13 Facts About Geoff Bartley

Geoff Bartley was born on 1948 and is an American acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Since 1994, Bartley has played guitar regularly alongside Tom Paxton.

Geoff Bartley was born in New York City in 1948 and grew up on the eastern shore of Maryland.

Geoff Bartley's mother played piano and his father, a doctor, played clarinet.

In fourth grade, Geoff Bartley began to study clarinet, and in 1963 began playing the acoustic guitar.

Geoff Bartley has lived in Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.

Geoff Bartley performed his first professional gig in 1970 at a Boston coffeehouse.

Geoff Bartley was involved in the creation of the 2004 Tom Paxton signature model Martin guitar.

In 1991, Geoff Bartley began hosting a folk singer-songwriter open mic at the Can Tab Lounge in Cambridge on Monday evenings.

Geoff Bartley's songs have been recorded by numerous artists and licensed for film and television.

Geoff Bartley's recordings Put the Big Stone Down and Mercy for the Dispossessed both reached number one on the international Folk DJ Radio chart.

In 2015, Geoff Bartley was the winner of the Podunk songwriting contest.

Geoff Bartley has won the New Hampshire Acoustic Guitar Contest twice, and won a guitar each year from 1984 to 1987 by four-second-place wins at the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championships in Winfield, Kansas.