Crispy_ - 10:48am Mar 24, 2003 PDT (#10 of 51) Music, Love & Laughter I've been wondering if we'll another Bembe Orisha tour?? I really enjoyed Barney Doyle's playing and it was sweet having Bobby Vega along for the ride as well! Blair Jackson - 10:06am Dec 2, 2001 PDT (#826 of 5333) Had a fabulous time at the Rex benefit last night. Mickey's new group, Bembe Orisha, was up first, and I loved, loved, LOVED them! I really think this might be his best post-GD group yet. And then there are the best remnants of his last year's more pop-oriented group, singer Bobbi Cespedes and guitarist Barney Doyle, who I just think is fantastic. Doyle definitely has some Garcia in his veins, but he's still an original player and he attacks his leads fearlessly (a la Garcia); there's nothing at all tentative about him and I love that. he knows where he wants to go and he goes there with confidence and a certain abandon; very good for this kind of music. The other two new elements were slide guitar wizard Roy Rogers (I don't think he's a regular in the group, but he should be!) who had a number of jaw-droppingly great solos and little duels with Barney Patrick_Terrapin Mar 3, 2003 06:10 am What's Barney Doyle been doing lately? I was real impressed with his guitar playing in the MHB. Patrick_Terrapin Feb 10, 2003 11:59 pm Kimock sat in with the MHB at the Marin show I saw, and that Barney Doyle can play a mean guitar, too. Robbie Freeman - 06:02am Aug 14, 2002 PDT (#2059 of 2303) Fun time at BB King's last night to wrap up the tour. Barney Doyle often created a steel-drum-like sound with his guitar which blended very nicely with the percussion ensemble. (8596 previous messages) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - 11:03am Jul 21, 2002 PDT (#8597 of 35058) Yet, what was that guys name in The Mickey Hart Band ... Barney Doyle???? Whoever that lead guitarist was ... well he was rather good, and I would like to hear more from and the Mickey Hart Band Blair Jackson - 05:01pm Mar 31, 2003 PDT (#641 of 825) "Life, Music and the Pursuit of Happiness", a special evening to benefit the Rex Foundation Marin Civic Auditorium, San Rafael CA Friday March 28, 2003. Mickey Hart and Friends (Nick Beard, Linda Tillery, Bobi Cespedes, Bobby Vega, Greg Ellis, Azam Ali, Roy Rogers, Barney Doyle and Sikiru Adepoju) Just wanted to say I had a great time at the Rex show the other night. I totally got off on Mickey's band once again. (I just dig what they do, and the combination of slide guitarist Roy Rogers--truly one of the greats--with Barney Doyle, who's one of the best of the influenced-by-Garcia guitarists (Barry Sless is my other favorite in that category) is awesome. Great vocalists in that group. Really fine, hypnotic set.