Barry Goldberg (born in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 December 1942; died 22 January 2025) was an American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter and record producer remembered for co-founding (with Mike Bloomfield) The Electric Flag in 1967. As a teenager in Chicago, Goldberg sat in with Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, and Howlin' Wolf. He played keyboards in the band supporting Bob Dylan during his 1965 'electrified' appearance at the Newport Folk Festival.
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Barry Goldberg (born in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 December 1942; died 22 January 2025) was an American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter and record producer remembered for co-founding (with Mike Bloomfield) The Electric Flag in 1967. As a teenager in Chicago, Goldberg sat in with Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, and Howlin' Wolf. He played keyboards in the band supporting Bob Dylan during his 1965 'electrified' appearance at the Newport Folk Festival. He formed The Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield in 1967, and later formed the Barry Goldberg Reunion in 1968. Goldberg's songs (some of which were co-written with Gerry Goffin) have been recorded by many musicians including Rod Stewart, Gladys Knight, Percy Sledge, Joe Cocker, Steve Miller, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Gram Parsons and B. J. Thomas. Goldberg's first professional recording session was "Devil With The Blue Dress On" / "Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. Among the albums he contributed to are Leonard Cohen's Death of a Ladies' Man, The Ramones' End of the Century, The Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin, and Super Session which featured Michael Bloomfield, Stephen Stills and Al Kooper. Goldberg produced albums by Percy Sledge including Blue Night (Grammy nominated and WC Handy soul album of the year) as well as Shining Through the Rain, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, The Textones plus Bob Dylan's version of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready". Goldberg's self-titled solo album was released in 1974. In 2002, he was featured on the Bo Diddley tribute album Hey Bo Diddley - A Tribute!, playing piano on the songs "Pills", "I'm A Man" and "Before You Accuse Me". In 2005-6, he toured with the Chicago Blues Reunion featuring Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, and Corky Siegel. Their debut CD reached #2 on the Billboard Blues Chart and received a four star review from Rolling Stone's David Fricke. On July 7th, 2009 Goldberg 's self-titled 1974 album was reissued with never-before-released tracks and a restored sound. The album was produced by Bob Dylan and Jerry Wexler. In 2012, Stephen Stills recruited Goldberg in founding a band dubbed The Rides. The band's first album, titled Can't Get Enough was nominated for a 2014 Blues Music Award for Best Rock Blues Album. His album "In the Groove" was released on 15 June 2018 on Sunset Blvd Records.
