BARRY ALFONSO grew up in San Diego, California, where he began his career as a music
journalist for publications like the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, and Rolling Stone. He wrote
songs for the films All the Right Moves (starring Tom Cruise) and Two of a Kind, as well as Pam
Tillis’s number-one country hit “In Between Dances.” He received a 2004 Grammy nomination for
the liner notes to the Peter, Paul and Mary box set, Carry It On.
