BIOGRAPHY
Barry "King Happy" Hyman is a performer, composer, band leader, recording artist, and music teacher who has been playing professionally since 1965. (Search CD Baby for KING HAPPY, NATURAL HISTORY, and ZUELA to see five other cds that feature Barry Hyman!) He specializes in guitar and pedal steel guitar, but he also sings and plays harmonica, bass, keyboard, sitar, banjo, slide guitar, and percussion. Most of his compositions have reggae or Afropop influences, but he plays music from all over the world along with popular American styles such as r&b, folk, blues, country, funk, and bluegrass. He is currently performing with four bands and teaching full time -- private lessons as well as music classes at several different colleges. He is the author of a 340-page instructional manual called Smart Guitar, and is also a political activist who writes about current events and environmental issues. His hobbies are organic gardening and reading. He lives in the woods of upstate New York with his wife and cats.
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