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John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic
Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic is a City in Passaic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 67,861....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

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, U.S.
United States

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) is a noted
List of drummers

This is a list of notable drummers. Only add names here if the person has their own article on Wikipedia - anything else will be removed....
 drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 active especially in pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and pop/rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 bands
Band (music)

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 in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a member and as a session
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 drummer.

Already an established session drummer when he joined The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
, he was one of the pioneering drummers who converted pop music rhythms from the down-beat rhythms of the 1950s to the off-beat rhythms that have dominated ever since.

His most famous band memberships have been:






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John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic
Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic is a City in Passaic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 67,861....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) is a noted
List of drummers

This is a list of notable drummers. Only add names here if the person has their own article on Wikipedia - anything else will be removed....
 drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 active especially in pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and pop/rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 bands
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a member and as a session
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 drummer.

Already an established session drummer when he joined The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
, he was one of the pioneering drummers who converted pop music rhythms from the down-beat rhythms of the 1950s to the off-beat rhythms that have dominated ever since.

His most famous band memberships have been:
  • The Sentinals
    The Sentinals (band)

    The Sentinals were a surf rock band from San Luis Obispo, California .Notable for Latino influence in some works such as "Latin'ia" .Drummer John Barbata later played with Jefferson Starship and The Turtles....
    .
  • The Turtles
    The Turtles

    The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
    .
  • Jefferson Airplane
    Jefferson Airplane

    Jefferson Airplane was an United States rock music band formed in San Francisco, California in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....
    .
  • Jefferson Starship
    Jefferson Starship

    Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It evolved from a Paul Kantner album project entitled Blows Against the Empire , featuring an ad-hoc group of all-star musicians who called themselves Jefferson Starship....
    .
  • Crosby Stills Nash & Young
    Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)

    Crosby, Stills & Nash are a folk rock/rock and roll Supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when joined by occasional fourth member Neil Young....
    .


Other notable collaborations include:
  • With The Strangers guitarist
    Guitarist

    A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
     Joel Scott Hill and bassist
    Bassist

    A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
     Bob Mosley.
  • With other Jefferson Airplane members as session musicians on ex-member Grace Slick
    Grace Slick

    Grace Slick is an United States singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship #Starship, and as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s....
    's album Manhole.
  • Session musician for
    • Eric Clapton
      Eric Clapton

      Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
      .
    • Leon Russell
      Leon Russell

      Leon Russell is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.First known mostly as a session musician, Russell has played with artists as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Spector, Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elton John, BB King, Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman...
      .
    • Dave Mason
      Dave Mason

      David Thomas Mason is an England musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic . In his long career, Mason has played and recorded with many of the era's most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Mama Cass...
      .
    • ...and many others, with over 60 album
      Album

      An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
      s to his "uncredited" credit.


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