What does partying with Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, and Janis Joplin all have in common, If you said 'Yes' to Sidney Barnes, you'd be right! From Hollywood, Motown, and Greenwich Village, to gangsters and money grabbers, for over 5 years in the music world the silky voice of Sidney Barnes has shone through it all.
So have you ever heard Sidney Barnes sing? Well, if you answered 'NO', you just might be surprised. As a key player in the music business for the last fifty years, he's appeared on hundreds of albums, co-founding the hugely popular band The Rotary Connection, singing side by side with Minnie Riperton, along with appearing on albums by The Jackson 5, B.B. King, George Clinton, and The Supremes.
Even Elton John acknowledged Rotary Connection's influence in Billboard magazine, when he said that when he heard them for the first time, he realized that "it could work." And the rest is history!
Standing On Solid Ground is about what it takes to endure the rejection and the fame, the temptations and the blame. And the best part is that through it all, the unique, loving light of Sidney Barnes shines through, giving us all the inspiration to keep on keeping on in our own lives, as we too stand on solid ground!
What does partying with Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, and Janis Joplin all have in common, If you said 'Yes' to Sidney Barnes, you'd be right! From Hollywood, Motown, and Greenwich Village, to gangsters and money grabbers, for over 5 years in the music world the silky voice of Sidney Barnes has shone through it all.
So have you ever heard Sidney Barnes sing? Well, if you answered 'NO', you just might be surprised. As a key player in the music business for the last fifty years, he's appeared on hundreds of albums, co-founding the hugely popular band The Rotary Connection, singing side by side with Minnie Riperton, along with appearing on albums by The Jackson 5, B.B. King, George Clinton, and The Supremes.
Even Elton John acknowledged Rotary Connection's influence in Billboard magazine, when he said that when he heard them for the first time, he realized that "it could work." And the rest is history!
Standing On Solid Ground is about what it takes to endure the rejection and the fame, the temptations and the blame. And the best part is that through it all, the unique, loving light of Sidney Barnes shines through, giving us all the inspiration to keep on keeping on in our own lives, as we too stand on solid ground!