Barrie's Background

Barrie born in the year 1947 loved to play piano and was a very talented musician. During his extensive career he worked with well -known artists of their time including Danny Williams, Wee Willie Harris, Jess Conrad, Ricky Valance, Burt Weedon and Marty Wilde to name but a few.

As a child his mother was very strict about him practicing and this helped to nurture his talent and as a teenager he was performing and a working musician.

Barrie and the Lambert Family

Barrie’s father was related to the Lambert family and little families have had such a profound influence on the arts than the Lamberts.

Kit Lambert (1935-1981) founder and manager of and a very well- known British pop group The Who also founder of Britain’s first independent record label.

Kit Lambert’s father was Constant Lambert (1905-1951) musical director of Saddler’s Wells ballet in the mid 1930’s he galvanised English ballet by introducing a cosmopolitan influence. He was also champion of jazz in a time when jazz was fairly new as a musical genre in Britain.

Constant’s father was George Lambert 1873-1930 was a well-known war artist and then established himself as Australia’s leading artist. A majority of his work are on display in Australia.

Jackie performing with Hayley

So it can be said that Barrie came from a very artistic background and a lover of jazz himself. Therefore it was only natural that Barrie’s daughter Hayley would enjoy music and now regularly rehearses with Jackie in Dartford studio.

Jackie and Hayley enjoy rehearsing cover songs from different music genres and we have performed to help raise money for good causes.

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