Tim Barry - Richmond, VA

November 29, 2010 – 11:27 am

That’s it for the year. I’m just home from a short string of dates up in Eastern Canada. Another amazing adventure with a great group of people – The Cavaliers! and Northcote. I’ll play one more show, a benefit here in Richmond, VA for a radical lending library called The Flying Brick (Dec. 4, 2010). After that it’s time to lay real low. It will be a nice change to NOT live out of my back pack after eleven months of doing so. So for the time being it’s back to work at the Richmond Ballet and time to sort through the 25 some odd songs I’ve begun to write while on the road this year. And time to think about what’s next.

I’ll see you guys down the road. And thank you for the one you’ve given me thus far…

TIM BARRY

November 29, 2010

Richmond, VA

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AUGUST 2010 UPDATE

August 9, 2010 – 1:37 pm

It’s been a one hell of a year so far. I know I’m lucky.

I’ve been home a few days and can’t help but reflect. Since January I’ve toured with nearly all of my favorites; Chuck Ragan, Ben Nichols, Frank Turner, Against Me! Todd Beene, The Gaslight Anthem, Ninja Gun, Possessed by Paul James, Canada’s The Cavaliers!, Jon Gaunt, Red Clay River out of Roanoke, Va and more. I’ve clocked more miles than possible to track and played more shows than I can count. And none of it would be worth it if it weren’t for the hospitality, encouragement and support of both my road families and my loved one’s back home in Virginia. Thank you. That’s all I got. A simple thank you.

In the short term, I’m keeping it semi – low key for a couple months. August and September I will only be doing a few regional shows and a couple fly in dates (TBA). I’ll also begin the long process of sorting through all of the new songs I’ve been writing. Although there is no date set, I do look forward to getting back in the studio. But it will be a good amount of time before recording kicks back in.

Come October the pace will pick back up with specific US dates. And to my Northern Neighbors, please keep your ear to the ground for some rumblings. I’ll be doing a proper tour up your way that has yet to be announced. Dates will follow.

All that aside, I’ve gotten a lot of correspondence in regards to a show that will be played in a parking lot near 15th & Broad Street here in Richmond, Virginia. The concept is direct action to increase pressure on the city and Virginia Commonwealth University to acknowledge and memorialize what lays below it – a slave burial ground. The event, we hope will bring more outside attention to the idiocy the city has perpetuated by not embracing true respect of those who built our city. Please stay in touch with me regarding this action. The planning phase has just begun. There is much to be discussed and coordinated. I will keep all of those interested up to speed on this protest. NO DATES HAVE BEEN SET AS OF THIS UPDATE.

All my love.

Tim Barry

Richmond, VA

August, 2010

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HOME FOR A MOMENT (4/10)

April 13, 2010 – 2:34 pm

Hello from home, I hope everyone is doing wonderful.

A friend of mine from Kansas City sent me this quote by Robert Lewis Stevenson.

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

To me, that quote makes sense. And it helps me make sense of these circles I’ve been driving (and riding) around the country for all these years. This past tour has been long. Long and amazing. It started in Canada on January 27th and ended here in Richmond, VA on April 10. I’ve played more shows than I can count. And I’ve played with some of the best folks I have ever known. Bands like Against Me! Chuck Ragan, Red Clay River, Possessed by Paul James, Ninja Gun and so many more.

And when the odds were stacked against us we still made every show. When the transmission busted in my van, Matt Gere (my Tour Manager) stayed with it back in Indiana to get fixed while Red Clay River squeezed me, my dog Emma and my guitar into their van so I could make the shows. Meanwhile Matt limped my van back to Richmond running on 7 cylinders and faulty breaks, where Sarah Kiesler lent us her little Honda Civic so we could get to all the East Coast dates. Then up in Brooklyn, Red Clay River got their van with all their gear in it stolen, with only two more shows to play. A few weeks earlier, Konrad of Possessed by Paul James and Vanessa Jean (of Lubrication Zine fame) had a bad accident on MLK in Oakland, putting a incredible damper on even the idea of getting on stage. But the shows were still played. The shows were played with broken gear, broken hands and with out voice. But they were played. Often with the help of friends and strangers. I think at this point, it’s all we know how to do. To KEEP GOING. To keep moving. To ask for help when in need and to make it to our destinations no matter how hard. And then go again.

You know what this is leading up to. It’s a simple thank you. It’s a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me and my people along the way. For coming to the shows, for putting them on, for putting us up, for putting up with us, for breakfast at dinner time and beers at breakfast.

This life is short and this world small. I’m thankful for it.

ONWARD TO AUSTRALIA! STOKED…

All my love,

Tim Barry

Richmond, VA

April 2010

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