The Barley Jacks with Brian Wicklund . Brian has been performing for over thirty years.  Playing music is spiritual for him. "I love playing for people.  I always have.  Those moments when all the stars align and the audience and the musicians are really listening, creative energy flows unimpeded through my body like electricity through a wire and becomes sound.  I feel like a conduit for the creator.  Time spent dealing with emails, telephone calls, noisy crowds, bad sound systems, lost luggage and seedy hotels is  absolutely worth it for moments like those." Brian says of his diverse musical experiences, "I've been a side-man in a lot of groups. I think it's been a good thing.  I've played a variety of music with so many musicians from all over the country.  New music challenges me and I always learn so much from my band mates about music and life." Of late, Brian has been excited about performing his own music.  "It's taken a long time for me to figure out what it is that I do.  I see my colleagues perform and it's easy to see that so-and-so is a bluegrass fiddler or a Canadian fiddler or a swing fiddler. But my musical interests have always been diverse so I've had difficulty labeling myself.  But I have grown to realize that a fiddling "jack-of-all-trades" is a musical identity in itself." (exerpt from Brian Wicklund's website).