Darren - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I picked the guitar up when i was 9 years old when i heard the haunting sound of Mark knopfler's guitar in Brothers in Arms, he just blew me away. After years of listening to Dire Straits and studying Mark Knopfler's playing i now listen to Toto, Steve Lukather, John Petrucci, Neal Schon, Micheal Landau, Andy Summers, Dave Gilmour, Lee Ritenour, Steve Rothery and Buzz Feiten etc, these guy's are the best, i also listen to session guitar greats like Phil Palmer, Tim Renwick, Daryl Stuermer and Stings guitarist Domonic Miller. I've been in some fantastic bands and have done some great studio sessions with engineer and producer Brian Mackie, i was also the guitarist with the great ambient folk rock band Silverdogs for over five years(www.myspace.com/thesilverdogs, wwww.silverdogs.co.uk), Silverdogs split in October 2007. I'm now woking on a couple of new projects one is an album with amazing musicians Dave Perry, Fiona Ford, Gerard Macdonald, Andrew Turner and Neil Aspinal.

My Interests

Being a guitarist, the paranormal, ghost hunting, walking, mounting biking,Formula 1,Trucks(Big Rigs),Truck racing,Anything motorsport,Rugby Union.

I'd like to meet:

All the guitarist's i've mentioned, they are the guitarist's guitarist's, i bow to them.

Music:

Steve Lukather,Micheal Landau,Journey,Dire Straits,Pink Floyd,Dave Weckl,Toto,El Grupo,Sting/Police,Andy Summers,Larry Carlton,Lee Ritenour,4 Play,Phil Palmer,Tim Renwick,Kate Bush,Tori Amos

Movies:

Bullitt,Duel,Convoy,Christine,The Mothman Prophecies,The Pink Panther,Monty Python,Lord of the Rings,Bourne,Naked Gun.

Television:

Most Haunted,Anything motor sport,Q.I.,Have i got News for you,Moch the Week,Whose line is it anyway,Police Squad,Top Gear.

Heroes:

First my Dad,Steve Lukather,Jimi Hendrix,Mark Knopfler,Steve Mcqueen.