@PotshotRecords
 Detroit, MI
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Joined April 2014
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He carefully loaded the master reel into his rusted ’82 hatchback and slipped off back to Ferndale... youtube.com/watch?v=PxJe-QqE…

🦴 Gregg Gaines - 'A Place I Call Home' (90's Soul Ballad) | “Paws" Barker Production

Six grueling months cutting *Soul Boogie Strut*, a track guaranteed...

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Two weeks later, The Detachments loaded their amps into a rusted ’82 Econoline and moved back to Des Moines... youtube.com/watch?v=H6lzt409…

🦴 The Detachments - 'Blue Sky in You' (90's Boogie Rock) | “Paws" Barker Production

He overshot the kit entirely. Lou crashed through the riser, took d...

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Driven by pure paranoid spite, they vowed to redeem their rock legacy... youtube.com/watch?v=vOtnCFKG…

Blue Hawks - 'Drive to Jackson' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws" Barker Production

*Midnight Talon*, was an undeniable banger. But during the 1991 tra...

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They vanished off the grid forever that night, leaving behind zero hit records, and three burned-down studios... youtube.com/watch?v=cV7XqvjT…

🦴 Lost Tower - 'Used to be Mine' (90's Power Ballad) | “Paws" Barker Production

Their grand redemption gig? A 1998 slot opening for a laser-tag are...

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Take #4,012 was ruined when the studio's faulty wiring picked up a local police band radio... youtube.com/watch?v=w0tW9ENU…

🦴 Merchants of Speed - 'Fooled in the Blue' (90's Rock Ballad) | “Paws" Barker Production

For eight agonizing years, their front-man attempted to track the s...

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The band folded, and traded their leather jackets for khakis... youtube.com/watch?v=bXwFk42o…

🦴 The Pool Sharks - 'Rockin' `n' Rollin Tonight' (90's Classic Rock)...

The board sparked, caught fire, and set off the overhead sprinklers...

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Setting Irish heritage back two hundred years... youtube.com/watch?v=6-HBDjHV…

🦴 The Throttles - 'Irish Eyes o' Blue' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws"...

In 1994, Detroit’s ultimate Celtic-rock wrecking crew, The Throttle...

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Found in an abandoned milk crate... youtube.com/watch?v=TgCSQGX6…

🦴 Merchants of Speed - 'Flat Broke' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws"...

Disaster struck on day three. The lead guitarist dropped an entire,...

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A haunting artifact... youtube.com/watch?v=YrUrk2GL…

🦴 Lonnie Sessions - 'Oh Can it Be?' (90's Rock Ballad) | “Paws"...

It’s a haunting, authentic artifact of a time when songwriting felt...

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And then it hits you: they weren’t trying to change the world... youtube.com/watch?v=PgBxRPHH…

🦴 Merchants of Speed - 'Waitin' for your Spell' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws" Barker Production

The downs were just as loud. Lineup shifts, blown-out amplifiers, v...

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Redemption arrived in the form of a dusty cassette tape... youtube.com/watch?v=DoA0r9eA…

🦴 Sly Parrish - 'Dreams from the Road' (90's Reggae) | “Paws" Barker Production

Decades later, the Detroit music scene thought Sly was gone for goo...

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A beautiful tragic wreckage... youtube.com/watch?v=AKncWeHk…
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The band imploded right as the reel hit the final playback... youtube.com/watch?v=4FjRbl5J…

🦴 Captain Charm - 'Goodbye little Bonnie' (90's Booge Rock) | “Paws"...

It was a funeral for the version of ourselves that still believed i...

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You’ll never go anywhere. This road leads straight to nowhere... youtube.com/watch?v=v7Wr9FQd…

🦴 Merchants of Speed - 'Left with the Snow' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws" Barker Production

That infamous January blizzard hit hardest when they were stranded ...

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A fleeting snapshot of triumph over the wreckage... youtube.com/watch?v=A4pSlBa8…

🦴 Dream Nights - 'If I can count on You' (90's Rock Ballad) | “Paws" Barker Production

Watching them channel that chaos into a ballad was witnessing rock ...

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Naturally, the lows hit just as hard.... youtu.be/YcPYPTI8N0A?si=1EdJ…

🦴 The Whistlers - 'Love of my Whole Life' (90's Rock Ballad) |...

Naturally, the lows hit just as hard... Lineup friction, blown spea...

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🦴 The Tides have turned back the clock and sweet redemption has finally arrived ... youtu.be/xhMzkW4BCdg?si=PA-e…

🦴 The High Tides - 'Jane and Jack' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws"...

That lightning was 'Jane and Jack'—a gritty, heart-stopping collisi...

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Rustbelt grit, recovered from the ether, resurrected for true believers. ... youtu.be/l97Id5KzTa4?si=aiN-…

The What's New - 'She's a Mean Job' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws" Barker Production

Years later, that exact same tambourine surfaced on eBay, sold by a...

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It is rare to hear a song that maps the exact topography of a breakup with such melodic grace... youtu.be/7HmOEJrWUGk?si=Ke0u…

The Sessions - 'No More Tricks' (90's Rock Ballad) | “Paws" Barker Production

I watched them vanish into the Michigan fog just as the industry sh...

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🎸🔥 Feel that classic rock vibe? Hit play on Merchants of Speed - "Bittersweet Mist" 🎶🐾 Prod. by “Paws” Barker! Pure gold! ⚡️✨ youtu.be/57Q7wIzjpSc #ClassicRock #90sRock

Merchants of Speed - 'Bittersweet Mist' (90's Classic Rock) | “Paws"...

The last time anyone saw the Gretsch, it was hock-shopped in a deso...

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