Johnny Barnes

boarding school in the Berkshires. After his drums finally broke down, he

sang and played harmonica in a weekend blues band in New York City's

Greenwich Village in the late 60's. After 2 years at U-Mass Dartmouth,

Johnny moved to Boston and started a blues band, playing guitar. He

drove a taxicab, attended Berklee School of Music and Harvard

University Extension School majoring in philosophy.

Johnny Barnes sang and played guitar in all of the famous nightclubs in

greater Boston with many Rock & Roll legends, producing and releasing a

dozen records. Local airplay and intense record company interest led to

a hit song in England and work with legendary producer, Jimmy Miller

[Rolling Stones, Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith with Eric Clapton,

Traffic with Steve Winwood, Motorhead, Bonnie and Delaney with Eric

Clapton.]

Barnes moonlighted, helping manage Boston's largest live music

nightclub, The Channel, where his band opened for numerous major acts

through the 80's and early 90's.

At the same time, Barnes was a paralegal investigator for law firms, and

an operative and operations manager for Boston area private detective

agencies. Johnny worked for Mass Legal Services, the Mass ACLU, and

was a subcontract homicide investigator for the state's Committee for

Public Counsel. Since 1991 Barnes has been a full time police patrol

officer, FBI trained hostage negotiator, and a detective. He is now a murder mystery author.