Becky Barksdale
- Composer
- Soundtrack
- Actress
As one of America's premier Blues performers, Becky's musical resume is quite impressive. After nailing down guitar and vocal duties with boogie-blues masters Canned Heat, she landed the lead guitar spot with Michael Jackson adding some fiery punch to the King of Pops 1993 Dangerous World Tour.
Her musical compositions are highlighted by her scorching guitar work, soulful vocals and intense orchestrations which can be heard on numerous trailers and soundtracks for acclaimed motion pictures like Straight Outta Compton, Mission Impossible III, Wild, Terminator, Predator, Inception, Munich, Cold Mountain, Finding Neverland, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and many others.
A rare performer in any day or age, Becky was inducted into The Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame. She embodies in one individual the vast Texas blues guitar tradition of a Freddie King, the flirtatious sensuality and assertive independence of a Bessie Smith and the raw passionate vocals of a Janis Joplin.
Her musical compositions are highlighted by her scorching guitar work, soulful vocals and intense orchestrations which can be heard on numerous trailers and soundtracks for acclaimed motion pictures like Straight Outta Compton, Mission Impossible III, Wild, Terminator, Predator, Inception, Munich, Cold Mountain, Finding Neverland, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and many others.
A rare performer in any day or age, Becky was inducted into The Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame. She embodies in one individual the vast Texas blues guitar tradition of a Freddie King, the flirtatious sensuality and assertive independence of a Bessie Smith and the raw passionate vocals of a Janis Joplin.