Throughout high school, Darrow spent
Sundays playing guitar in a praise and
worship band at his church. He says,
“Those couple of years were pretty
instrumental in just building my
chops up.”
UPCOMING SHOWS
“I’m a big subscriber to the 10,000 hour
kind of philosophy where if you want
to be a master of something you’ve
got to do it for 10,000 hours,” Darrow
continues. “I think of myself as a guitar
player first and a vocalist second.”
Darrow has played about 150 shows in
2019 which keeps him on the road a lot,
and he says he uses that time to listen
to new music. “I like listening to music
as much as I like playing music... A lot
of times you’ll meet people at gigs and
they’ll have a song request and it’s like
some super obscure song so I’ll try and
listen to stuff like that on the ride home,
and that’s cool so I get to listen to a
bunch of new stuff.”
5 Dec Josie's Decatur, AL
6 Dec Goodfellas Social Club Helena, AL
7 Dec Mario's Five Points Huntsville, AL
9 Dec The Exchange Bar Montgomery, AL
12 Dec Atomic Johnny's Gadsden, AL
13 Dec Mad Malts Brewing Huntsville, AL
14 Dec Rails & Ales Leeds, AL
19 Dec The Brick Grill & Bar Guntersville, AL
20 Dec Oversoul Brewing Helena, AL
21 Dec Asgard Brewing Co. Columbia, TN
27 Dec Bushwacker's Retreat Hampton Cove's
Best Kept Secret! Gurley, AL
All of that time alone in the car is also
an opportunity for inspiration to strike.
Darrow says he’s focusing heavily on his
lyrics in songwriting. “I’m not trying to
write songs that I would play at like a
college bar anymore,” he says. “I’m not
trying to write upbeat country songs
that sound like everything else that’s
on the radio.”
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