Barry Wom | |
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Born: |
7 July 1940 Liverpool, England |
Occupation: |
Drummer, Singer, Songwriter, Rutle, Rootle |
Years Active: |
1957-Present |
Asociated Acts: |
The Rutles, Barry and the Cheesemakers, Barry Wom & His ****-All Band, Nigel Pap, Wom Direction |
Sir Barry Wom, MBE born Barrington Womble, is an English musician who became famous as the drummer of The Rutles. He was also the first Rutle to release a solo album which was successful, entitled When You Find the Girl of Your Dreams in the Arms of some Scotsmen from Hull.
Barry was knighted in the 2018 New Years Honours List for his services to music and hairdressing.
Biography
Introduction into the group
Eighteen months after the forming of the Rutles, the group discovered Barrington Womble in the back of their van in Hamburg. They allowed him to join the group, on the condition he shortened his name to Barry Wom.
Songwriting
Barry has penned two songs whilst in the Rutles: "Living in Hope" on Ouch! and "Easy Listening" on Shabby Road. During his solo years he's amassed a huge number of songs, and the majority of them made a large dent on the charts.
After The Rutles
Barry Wom has enjoyed great success as a businessman. He now owns two hair salons, and gives mop top haircuts to fans and customers alike every summer.
Discography
- When You Find the Girl of Your Dreams in the Arms of some Scotsmen from Hull (1970)
- Barry Cross The Mersey (1970)
- Barry (1973)
- Goodnight Vietnam (1974)
- Barry's Spooktacularathon (1976)
- Barry the 666th (1977)
After the failure of his Halloween albums, Barry quit the music industry and became a hairdresser. However, after the success of the film All You Need Is Cash, he occasionally began releasing albums again.
- Stop and Smell the Rogaine (1981)
- Old Shave (1983)
- Barry Wom and His **** All Band (1990)
- Mullets Take Moxy (1992)
- Horizontal Boi (1998)
- I Wanna Be Karl Marx (1999)
- Barry-Rama (2003)
- Choose Rum (2005)
- Barry and Friends (2006)
- Rutland 7 (2008)
- B cause (2010)
- Live at The Greek Theatre (2010)
- Barry 2012 (2011)
- Barry at The Ryman (2013)
- Postcards from Bognor (2015)
- Give More Haircuts (2017)
- ENOUGH! (2019)