23 was apparently produced by Barrett - or, the magazine hedged, “at least someone with the same name” - according to the song’s credits.
Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine rally in Washington, D.C. Rolling Stone unwound the murky tale this way: The breakup announcement came on the heels of a revelation that a song that promoted Robert F. I appreciate that you will respect that.” I don’t think anyone wants to talk about it right now. The band’s manager, Darren Hill, responded to a query about the breakup with this email: “This is a difficult and private situation. I reached out to Barrett via phone, text and email on Thursday, but got nothing back until mid-afternoon Friday, when he succinctly texted, “I’d rather not talk to anyone right now, Jim, thanks.” I had also emailed bassist-songwriter Joe Gittleman to no avail. 11, the pro-vaccine Kimmel brought in staff writer Lou Wilson as the new announcer, without saying anything about why Barrett exited, only “Our beloved friend Dicky Barrett packed his tattoos up and moved to Arizona.” (Barrett is reportedly building a house in Sedona.) A media contact at ABC did not return a call inquiring about the reason for Barrett’s departure. Obviously, the talk show host was Kimmel and the ex “hype-man” was Barrett. UPDATE: Late-night talk show host abruptly has new hype-man.” A member of the Boston rock community and a peer of the BossToneS posted something quasi-cryptic on Facebook late Thursday: “Just in: Boston band with coveted ‘Indie Rock Tenure’ breaks up because lead singer is an anti-vaxer. The band was slated to join their longtime pals, Dropkick Murphys, and many other groups at England’s Slam Dunk Festival in early June. They’d taken time off before certainly (years sometime) - everyone had other gigs, most notably singer-songwriter Dicky Barrett as the announcer at “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” - but had a tradition of doing a string of Christmas shows in Boston, touring in the summer and, still, making new music. The post, of course, left questions dangling in the air as to why, after all these decades the ska-rock band with a rabid fan base, especially in Boston but elsewhere, too, would finally pack it in.
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