Barry Pilkington from New Town in Tasmania picked up a guitar when he was four years old. He led his own rock n roll group The G-Men around Hobart in the 50s. Pilkington won a recording contract after appearing on a Tex Morton Show in Hobart in 1959. In 1960 he traveled to Sydney and cut three songs at Festival Studios. ''The Shape I'm In / (You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care)'' made it on to a various artists EP called 'Rex 4 Star'. The third track ''Be Bop A Lula'' missed the cut. On these tracks he was backed by The Joy Boys. A while later he moved to the mainland because he could go only so far if he stayed. He appeared as a support act for Col Joye, Lonnie Lee, Johhny O'Keefe and Cliff Richard. He appeared on television shows such as Six O'Clock Rock and Sing, Sing, Sing. He also hosted his own TV show in Tasmania called The Teenage Show. It was a long time between drinks before Barry would record again. Tasmanian based label Van Dieman, co-owned by Peter Richman and Nick Armstrong would release two singles (all sides written and produced by Lonnie Lee) by Barry in the early 70s. He fronted The Breakaways for many years. Barry died in 2018.
''Love Everybody / On The Midnight Train'' 1971 Van Diemen
''She Sings My Song / Darlin' Lady'' 1971 Van Diemen
'Rex 4 Star' 1960 Rex
Barry has two songs on this various artists EP -(A) The Shape I'm In / (B) You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care)
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