Guitar player par excellence, Barry Haggarty has played with the best in the business. Barry played guitar for the legendary Ronnie Hawkins before forming his own touring band and releasing the single “Come To Me” with Ixtland Records. Barry later joined Bentwood Rocker, releasing an album with Quality Records entitled Take Me to Heaven. Barry released another single with Capital Records “Second Wind.” Barry has co-written a number of songs with fellow Peterborough native Cyril Rawson and has played sessions in Nashville for Lucille Starr and for a then up-and-coming young singer, Shania Twain. After releasing an independent single, “Doesn’t Mean A Thing,” Barry toured with The Family Brown and was the guitar player on the television
series Ronnie and the Brown’s, starring Ronnie Prophet and The Family Brown.
Barry was nominated for three years running from 1990 to 1992 as Guitar Player Of The Year with the Canadian Country Music Association. In 1991, Barry opened his own recording studio, Haggarty Sound Studio, in Peterborough, Ontario.
He has since produced independent artists such as Montana Sky, Mark Ekins, and Danny Bronson. Over one hundred CDs and cassettes have been released by independent artists, companies, and organizations from Haggarty Sound Studio.
The year 1999 marked a milestone for Barry as a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and studio owner with the release of his premiere independent CD, Old Days. “Give Me A Break,” the first single release from this CD has been nationally charted by RPM. Barry has had the pleasure of working with Valdy and Natalie McMaster in the studio.
Recently, Barry has been working very hard on new projects of his own! Haggarty Sound Studios has been given a fresh new look to enhance artists’ recording experience. In September 2013, he was honoured to be inducted into the Peterborough Pathway of Fame!
