C.", or "Faircloth") Barnes (June 22, 1929 – July 11, 2011) was an American gospel musician, and the founding pastor of Red Budd Holy Church, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
His recorded music career began in 1984, with the album Rough Side of the Mountain, released by Atlanta International Records (AIR Gospel); all his fifteen albums were on that label.
That album reached no.
1 in the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart, and six others entered the top twenty.