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Barry Keane

Drummer, percussionist, producer and record company executive born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Moved to Canada at a young age and grew up in Toronto. Began drumming at age 15, mainly self-taught. Started producing records in Canada at age 20 in 1969 beginning with [a5545200]'s first release. Hired as A&R for [l111208] in 1970 and worked as in-house producer for Quality, creating their [l18920] label. Moved to [l71736] as head of A&R where he remained for 7 years, eventually becoming head of the Publishing Division. During that period he also worked as a studio drummer and toured with Gordon Lightfoot. In 1980 he left RCA to focus entirely on drumming. For the engineer, please use [a=Barry Keene] (+ ANV if necessary).