FUMBLE - Barry Pike

Des Henly

Mario Ferrari

Sean Mayes

Barry Pike

drums

born November 7th
1948 in Reading, England

Barry moved to Cambridge with his parents when he was 7. There he attended Cherry Hinton Primary School which eventually fell down through being too close to a railway line. From Netherhall Secondary he went to Cambridge Technical College.
Barry's older brother Jeff was at university and playing guitar in an R & B band, so Barry turned to drums, taught himself to play at the age of 14 by listening to borrowed records of Buddy Rica and Gene Krupa and the like, and bought his first kit at fifteen.

He worked with Sean through a couple of groups, "The Soulbenders" being the last before they both joined Des and Mario and formed The Baloons.

Barry Pike - From a wild drummer to a proud grandfather!

Once the wild drummer of Fumble, Barry has now become a proud grandfather. His lovely grandson Ethan was born in 2005, his granddaughter was born in 2009.

Barry first played in a blues/soul band with his brother Jeffrey before he joined Fumble. Apart from playing the drums, Barry now also sings - in his second band "The Delrays" and every year at Christmas with "Des Henly's Rock'n'Roll Circus". His "White Christmas" always gets a huge applause!

Barry at the soundcheck for Des Henly's Rock'n'Roll Circus, December 2005.

Barry 1973...

Barry 2005 with his grandson Ethan (obviously more interested in things going on around him than in the camera...) In this picture, Ethan is ten months old. Doesn't he look like his grandad?

Link:
Drum Magazine -
An Interview with Barry Pike

Barry also sings in The DelRays, a four-piece a cappella band, together with Mario. But whereas Mario played the bass with Fumble, it is Barry who sings the low notes in the Del Rays. The DelRays present Songs like I Get Around or Fun Fun Fun, Paperback Writer, I Feel Fine or You're Gonna Lost That Girl.