian Thomas.

Barry has co-written a number of songs with fellow Peterborough native Cyril Rawson, and played sessions in Nashville for Lucille Starr, and a then up and coming young singer, Shania Twain. After releasing an independent single, ' Doesn't Mean A Thing', Barry toured with ' The Family Brown ' and was the guitar player on the television series, 'Ronnie and the Browns", starring Ronnie Prophet and The Family Brown.

Barry was nominated for three years running from 1990 to 1992 as Guitar Player Of The Year with the
Canadian Country Music Association.

In 1991, Barry opened his own recording studio, Haggarty Sound Studio, in Peterborough, Ontario. He has since
produced independent artists such as, Montana Sky, ELISE (EUROPEAN SUCCESS),Mark Ekins and Danny Bronson.
Global Television's Popular Mechanics For Kids use Barry's studio for voice overs with one of the young stars Tyler Kyte.

Over one hundred CD's and Cassettes have been released by independent artists, companies, and organizations from
Haggarty Sound Studio, more than a dozen with Barry as the Producer. Barry's passion is producing acts for radio, from hiring all involved, including only the best musicians ( most of whom can be found locally due to our very rich natural resource - local talent par excellence!) to project completion, and CD production.

1999 marked a milestone for Barry as a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and studio owner with the release of
his premiere independent CD, ' Old Days '. This CD is a collection of works of the heart, and a culmination of many
years experience, honing his craft and talents as a multifaceted artist/producer. "Give Me A Break", the first single release from 'Old Days" has been nationally charted by RPM.

In 2003 Barry produced a compilation CD of various artists to raise money for the Peterborough Humane Society. A benefit concert featuring 12 of those artists was held at Showplace. The show was hosted by Ric Johnson and Mike Melnik, (more fun than you can stand!) and was amazingly well produced.

Barry has had the pleasure of working with Valdy and Natalie McMaster in the studio.

Barry, along with Ed Arnold, have written a song for the Hockeyville contest called "Peterborough is Hockeyville" which will be aired on CBC TV.

Barry has fulfilled his dream of recording at Abbey Road Studio in London, England The CD is called "Barry Haggarty Unplugged at Abbey Road Studio - If These Walls Could Talk". The CD and video DVD are now available, please click here for details!

More recently, Barry was part of the house band and entertainment line-ups for the 2008 and 2009 fundraising evenings with the Gainey Foundation.
Barry was also inducted into the Kenner Collegiate Hall of Honour on Nov. 7th 2008

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