Bruce Sunpie Barnes

Bruce Sunpie Barnes is a New Orleans musician, book author, and ethnographic photographer. He leads the Northside Skull and Bone Gang as Big Chief and is bandleader of Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots. He has co-authored two books, and his listed past careers include National Park Service ranger and professional football. He is named as a 2027 resident at A Studio in the Woods, where he plans a Skull and Bone suit tied to Louisiana Maroon culture.