Darrel Higham

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Darrel Higham
Born January 5, 1970 (1970-01-05) (age 38)
Bedford, England
Genre(s) Rockabilly
Associated acts Darrel Higham & The Enforcers
Bob & The Bearcats
Website http://www.darrelhigham.co.uk
Notable instrument(s)
Peavey Rockingham guitar

Darrel Higham (born January 5, 1970) is an English rockabilly guitarist.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Higham started playing lead guitar with British rockabilly bands in the late 1980s. By the mid-1990s, he had created the band that would become his main gigging and recording project: Darrel Higham & The Enforcers. Although The Enforcers would go on to become one of the most popular UK Rockabilly bands of their time, it was Higham's solo projects that would get him far greater recognition, including session work as guitarist with the likes of Chrissie Hynde[1], Jeff Beck, Rocky Burnette, Billy Lee Riley, Shakin' Stevens (on the 1999 UK tour). Eddie Cochran's last road band - The Kelly Four - employed Higham as their front man for a 6 month period in 1992 for gigs and recordings in the US.

In 1996, he also appeared in London's Prince Of Wales Theatre playing the role of Scotty Moore and Eddie Cochran for 8 months in a revival of Jack Good's Elvis: The Musical.[1] This would lead to further roles as Eddie Cochran in touring theatre shows around the UK for a couple of years afterwards.

Higham now spends most of his time working at Embassy Studios, a 16 track analogue recording studio near Basingstoke, as in-house producer/session guitarist/engineer, often recording all the instruments for artists such as Carlos Mejuto, Colin Evans, and Alan Mills to simply record their vocals onto the finished tracks.

[edit] Marriage and children

He is married to the singer Imelda May. They have a Border Collie, Alfie.

[edit] Published works

  • Don't Forget Me - The Eddie Cochran Story (with Julie Mundy; Mainstream Publications, 2000)[2]

[edit] Discography

  • Mobile Corrosion (Nervous, 1995)
  • Hal Weston & the Offbeats (Pink & Black, 1996)
  • Darrel Higham & the Barnshakers EP (Goofin' 1997)
  • The Cochran Connection, Volume 1 (Rockstar, 1997)
  • Howlin' at my Baby (Vampirella, 1998)
  • High Class Baby (Goofin', 1998)
  • Leather Heart EP (Vampirella, 2000)
  • How To Dance The Bop (Spindrift, 2000)
  • Ghost Of Love (Hunka Burnin', 2001)
  • The Sweet Georgia Brown Sessions (Foot Tapping, 2002)
  • The Cochran Connection, Volume 2 (Rockstar, 2004)
  • Believe What You Hear - A Tribute To Ricky Nelson (Foot Tapping, 2004)
  • Midnight Commotion (Foot Tapping, 2004)
  • Kat Men with Slim Jim Phantom (Kat Fight, 2006)
  • Crazy With Love (Foot Tapping, 2006)

[edit] as Darrel Higham & The Enforcers

  • Let's Rock Tonight (Fury, 1996)
  • Rockin' at The Coconut Top (Crazy Love, 1996)
  • For EP Fans Only (16/8 Records, 1997)
  • Unleashed (Vampirella, 1999)
  • Urban Jamboree (Foot Tapping, 2003)
  • Live at The Thunderbird Club (Rockstar, 2004)

[edit] as Bob & The Bearcats

  • Hold On Tight (Pollytone, 1994)
  • On The Rampage (Pollytone, 1995)
  • High Heels & Homicide (Pollytone, 1996)
  • Rollin' to the Jukebox Rock (Vampirella, year unlisted)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Singing to the stars", Biggleswade Today, 2003-09-12. 
  2. ^ Renshaw, Jerry. "Twenty Flight Rock: The Summer Rock Roundup", Austin Chronicle, 2001-07-20. 

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