Barry Beckett
| Barry Beckett | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 4, 1943 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 2009 (aged 66) Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupations | Keyboardist Record Producer |
| Instruments | Keyboard Organ |
Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943, Birmingham, Alabama – June 10, 2009, Hendersonville, Tennessee) was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums. He was also a record producer. Along with David Hood and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Beckett took to the road in 1973 in the expanded lineup of Traffic. Recordings from this tour can be heard on Traffic's live album On The Road.
He was involved in the "Muscle Shoals Sound" as a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, and in 1969, one of the founders of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. The Sound studio produced such hits as "Torn Between Two Lovers" (Mary MacGregor) and "Smoke from a Distant Fire" Sanford-Townsend Band). Beckett moved to Nashville in 1982 to become A & R country music director for Warner Bros. Records and co-produced Williams, Jr.'s records with Jim Ed Norman. Beckett produced records independently after leaving Warner Bros. Records.
[edit] Death
Beckett died of natural causes at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee in 2009, aged 66.
[edit] References
- Allmusic biography
- Everett, Todd (1998). "Barry Beckett". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 31–32.
- Alabama Music Hall of Fame biography
- Discogs.com listing
- 1999 interview with Barry Beckett
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