Thursday, July 23, 2009

Darren Beachley and Legends of the Potomac


Old Guys, New Music: a Supergroup is Born
July 23, 2009

By Lauren LaRocca, The Frederick News-Post, Md.


Jul. 23--Brunswick 's own Darren Beachley joined Doyle Lawson a few years back on mandolin and as the group's lead singer -- a high honor in the bluegrass world that he held for three years. And then the itch came to start performing on his own, to get together his own band and record songs.
"It was just time," he said, sitting in Starbucks on Seventh Street. "I think as an artist, you begin to know when you want to do your music."
Beachley called legendary players in the area -- Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray, Mark Delaney and Norman Wright.
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