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PHOTOS: I met guitarist/producer/writer
Barry Cleveland in 1991 during a visit to San
Francisco, shortly before moving there the following
year. Robert Powell drove me to Barry’s
house in the Oakland Hills which was referred to as “The Lodge”. It was a combo live-work-studio-jam-lounge-hotel-party-recovery-sanctuary
meeting place for musicians and artists.
After relocating from St. Louis,
I was invited into this wonderful community of musicians. Barry and I became friends and we began
working together. For months after, and
I don’t know how I did it, I carted my 80 pound 8-Track TASCAM recorder back
and forth across the bay to Barry’s studio where we tracked and mixed my CD,
“The Acoustic Shadow”. This is one of my
favorite pictures. I took this photo
during a rare daytime session as Barry recorded his signature guitar on Light
Years Dark Skies. It captures the scene
as it was; the studio-living room with gear everywhere and with Barry at the
controls and inside the music. The song also features Barbara Else on flute,
Dan Reiter on cello and I on “Morricone” guitar. -CW
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