SINGER-SONGWRITER and guitarist Barney Perrine brings the Barney Nine Fingers Band to the KALA stage for a night of blues and rock with a jazz influence. In the band is guitarist Don King, bass player Steve Frost and drummer Dave Gager. Friday, September 19th at 7:30pm.
Tickets: $20 online at kalaastoria.com
Perrine who originally hails from Grays Harbor County began playing professionally in 1977 with band Desoto Rose. He’s been a steady gig player since, all over the Pacific Northwest and Washington state.
If you’re from the Washington side, you’ll recognize the band KIDCO with well-known drummer the late, great Wayne “Goose” Flurry, he was also in the band PF Flyer and teamed up with Bruce Hughes as Perrine and Hughes. Before going solo Perrine paired up with John Myers as the Perrine Myers Band.
Perrine has recorded six albums, the latest being LIVE at the PAC. A relocation from Washington to the Astoria area in 2007, you can hear him doing solo gigs, but on this eve, you’ll hear rockin’ originals and some classic rock covers.
If you’re curious about the name of the band – Barney lost half of the ring finger on his right hand due to a table saw accident in 2013, earning him the nickname Nine Fingers. The challenge of playing guitar down a digit has been accepted and mastered by him. Like he always says, “It’s just repetition.”