Bobby Barth attended St John's Military School in Salina, Kansas, and finished his formal education at Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Fountain, Colorado.
16 Facts About Bobby Barth
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Bobby Barth began playing drums in 1960, working weekend and one-night shows in 1963.
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Bobby Barth learned guitar basics from his stepfather, and in 1968 he left home and began to play music full-time.
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Bobby Barth joined the Colorado group Wakefield in 1969, as lead guitarist and singer.
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The band continued to tour and record, until in 1984 Osborne and Bobby Barth were involved in a fatal car crash.
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Bobby Barth escaped with only spinal injuries, but Osborne was killed in the crash.
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Bobby Barth recorded his solo record, Two Hearts One Beat, as a tribute to Osborne in 1985.
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Bobby Barth played with Blackfoot until their breakup in 1986.
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Bobby Barth moved back to Los Angeles and partnered with UFO drummer Andy Parker to open Satellite Sound Recording in Burbank.
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Bobby Barth started to engineer and produce projects with the help of the producer of his solo record 2 Hearts, Was Not Was bassist Bruce Nazarian.
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Bobby Barth produced several records for MTM, Toshiba-EMI, and Japan's Zero Corporation Label, as well as countless indie projects.
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In 2004, the original members of Blackfoot asked Bobby Barth to reunite and to tour again.
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Bobby Barth went into semi retirement in 2015 moving his family and studio to Lafayette County, Florida.
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Bobby Barth continues to be active in Freemasonry and in the rebuilding of New Orleans.
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Bobby Barth is Vice President and a founding member of the Louisiana Grand Chapter of the "Widows Sons" motorcycle Riding Assoc.
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Bobby Barth is currently an honorary member of the Alabama Widows Sons Masonic Riders Association in Montgomery, Alabama.