Brad Barr (born in Providence, RI, on 27 July 1975) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for his work with The Slip, The Barr Brothers, and Surprise Me Mr. Davis.

Brad Barr and his brother Andrew were students at the Tabor Academy, a New England boarding school, when they started the rock group The Slip in the mid 1990s.

In 2003 he helped found Surprise Me Mr. Davis, an American electro-folk band consisting of Nathan Moore and the members of The Slip.

In 2006 he co-founded indie folk band The Barr Brothers in Montreal, Quebec, with his brother Andrew (drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards) along with bassist Morgan Moore, pedal steel guitarist Brett Lanier, and harpist Eveline Gregoire-Rousseau.

His debut instrumental acoustic guitar album, "The Fall Apartment Instrumental Guitar", released by Tompkins Square in 2008 used his Berklee school of music training to melodic advantage whether in tracks inspired by Django Reinhardt, or Nirvana.

In 2022 he released "The Winter Mission".
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