Barry Bennedetta
(1962 - 2022) Songwriter / multi-platinum award winning lead guitarist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In 1984 Barry Benedetta worked with Pete Way as the guitarist for the British Rock Band WAYSTED. 1985-1986 he worked with Tom Keifer / Cinderella’s front man as a lead guitarist on "Back Home Again", "Nothin' for Nothin'" and "Push, Push" on Cinderella’s Debut album “Night Songs”. Selling over 3.5 million copies upon its release Barry earned Gold and a Multi-Platinum award for his contribution to the band’s successful debut. Years later Barry released a Christian album with Rock Solid Talent Entertainment with Phil Taylor. While working with Phil on that project Barry asked Phil to help him to find a new vocalist for his next album. Phil introduced Barry to Shimmer Johnson as a possible vocalist and the rest is history. Shimmer came in ready and paid for the studio time to record the album “SHADOWS” at Catalyst Production Edmonton. The album took them less than 3 months to record in Edmonton Alberta. They work so well together that everything fell into place and the final result is music that is so amazing! Barry and Shimmer released the album “SHADOWS” independently. You can find the album on SOUNDCLICK and BANDCAMP as well as on all online stores May 1, 2020. Died 6 January, 2022 at 60 years old. Shimmer Johnson the lead vocalist of the group plans on releasing the unfinished music Barry and her wrote.
