Johnny Barbato

Born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in New Orleans, Johnny got a dose of Coon Ass Boogie from birth. The Louisiana roots still run deep in both Johnny’s vocal style and songwriting. Moving to Alabama in the mid seventies proved to be the turning point in introducing influences such as Hank Williams , the Allman Bros , Marshall Tucker and on. Today Johnny runs his group up and down the coast with boundaries expanding as the group just signed its first record deal with “ROCKIN CAMEL RECORDS” owned and run by Legendary producer Johnny Sandlin and Gadsden mover and shaker Carl Weaver. Good things are on the horizon.

Johnny has been a mainstay at the Florabama since the 80’s coming and going through the years but has managed to log the past 5 – 6 years on a weekly basis. “There is no better place to learn your craft than Florabama”.