Don barnes 38 special biography of donald

Don Barnes

There’s Still Something Special About .38
The Don Barnes Interview

by Michael Buffalo Smith
February 2000

One of the hardest working bands of the ‘80s and ‘90s, still going strong into the new millennium, is .38 Special.

With a string of Top 40 hits a mile long, the band just keeps getting better and better. Along with co-bandleader Donnie Van Zant, Don Barnes has ridden the wave from the very beginning, playing guitar and singing with one of the finest voices in classic (or Southern) rock.

GRITZ spoke with Barnes by phone from his Atlanta home about the band, his past, his future and Donnie’s brother Ronnie Van Zant.

When is the new studio album coming out?

Well, we are probably doing it in sections.

Six songs this spring.

Don barnes 38 special biography of donald

Danny just got off the road with Gregg Allman and Friends. He needs some time off the road. We will go out and do six weeks of shows and then come back and finish it. But we have some great stuff, really power