Bill Barth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (November 2007)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Bill (William Henry) Barth (December 13, 1942 in New York City - July 14, 2000 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was an American Blues guitarist who along with John Fahey, and Henry Vestine located 1930s blues great Skip James in a hospital in Tunica, Mississippi in 1964. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of the band The Insect Trust. Co-founded the Memphis Country Blues Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Delta blues. With the Society Bill produced five festivals between 1966 and 1970 featuring artists such as Furry Lewis, Gus Cannon, Bukka White, Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachell and Fred McDowell.

Discography

1969 Memphis Swamp Jam (originally on Blue Thumb Records, later reissued on the Arhoolie label: Three guitar duets by John Fahey, and Bill Barth, using the pseudonyms of R L Watson and Josiah Jones)
1971-74 'On The Road Again' Country Blues 1969-1974 (FLYCD58 Interstate Music) Bill Backs various old blues guys on tracks 13,14 and plays second guitar with Lum Guffin on track 16.
JOHN FAHEY VOL. III: DANCE: OF DEATH AND OTHER PLANTATION FAVORITES (TAKOMA C 1004) Duet with Fahey on track 1, Wine & Roses.

Bill recorded other tracks with Fahey which were not used.

With The Insect Trust