Paul Barrere is a member of the band Little Feat, founded in 1969 by Lowell George and Bill Payne, having joined the band in 1972. Barrere has also recorded and performed with many notable musicians including Chicken Legs, Blues Busters, Valerie Carter, Helen Watson, Chico Hamilton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, Eikichi Yazawa, and Carly Simon. Paul can be seen in the 1979 Nicolette Larson Warner Brothers promotional video of "Lotta Love", sporting a squared-off tailed shirt. Some of Barrere's best known contributions to Little Feat as a songwriter include "Skin It Back", and "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" from the album Feats Don't Fail Me Now, "All That You Dream" from The Last Record Album, "Time Loves a Hero" from Time Loves a Hero, and "Down on the Farm" from Down on the Farm. Barrere is a swing man as a guitarist who plays a wide variety of styles of music including blues, rock, jazz, and cajun music and is proficient as a slide guitarist. Barrere also records and tours as an acoustic duo with fellow Little Feat member Fred Tackett. Barrere and Bill Payne played several concerts with Phil Lesh and Friends in October 1999 and from March to June 2000. 

July 3rd, 1948 in Burbank  /  Died:   Oct 26th, 2019 - liver cancer - aged 71