Editing Dave Barry (section)

== Music ==
During college, Barry was in a band called the Federal Duck (the band issued a self-titled album on [[Musicor Records]] in 1968, but by that time Barry was no longer in the group). While at the ''Miami Herald'', he and several of his colleagues created a band called the Urban Professionals, with Barry on lead guitar and vocals. They performed an original song called "The [[Tupperware]] Song" at the Tupperware headquarters in [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref>Barry, Dave. ''Dave Barry's Greatest Hits'', p. 110</ref>

Beginning in 1992, Barry played lead guitar in the [[Rock Bottom Remainders]], a rock band made up of published authors. ''[[Remaindered book|Remainder]]'' is a publishing term for a book that does not sell. The band was founded by Barry's sister-in-law, [[Kathi Kamen Goldmark]], for an [[American Booksellers Association]] convention, and has included [[Stephen King]], [[Amy Tan]], [[Ridley Pearson]], [[Scott Turow]], [[Mitch Albom]], [[Roy Blount Jr.]], [[Barbara Kingsolver]], [[Matt Groening]], and Barry's brother [[Sam Barry (author)|Sam]], among others.<ref name=RBR_NYT1>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/arts/music/04rema.html |title=Rock On, but Hang on to Your Literary Gigs |last=McGrath |first=Charles |date=June 4, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davebarry.com/about.html|title=Dave Barry|access-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref> The band's members "are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud", according to Barry. Several high-profile musicians, including [[Al Kooper]], [[Warren Zevon]], and [[Roger McGuinn]] have performed with the band, and [[Bruce Springsteen]] sat in at least once. The band's road tour resulted in the book, ''Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude''. The Rock Bottom Remainders disbanded in 2012 following Goldmark's death from breast cancer. They have reunited several times, performing at the [[Tucson Festival of Books]] in 2016 and 2018.