Epoch Musical Instruments - Players

Barry Easton
Violinist formerly with the Joe Attana band

Feature band at the Tamworth Country Music Festival
January 2001

The pic shows Barry Easton (standing), Joe Attana (centre) and bass guitarist and vocalist Kevin Lumsden. A fourth member is Greg Symes a pedal steel guitarist. Barry, pictured here in his famous signature leather jacket, has two Epoch electric violins - a white and a black and he was a big hit with them at a number of gigs at the 2001 Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Barry played lead violin for the Victorian Junior Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15 and then went on to be one of Australia's leading fiddlers. He has played at Tootsies in Nashville USA and with Alias Smith and Jones.

He also played with the late AP Johnson and the John Lawrence Band.

In Australia, he played with Arin Australias Irish Band before moving to join Joe Attana. What's he doing now...as soon as we find out, we'll tell you...but we do know he's still playing Epoch.

Joe Attana is an accomplished guitarist and vocalist who has performed with various Goulburn Valley bands in his early years and then went solo for some years. He has recorded two tapes which received a lot of airplay on local radio.

In 1998, he increased his band to a three piece, and became popular on the club circuit in the Goulburn Valley.

In November 1999, he released a CD called "Country My Way". His band, "Hangin In" had huge success at the Tamworth 2000 festival.