Barry Dunaway

Low End Fortification Specialist

50+ Years on Record

Discography

.38 Special — Milestone album cover

.38 Special

Southern-rock institution active since 1977. Barry began subbing for Larry Junstrom in 2011 and joined full-time in 2013 — his longest stint with any single band. Don Barnes has publicly credited Barry with reinvigorating the group.

  • Milestone2025
Survivor — Reach album cover

Survivor

'Eye of the Tiger' arena-rock band. Barry was asked by the late Jimi Jamison to join the band as bassist from 2004–2006 and recorded Survivor's first studio album in over a decade.

  • Reach2006
Barry Dunaway with Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen

Swedish neoclassical metal virtuoso. Barry joined in 1988 and recorded across four world tours; drummer Anders Johansson has credited him with helping translate Malmsteen's classical instincts into a working rock-band sound. Facing the Animal and Alchemy were certified gold in Japan. Includes Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force band releases and archival sets.

  • Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force — Odyssey album coverOdyssey Tour (Rising Force)1988
  • Yngwie Malmsteen — Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad album coverTrial by Fire: Live in Leningrad1989
  • Yngwie Malmsteen — The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection album coverThe Yngwie Malmsteen Collection1991
  • Yngwie Malmsteen — Facing the Animal album coverFacing the Animal1997
  • Yngwie Malmsteen — Alchemy album coverAlchemy (Rising Force)1999
  • Live!!1998
  • Anthology 1994–19992000
  • Yngwie Malmsteen Archives2000
  • Instrumental Best Album2003
  • Now Your Ships Are Burned: The Polydor Years 1984–19902004
  • Far Beyond the Sun2005
  • Complete Box: The Polydor Years2006
  • Lost in a Dream (Rising Force)2007
  • First Odyssey (Rising Force)2007
Joe Lynn Turner — Street of Dreams: Boston 1985 album cover

Joe Lynn Turner

Rainbow / Deep Purple frontman. Barry toured behind Turner's solo album Rescue You in the mid-'80s and appears in the 1986 film Blue de Ville; the Boston 1985 live set was released decades later.

  • Street of Dreams: Boston 19852007

Pat Travers

Canadian hard-rock guitarist. Barry joined alongside Riggs founder Jerry Riggs in 1982 and has cycled in and out of the Pat Travers Band for three decades — from the Polydor studio era through live releases captured around the world.

  • Pat Travers — Hot Shot album coverHot Shot1984
  • Pat Travers — School of Hard Knocks album coverSchool of Hard Knocks1989
  • Pat Travers — King Biscuit Flower Hour album coverKing Biscuit Flower Hour1997
David Watt Besley — Believe These Eyes album coverDavid Watt Besley — Evil People album cover

David Watt Besley

Singer-songwriter session credit. davidwattbesley.blogspot.com

  • Believe These Eyes2011
  • Evil People—

Voices of Classic Rock

Touring supergroup of lead singers from Loverboy, Mountain, Santana, Survivor, Starship, John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, Orleans, Pablo Cruise, Joe Lynn Turner, Deep Purple, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Gary U.S. Bonds, Sass Jordan, The Pat Travers Band, The Cars, Toto, The Spencer Davis Group, Nick Gilder and Rare Earth. Barry anchored the bass chair. voicesofclassicrock.net

  • Hard Rock Hotel Universal Orlando (First Birthday Bash 2002)2002
George Reeves — Astraland album cover

George Reeves

Singer-songwriter session credit. georgereevesmusic.com

  • Astraland—
Rock & Pop Masters — One Night in Weston album cover

Rock & Pop Masters

Rotating-lineup classic-rock revue featuring former members of Orleans, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Jeff Scott Soto, Santana, Survivor, Ambrosia, Rick Derringer, The Young Rascals, Blue Oyster Cult, Kool & The Gang and others.

  • One Night in Weston — A Live Concert CD2008
Jamie DeFrates — Winterhawk album cover

Jamie DeFrates

Florida folk-rock singer-songwriter; Barry played bass on the session.

  • Winterhawk2006
Kingpins — Kings and Things album cover

Kingpins

St. Augustine, FL band Barry recorded and worked with at the end of the '90s.

  • Kings and Things1999
Big Jim & The Twins — Yeah… We Smoke album cover

Big Jim & The Twins

Rock side-project session credit.

  • Yeah… We Smoke1998
Mark Boals — Ignition album cover

Mark Boals

Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist's solo album; Barry contributed bass.

  • Ignition1998
Jacob Armen — Drum Fever album cover

Jacob Armen

Drum prodigy's instrumental project; Barry handled bass on the session.

  • Drum Fever1995
Saraya — When the Blackbird Sings album cover

Saraya

Sandi Saraya's melodic-rock band. Barry played bass on the band's second and final Polydor album.

  • When the Blackbird Sings…1991
Major Lance — The Major's Back album cover

Major Lance

Chicago soul legend ('The Monkey Time', 'Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um'). Barry played bass on Lance's comeback album.

  • The Major's Back1983
James Anderson — Strangest Feeling album cover

James Anderson

Solo project session credit from Barry's Atlanta years.

  • Strangest Feeling1982
Whiteface — Change of Face album cover

Whiteface

Atlanta hard-rock band co-founded by Doug Bare. Barry replaced original bassist Kyle Henderson in 1980 and co-wrote material on their Mercury Records sophomore LP.

  • Change of Face1981
Ed Raetzloff — Drivin' Wheels album cover

Ed Raetzloff

Southern singer-songwriter; Barry contributed bass to this independent release.

  • Drivin' Wheels1981
Paul Davis — Cool Night album cover

Paul Davis

Pop-soul singer best known for 'I Go Crazy' and '65 Love Affair'. Barry played bass on the Arista album that produced the title-track Top 20 hit.

  • Cool Night1981
Bob Bakert — self-titled album cover

Bob Bakert

Singer-songwriter session work from Barry's late-'70s Atlanta studio period.

  • Bob Bakert1977
The Dawson Boys — These Summer Nights album cover

Dawson Boys

Atlanta country-rock band fronted by Ed and Bob Dawson. Barry joined in 1974 and played bass on their debut LP, his first studio credit.

  • These Summer Nights1976