Dec 28, 2020
NORTH BENTON–Arthur Knight Barnes II, 62, of North Benton died at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, at Aultman/Alliance Community Hospital following complications to COVID.
He was born on July 27, 1958, in Miami, Fla., son of the late Arthur Knight and Carrie (Gray) Barnes Sr.
Art was nearly a “legend” in the music scene around this area. He could be found running the sound productions for many of the local bands. Ponderosa Park used his talents for 25 years until they closed. Art played in several local bands, Fox Fire, Joint Effort, and his own band, General Forces.
He recently had his own solo acoustic gig at the Ravenna Winery and other places in Alliance and Berlin Lake. The songs he often played were originals that he personally wrote.