Toledo-born magician, musician writes raw memoir of growing up in the Glass City

Kip Barry learned the hard way that alcohol wouldn’t solve his problems.

“When I was a young guy, I had panic attacks,” the 63-year-old magician and singer said. “I didn’t want to get drunk, but a little alcohol calmed me down.

“But the problem was, I ended up relying on it for my creativeness, performing, everything. Later on, that alcohol caused the panic attacks. The one thing I depended on caused the problems.”…

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