So, I’ve been into astronomy for a couple of years now since moving to Texas and living in a town where there isn’t much light at night. I get to enjoy Gods handy work on a pretty regular basis.

Alright folks. You asked and Barry answered. Every. Single. Question. Thanks for participating this week in “Ask MercyMe”. Hopefully now you will know everything you could ever want to know about the man behind the guitar. Click “More” to see Barry’s answers. Monday we will ask Robby so get those questions ready.

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While we’re out on Winter Jam, we get to have a Guitar Hero challenge every night during intermission with radio contest winners. We are pretty stoked about that! Today the 19th in Orlando is the 1st time we’ll put our color memorization skills and rock poses to the test. We’ve been practicing on the bus in secret in anticipation of unleashing the most awesome raw rock power the world has ever seen! I captured 2 of the contestants rehearsing this afternoon. This is very serious. Bart has the most awesome guitar hero face ever while Nathan parts his hair in the middle for this face-off. They are both coming along very nicely.

You can’t tell from this still photo but I had an incredible light show going for them while they practice. Whatever it takes!

Barry

My wife and I moved from Tennessee to Texas 4 years ago and I must say we never get tired of the sunsets. As you can see from the picture it’s a pretty awesome sight. I snap a pic any chance I get, usually with my phone while driving which I’m told is not very safe.

The beauty is that with a little cloud cover every sunset is different. I like to look for shapes in the clouds that may resemble something or someone. There isn’t anything in this one but it sure is pretty.

I also like golf and baseball.

Barry

We are on the 2nd night of Winter Jam and things have already died. Last night in Johnson City rocked so hard, and the crowd was so amazing that we had a few pedals break, and some guitars broke too. So today Mike and I are working on getting everything repaired so that we can give just as good of an effort tonight in Chattanooga as we did last night.

It’s getting close to dinner so I better get back to work.

-Barry