DARRELL McCULLOUGH Guitars & Vocals Foto: Sandra Wolf ©
| Date of Birth: | 20.11.1962 (Chinese "Year of the Tiger") |
| Place of Birth: | Port Lavaca, Texas USA |
| Sign: | Scorpion |
| School etc.: | Highschool in Texas, since 1983 Musician |
| Hobbies: | Music, Books, Cooking (Chili !!), Travel |
| Sisters and Brothers: | One of each |
| Favorite Food: | All hot stuff! Thai Curry, Indisch Vindaloo, Texas Chili |
| Favorite Drink: | Pineapple- or Maracujajuice, Ice-Tea and here and there a Tequila! |
| Instruments: | Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Balalaika, Violin, Saxophone, Trombone and Vocals |
| Heroes: | (Bands) Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rush, ZZ Top, Toto, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Elton John (Gitarrist) Steve Lukather, Jimmy Page, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Eric Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck, Robben Ford, Brent Mason, Mike Stern |
Amps:
Marshall JCM 2000 - TSL 100 Top
Marshall 1960A Vintage Cabinet mit 30w Celestion Greenbacks
Guitars:
Fender "Jeff Beck" Signature Series Stratocaster
Gibson Les Paul Standard
ESP Telecaster
Takamine 12 String Acoustic
Yamaha Compass Series 6 String Acoustic
Effects:
Axess Electronics Loop and Control Switchers
Engl Midi Footcontroller
Korg Tuner
Roland FV-5 Volume Pedal
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Boss Tremelo
Boss Compressor
Boss DD-5 Delay
Boss CE-3 Super Chorus
DOD Stereo Flanger
Korg Toneworks Delay
MXR Phase 90
Boss DS-1 Super Distortion
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Zoom 504II (for acoustic)
Sennheiser Evolution Wireless System
Biographie & Musikalische Stationen:
1971 - first experiences with guitars,
(Daddy's guitar!).
1973 - studied Violine.
1976 - studied Saxophone.
1978 - studied Trombone, and played many shows with a Highschool-
Bandwo. Also started playing guitar with this band.
1980 - First show on lead guitar with the Highschool Band.
1983 - started a preofessional carrer with the band "Destiny".
1984 - played shows with "Fair Warning" and
"The Method", all over the clubs in Texas.
1987 - First studio work for some commercials.
1989 - Came to Stuttgart Germany.
1992 - Played shows with several Countrybands in
american clubs.
1994 - Band "Back to Basix" with many shows in the south
of Germany
1996 - Became a member of the Country Band "Hearts
and Roses" and toured all over Germany.
1997 - I met David Hanselmann and Bodo Schopf and
joined the band "The Clever Twats", we played many
shows all over Germany and recorded under the name
"Racer" the album "Fly Schumi Fly", that was produced
for Formula One Racer Michael Schumacher. Then we
started playing as "The Dudes" again.
1999 - Tour with "The Dudes", Togetehr with the autor
Peter Kellert I wrote the book "Country Guitar Style",
several studio projectsas a gitarrist.
2000 - Tour with "The Dudes", Opener for PUR
Promotional Tour, again several studio recordings.
2001 - Tour with "The Dudes", Festivaltour as an opener
for PUR on their summer tour, started with the new band
"Dreamcatcher".
Discographie
1997 The Clever Twats "Unplugged Live"
1997 The Clever Twats "Plugged Live"
1997 Racer "Fly Schumi Fly"
1998 The Clever T`s "The Blue one`"
1998 Chris Thompson "Childreen need love"
1998 Stroke "OML Music"
2000 Mediaphon "The Cajun Swamp Party"
2000 Mediaphon "Klezmer Music"
2001 David Hanselmann & The Dudes "Yoo K`now"
2001 Ty Ardis + Albert Lennard "Candlelight"
2001 DREAMCATCHER - "Catch your dream"
E-MAIL DARRELL McCULLOUGH darrell@dreamcatcher-rocks.de