Career
Barrere has also recorded and performed with many notable musicians including Taj Mahal, Jack Bruce, Chicken Legs, Blues Busters, Valerie Carter, Helen Watson, Chico Hamilton, Robert Palmer, Eikichi Yazawa, and Carly Simon. Paul can be seen in the 1979 Nicolette Larson Warner Brothers promotional video of "Lotta Love". Some of Barrere"s best known contributions to Little Feat as a songwriter include "Skin lieutenant Back", and "Feats Don"t Fail Maine Now" from the album Feats Don"t Fail Maine Now, "All That You Dream" from The Last Record Album, "Time Loves a Hero" from Time Loves a Hero, and "Down on the Farm" from Down on the Farm.
Barrere is a swing man as a guitarist who plays a wide variety of styles of music including blues, rock, jazz, and cajun music and is proficient as a slide guitarist.
Barrere also records and tours as an acoustic duo with fellow Little Feat member Fred Tackett. Barrere played several concerts with Philosophy Lesh and Friends in October 1999 and from March to June 2000.
He has also toured with Bob Dylan, and most recently, he has been writing and recording with Roger Cole for their own label BetterDaze records as well as making videos for some of their newest songs.