Barry Bales 是AKUS的低音吉他（即BASS）手和和声歌手。他在Tennessee州的Kingsport长大。（看来田纳西州真不愧是乡村音乐
之都）他对与兰草和“真正”的乡村音乐的热爱来自于他父亲--一个吉他和曼陀林琴手。在他10岁那年让他去学吉他的人也是他爸。
15岁那年，Barry已经确立了低音吉他方面的爱好，并在同年开始与当地的乐队合作。在田纳西州长大的Barry，深受于身边的乡村
音乐家的影响。也正是如此，他在1990年开始了在 Union Station的低音吉他手生涯。
在Barry 与Union station 合作期间，他已经成为了兰草和原声音乐界最受欢迎的录音棚演奏家。他曾经和譬如Reba McEntire，Merle Haggard, Ronnie Bowman,
the Cox Family, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Dan Tyminski, Patti Loveless这样的著名音乐家/乐队合作过。
不管AKUS有没有巡演，Barry 都有无数的表演安排。现在他高超的技巧已经被更多的人认同，出品人兼作曲家 T Bone Burnett邀请
Barry 加入他的乐团因为他与AKUS的合作获得了无数殊荣和赞誉。
Barry Bales, bass player and harmony vocalist for Alison Krauss and Union Station, grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. His love of bluegrass and country music came from his dad, who played guitar and mandolin. It was also his father who inspired him to start learning guitar at the age of 10. By 15, Barry had fallen in love with the bass as his instrument of choice, and had begun playing with various local and regional bands. Growing up in east Tennessee, Barry was surrounded by numerous world-class musicians, many of whom have gone on to make their own mark in bluegrass and country music. It was while performing with many of these musicians that he began traveling in ever-wider musical circles, eventually landing the bass job with Union Station in 1990.
Since that time, Barry has become one of the most in-demand session players in bluegrass and acoustic music. He has recorded and performed with such artists as Merle Haggard, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, Clint Black, Patty Loveless, the Chieftains and many others. He is heard on numerous motion picture soundtracks, including "Walk the Line", "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where he had a cameo role in the film as well. In his 20+ years in the music industry, Barry has received 13 Grammy awards, one Country Music Association award, one Academy of Country Music award, and 11 International Bluegrass Music Association awards, including Bass Player of the Year for 2008.
