The Barefooted Souls have been playing their own distinctive blend of rock, blues, roots and reggae in the Illawarra and South Coast since 2009.
While their live shows predominately feature their own original songs, they are interspersed with covers interpreted and performed in ‘The Souls” unique style.
Influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Jimmy Hendrix, Ben Harper and Jeff Buckley, their music is appealing to a wide range of audiences and musical tastes.
Sadly this year 2023 our much loved Bass Player Tony Lockett of just over 10 years has had to leave us due to work and family commitments. We are sad to see him go as we have all become a close family and forever friends. We wish him and his beautiful family all the best in the future and hope to still catch up to jam or a gig randomly :) We love you Man!
We would like to welcome our new Bass Player.... Nav's! We were supper lucky to be blessed with Nav's who lives local and is also a music teacher. Nav's has been with us for over a year now and fits in awesome with our band, he rocks!
So please help us in farewelling our Tony and welcoming Nav's and let the music role on!
Led by singer and lead guitarist Vitaley (Vit) Ovchinnikov, with Benny Drew on drums, and Nav's on Bass, The Barefooted Souls have released two albums to date – ‘Simplicity’ (2009) and ‘The Barefooted Souls - Leave Nothing But Tracks’ (2012) – both written and produced by Vitaley.