Welcome to Barnyard Sounds web site. This web site showcases the music of John Spreier, the bands that he has performed in, and select featured artists. It also features pictures & video performances of John & his bands and serves as a portal for the best free programs that you can download on the internet.

Click on the links above and to the right to listen to the albums, see the bands, read the history, hear the music, learn the news, look at the pictures, download the programs, view the videos, and surf the links to the world wide web.

John Spreier is a musician, songwriter, and vocalist. His main instruments are bass and guitar but he's been known to pick up a mandolin, trumpet, or drum & bang some keys on a piano or synthesizer to record the parts that are needed for a song that he's written. He began performing in the spring of 1976 and started recording in the autumn of 1979. To date he has released five solo albums and twenty-two albums with his bands.

John has been a member of the following bands, duets & trios: Minas Tirith, Rael, The Tim Turner Band, Allagash, The Units, Wilson Blue and the Blue Roots Reggae Band, Mirage, Beta Brunette, Red Road, Newbird, Zen Chefs, Seek First, Fable, Essential Harmony, Casinelli & Company, Barnstormers, and The BLC Band. He has also been a guest performer with Full Circle, Maasai, Man on the Street, and Dub Squad.

John has performed and/or recorded with Dave Lieber, Ken & Marty Mele, Tony Miceli, Wico Van Genderen, Lydia Jackson, Tim Waller, Brad Egner, Bob Hollinger, Kenny & Michael Birnbaum, Charlie Capella, Pete Kogler, Tim Turner, Jimmy Mulligan, John Guadagni, Jon & Justin Jelleyman, Jimmy Devine, Wilson Blue, Dave Turano, Brian Dougan, David Chandler, Arna Zucker, Phil Mullen, Lloyd Nibbs, Nick & Steve Smith, Steve Copel, Kenny Johnson, Fred Wilkes, Billy Smith, Georgia Kaly, Willie Wilmont, Tom Parotti, Willie Coolie, Abdul Mateen, Tony Blackett, Frank O'Rourke, Chris Turner, Len Boudreau, John Crafton Jr, John Crafton III, Anthony Gavoli, Joshua Willis, Donna & Jeff Olson, Vincent Pasternak, John Dunn, Rick Bellaire, Marilynn Manfra, J.P. Jones, Kurt Meyer, Caila Spreier, Michele Jeffrey, Joe Casinelli, Steve Hodge, Chuck Smith, Kristen Chapentier, Denice Petrucci, Seth Ramsdill, James & Sam Marriot, Danielle Schaeffer, Judie Knudtson, Jacob Clawson, Ken & Lori Imel, Katie & Matt Imel, Steve Chapman, Alex Heilig, Betsy & David Elwert, Kathleen Olive, Bryan Wilkes, Aimee Pakan, and many other great musicians. He's also performed with The Bethlehem Lutheran Church Choir and The Grace Lutheran Church Choir.

John was an audio engineer with John Guadagni for Maasai's live performances in the eighties. He was the audio engineer for The Jon Jelleyman Memorial Benefit Concert at One Pelham East in Newport, R.I. He was the audio engineer and producer for Arna Zucker's i love to sing-a EP. He was the audio engineer for John Belcher's "Half of My Time" which appears on John Belcher's album "The Sound According to John". He was an audio engineer for St Andrews Lutheran Church & Bethlehem Lutheran Church. He was the audio engineer for all of his bands albums with the exception of the Allagash albums which were engineered by Jon Jelleyman. He was the audio engineer and producer for all of his solo albums.

Click here to read John's musical resume encoded as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file.

Any and all lyrics, music, pictures, songs, videos, and works of art created by John Spreier are for your personal use only and remain the exclusive property of John Spreier. They may not be altered, performed, reproduced, or resold in any form without the express written consent of John Spreier. You are free to share them as long as the credit goes where it belongs and you do not profit from their use.

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