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) is an English singer, best known as the frontman of Ocean Colour Scene. The Fanatics Simon Fowler commenced his music career as the lead singer and songwriter for Birmingham band The Fanatics, which cons ...

and

Dan Sealey Dan Sealey (born 28 September 1976) is an English musician, best knowm as former 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 ...

from

Ocean Colour Scene Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) is an English rock band formed in Birmingham 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 singles to d ...

. 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

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

, 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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, and

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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. McCusker was a member of the Battlefield Band in the 1990s and worked as a band member and producer for folk singer Kate Rusby. He has produced and ...

and

Andy Cutting Andy Cutting (born 18 March 1969) is an English folk musician and composer. He plays Diatonic button accordion, melodeon and is best known for writing and performing traditional Folk music of England, English folk and his own original compositi ...

. 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 #69. Track listing All s ...

, 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. He was the lead vocalist, pianist and guitarist of the musical duo Chas & Dave, whose most successful singles include "Rabbit" (1980) and " Ai ...

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Personal life

Barry dated 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

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. 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 t ...

, an English athlete who won a gold medal for England at the

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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