Sugar Hill CEO Barry Poss Featured in the Wall Street Journal

There a great article on Sugar Hills Records CEO, and recipient of the 2006 Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award, Barry Poss in today’s Wall Street Journnal. poss does a great job describing his vision in championing artists “with one foot planted firmly in the traditional world, but were young enough to be exposed to pop music of the time. These artists include Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Tom O’Brian and Marty Stuart. I believe Poss best underscores that the recording industry will need to get back to it’s, pardon the pun, roots when he says “If you stay close to your fan, if you work hard and are passionate about the marketplace and the music, you can be fine at this (market) level, even with all the changes that may seem a threat for some of the recording industry.”   Amen brother! 

2 Replies to “Sugar Hill CEO Barry Poss Featured in the Wall Street Journal”

  1. Hi from a former neighbour from Armour Blvd. I lived two doors north of you and am closer in age to Alan. Anyhow, I remember your friend with the hearse (Fingold?). You used to let us stay and listen to you play bango or listen to music. Congratulations on being able to make a successful career out of your passion. Why am I writing you? Well, you left for the States without returning my beloved Beatles album (has please Mr. Postman on it) and I was kind of disillusioned. A similar thing happened when a boy named Alan Bryce borrowed by autographed Maple Leafs baseball circa 1960. So, do you still have my album or perhaps instead, since I love spirited country music, you could send me a CD. I like bands such as those produced by Daniel Lanois. I hope this email reaches you. Barbara, all grown up now

  2. I’m looking to see whether Mr. Barry Poss has any memory of an old friend, Alex Varella, and any sense of how to get in contact with Mr. Varella. I’m writing a book on the West Virginia old time musician, Dwight Diller, who knew and learned some banjo from Varella in the early 1970s. Thanks.
    Very Respectfully,
    Lew Stern

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