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Michael "Mike" "Monsieur Barso" Barson (born 21 April 1958) is a Scottish-born English musician and songwriter. He gained fame as the keyboardist for the ska/pop band Madness.
Madness became one of the popular bands in Two Tone of the 1980s. Barson was one of the main songwriters and effectively the musical director for the band. He left in 1984 after the recording of the album Keep Moving and appearing in the promo clips for the two singles from that album – "Michael Caine" and "One Better Day." Two years later Madness disbanded, but Barson did join them for the recording of their fi
Michael "Mike" "Monsieur Barso" Barson (born 21 April 1958) is a Scottish-born English musician and songwriter. He gained fame as the keyboardist for the ska/pop band Madness.
Madness became one of the popular bands in Two Tone of the 1980s. Barson was one of the main songwriters and effectively the musical director for the band. He left in 1984 after the recording of the album Keep Moving and appearing in the promo clips for the two singles from that album – "Michael Caine" and "One Better Day." Two years later Madness disbanded, but Barson did join them for the recording of their final single, "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train."
Madness reunited in their original line-up in 1992, and Barson still plays with them. In 1995 he co-wrote and produced a number of songs for Suggs' first solo album The Lone Ranger. When No Doubt were recording songs for their fifth studio album Rock Steady, Barson was asked to play piano on the London version of the song "Everything in Time". Barson obliged and the track was produced by Madness producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. The track never made it onto the album, but was released a year later in 2003 on the compilation album B-Sides, Remixes and Rarities.
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