Barry Sless

{{BLP sources|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Barry Sless | image = Barry Sless.jpg | caption = Sless with Phil Lesh and Friends, 2008 | image_size =  | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|22}} | death_date = | genre = Rock & roll, Rockabilly, Blues, American roots music, Western Swing, R&B | occupation = Musician | instrument = guitar, Pedal steel guitar, Bass | years_active = | associated_acts = Phil Lesh and Friends, Moonalice, David Nelson Band, Rattlebox, Flying Other Brothers, Kingfish, Great American Taxi, Barry & the Grissettes, Cowboy Jazz | label = | website = | Notable instruments = }}

'''Barry Sless''' (born December 22, 1955) is an American musician from Baltimore, Maryland. He plays both traditional six-string guitar and the pedal steel guitar.<ref name="Trager1997">{{cite book|last=Trager|first=Oliver|title=The American Book of the Dead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbRsHp57CqwC&pg=PA87|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=1997-12-04|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780684814025|pages=87–}}</ref><ref name="Jackson2000">{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Blair|title=Garcia: An American Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3y3PbFPNe4C&pg=PA467|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=2000-08-01|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780140291995|pages=467–}}</ref> ==Career== ===2020s=== In March 2022, Sless was set to head out on the road with the group, Wolf Bros led by Bob Weir formerly with the Grateful Dead.<ref>''Billboard'', 02/17/2022 - [https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/bob-weir-wolf-bros-album-interview-1235033010/ How Bob Weir Decides If a Song Goes to Wolf Bros or Dead & Company By Gary Graff]</ref>

==Performances with==

*Section 8 *David Nelson Band *Phil and Friends *Moonalice *Kingfish *Great American Taxi *Rowan Brothers *The Avalon Allstars *Flying Other Brothers *Cowboy Jazz *The Chazz Cats *Honeysuckle Rogues *Barry and the Grissettes *Chris Robinson Brotherhood *Greenleaf Rustlers *Skeleton Krewe *Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros<ref>{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Bernstein |date=March 1, 2022 |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/bob-weir-wolf-bros-billy-strings-les-claypool-sweetwater-setlist-videos |title=Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Welcome Billy Strings & Les Claypool at Sweetwater Music Hall |work=JamBase |access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p222145/credits|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sless, Barry}} Category:American rock guitarists Category:American male guitarists Category:Pedal steel guitarists Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Kingfish (band) members Category:20th-century American guitarists Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:Moonalice members Category:Flying Other Brothers members