Barry “Frosty” Smith

Experience

Drums & Percussion, Soulhat (Austin, TX) – Retired

• 1991-Released Live At The Black Cat Lounge (Currant Records)
• 1992 Licensed Outdebox to Spindletop Records
• 1993 Signed to Sony/Epic Records (NY,NY)
• 1994 Released Good To Be Gone (Epic)

Texas Recording & Performing

• Alejandro Escovido
• Omar and the Howlers
• Delbert McClinton
• Doug Sahm and the Texas Mavericks
• Texana Dames
• Tex Thomas & the Danglin’ Wranglers
• W.C. Clark Blues Review
• Numerous appearances on Austin City Limits (PBS)
• The Texas Connection (TNN)

National Recording & Performing

• Lee Michaels
• Sly & the Family Stone
• Parliament/Funkadelic
• Rare Earth
• Steve Miller Blues Band
• numerous Mowtown recording sessions
• numerous jingles and commercials
• 1969-1970 San Francisco and Los Angeles

Endorsements

• Vader Stick Company -Contact: John Dawkes
• Fibes Drums -Contact: Tommy/ Tommy’s Drum Shop
• Purecussion -Contact: Kent Peterson
• Sabian Cymbals -Contact: Bobby Boos
• Aquarian Products -Contact: Benny Ortiz

Awards & Citations

• Austin Music Awards: Best Drummer (1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993)
• Austin Music Awards: Best Rock Band (Soulhat, 1993)
• Austin Music Awards: Best Cassette (Soulhat Live at the Black Cat Lounge)
• Drums & Drumming: “Most Innovative Drummers of the 1960s”

Partial Discography

• Lee Michaels – Lee Michaels (1969 – A&M Records)
• Lee Michaels – Barrel (1970 – A&M Records)
• Lee Michaels – Tailface (1971 – A&M Records)
• Sweathog – Sweathog (1972 – Columbia Records)
• Sweathog – Halleluja (1973 – Columbia Records)
• Creation – Creation (1973 – Atlantic Records)
• Parliment/Funkadelic – Let’s Take It To The Stage (1974 – Westbound)
• Rare Earth – Back To Earth (1974 – Motown Records)
• Rare Earth – Midnight (1976 – Motown Records)
• Delbert McClinton – Play’n From The Heart (1980 – Capricorn Records)
• Butch Hancock Own and Own (1989 – Sugar Hill Records)
• Texas Mavericks – Texas Mavericks
• Texana Dames – Texana Dames (1990 – Amazing Records)
• Tex Thomas – Screamin’ Sixela (1989)
• Soul Hat – Live At The Black Cat (1991 – Currant Records)
• Soulhat – Outdebox (1992 – Currant Records)
• Soulhat – Good to Be Gone (1994 – Epic Records)
• Soulhat – Soulhat (1998 – SHAT Records)
• Soulhat – Experiment on a Flat Plane (2000 – Terminus Records)