1. Gary Barnacle was born on 1959 and is an English saxophonist, flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer, and producer.
25 Facts About Gary Barnacle
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Gary Barnacle performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium in 1988, and appeared on television and in music videos during the 1980s and 1990s with many popular music acts.
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Gary Barnacle was in an electropop duo called Leisure Process from 1982 to 1983 with ex-Positive Noise singer Ross Middleton.
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Gary Barnacle was introduced to The Clash through their drummer Topper Headon, a school friend of Barnacle's and reportedly became involved in The Clash's infamous 1978 "pigeon shooting" incident.
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In 1981, Gary Barnacle contributed to the debut albums by Positive Noise: Heart of Darkness and Stray Cats.
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Gary Barnacle contributed to In Trance as Mission by Simple Minds, "Power and the Passion" by Midnight Oil, and played saxophone on Rick Wakeman's 1984.
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From 1990 to 1994 Gary Barnacle toured with Level 42 and recorded two of the band's albums: Guaranteed and Forever Now.
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In 1982, Gary Barnacle collaborated on Julien Clerc's Femmes, Indiscretion, Blaspheme, Mike Rutherford's Acting Very Strange, Marius Muller-Westernhagen's Das Herz eines Boxers, and with Visage's The Anvil.
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Gary Barnacle later toured in Europe with Turner and participated in the recording sessions of her 1989 album Foreign Affair.
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In 1984, Gary Barnacle contributed to the recording sessions for This Is What You Want.
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Gary Barnacle began a long collaboration with Elvis Costello, for whom he provided saxophone for Goodbye Cruel World.
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In 1985, Gary Barnacle played in No Jacket Required, a solo album by Phil Collins, which sold over 25 million copies worldwide; he played in Phantasmagoria by The Damned, Easy Pieces by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Some People by Belouis Some, The Dream Academy's eponymous debut album, Knights Like This by Peter Blegvad and Mad Not Mad by Madness.
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Gary Barnacle played saxophone on Suburbia by Pet Shop Boys, and he appeared on Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, playing on tracks by David Bowie, Style Council, Ray Davies, Working Week and Gil Evans.
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Gary Barnacle performed on Feelin' Good About It by This Way Up, Can't Wait to See the Movie seventh solo album released by Roger Daltrey of The Who, Stand Up by Jo Lemaire, Never Never Land by Simon F, If by Hollywood Beyond and Swing Out Sister's It's Better to Travel and Get in Touch with Yourself.
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In 1988, Gary Barnacle worked on Bullet From A Gun by Derek B, Human Animal by Karel Fialka, and Creeping Up on Jesus by The Big Dish.
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Gary Barnacle worked with Paul Hardcastle on No Winners, Sound Syndicate, and The Jazzmasters project, in which he was the co-artist and co-writer along with Hardcastle and Helen Rodgers.
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In 1990, Gary Barnacle appeared as a session musician on Naked by Blue Pearl, Trading Secrets with the Moon by The Adventures, Dangerous by Andy Taylor, First Time Ever by Joanna Law, Melting Down on Motor Angel by Sunsonic, Running from the Guns by Die Laughing, Stand Strong by Junior Giscombe, Jordan: The Comeback by Prefab Sprout, and December by Dag Kolsrud, which was followed by December II that was released in 1991.
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Gary Barnacle appeared on the single "Always The Last To Know" from the album Change Everything by Del Amitri and on A Pocketful of Dreams, the debut album by English boyband Big Fun.
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In 1992, Gary Barnacle collaborated with Soul II Soul on their third studio album, Volume III: Just Right, and he returned in 1995 for Volume V: Believe.
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In 1993, Gary Barnacle helped realize Jamiroquai's debut album and worked on Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol.
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Gary Barnacle released his first solo album, Love Will Find a Way and contributed to El pan y la sal by Spanish pop band Presuntos Implicados.
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Gary Barnacle appeared as the saxophonist in the house band on the spoof chat show Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge.
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In 1996, Gary Barnacle helped realize Status Quo's Don't Stop and the Sputnik: The Next Generation's eponymous album featuring Tomoyasu Hotei.
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Gary Barnacle worked frequently with Stock Aitken Waterman as a session musician in their PWL studios.
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Gary Barnacle is frequently credited as an arranger of woodwinds, brass, and string instruments on his session work.