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BIO
 Country
singer/songwriter
Darryl Worley grew up in Pyburn, TN,
the son of a father who left his job at a local paper
company to become a Methodist preacher and a mother who
was a featured singer in the church choir. He became a
hard-working yet rebellious young man -- earning a
degree in biology with a minor in organic chemistry
while drinking bootlegged whiskey and partying at
honky-tonks -- who never gave up on making music his
full-time pursuit. While holding various jobs, including
a stint as a teacher, Worley played clubs on the
weekends and occasional weeknights; finally, he signed a
publishing deal with Fame in Muscle Shoals and began
playing bars nearly every night of the week, and even
broke his engagement to become a full-time performer and
songwriter. He signed to DreamWorks Nashville in 1999
and released the single "When You Need Love" the
following spring; his debut album, Hard Rain Don't Last,
arrived in mid-2000. The album got a decent amount of
play on radio and CMT, and after a successful tour of
the US Worley returned to the studio for his next album.
I Miss My Friend arrived in the summer of 2002 at the
top of the country charts, hitting #1 in its first week.
Before the year's end, Worley toured Afghanistan during
Christmas time, spending time with American troops. The
experience was overwhelming and mindblowing for Worley;
and he captured such emotion in his sophomore effort,
Have You Forgotten?. This album, which appeared on
DreamWorks in May 2003, was a small tribute to the US
troops fighting for Iraqi Freedom as well as a great
musical progression for Worley. |
