Barry Crabtree
Musician · Clay City, Kentucky
Best known for
Banjo
Barry Crabtree is a Kentucky-born banjoist whose eleven-year stretch with Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, founding seat in Wildfire (2000), and listed past membership in J.D. Crowe & the New South have placed him among the busiest east-Kentucky banjo players of the post-1990 generation.
- Born and raised in Clay City, Kentucky.
- Founding member of Wildfire (formed 2000, debut album "Uncontained" 2001).
- Other Wildfire originals: Phil Leadbetter, Robert Hale, Darrell Webb, Curt Chapman.
- Spent 11 years with Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers (most widely recognized for this tenure).
- Recorded banjo on Larry Sparks's "Gonna Be Movin'" (sessions Jan/Feb/Jul 1986).
- Listed among past members of J.D. Crowe & The New South.
- Also toured with Dale Ann Bradley and Harley Allen.
- Featured guest on Bluegrass Today podcast (Episode #41).
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Larry Sparks and the Lonesome RamblersPlayed on recordings with Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers
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Bill Harrell and the VirginiansPlayed on recording with Bill Harrell and the Virginians