The Backroom Series Volume 2: Meeting and Leaving
About The Backroom Series Volume 2: Meeting and Leaving These songs tell little stories of meeting someone interesting for the first time or leaving someone painfully for the very last time; of happily reconciling with your girl after she returns from a business trip or sadly saying goodbye when you are drafted into the Army; or in the case of Woody Guthrie, leaving the parched town of Pampa, Texas for the crowded, but exciting streets of Downtown Los Angeles in 1937. About The Backroom Series: Unreleased, Unfinished Tracks I have been playing the guitar, singing, and writing songs since ... [Read More]
The Backroom Series Volume 1: Voyages through Time and Space
About The Backroom Series: Unreleased, Unfinished Tracks I have been playing the guitar, singing, and writing songs since I was a kid growing up in Minneapolis. My father, a self-taught guitar player, showed me how to play basic guitar chords and tried to instruct me to read music. But I was impatient and started playing songs by ear, based on what I heard on records and KEVE, the country station, and WDGY, the “modern radio” station that played rock-and-roll. Since 2008 I have recorded about 40 of songs on five albums (available on Bandcamp.com), working with some great musicians and ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter grew up playing the guitar and singing country and rock and roll songs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current brand of Americana music draws from country, blues and folk traditions and often tells stories about people, places and events.