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Born and raised in the central Texas small town of Markham, singer/songwriter
and guitarist Darryl Lee Rush spins whimsical tales of rural and urban
Texas over gutsy and dusty backbeats. When he was old enough to play
the honky tonks, Rush moved to Austin and joined the Big Johnsons. A
chance to join the folk-rock band Fast Train persuaded Rush to move
to Dallas. After Fast Train broke up, Rush decided to stay in Dallas
and form a new band under his own name. Rush built a solid Dallas fan
base by playing his rocking brand of country in any bar that would take
him and to any audience that would listen. Numerous shows later, Rush
and his band were signed to Shiner Records. The label released their
debut, Llano Avenue, in August of 2005. ~ David Jeffries, All Music
Guide
Like many great Texas songwriters, Darryl's songs reflect the landscapes
and the human condition of the places he's lived. In his song A Town
Too Tough To Die, he describes growing up in a "town down along
the Coastal Bend, where there's miles and miles of milo and cotton,
and that warm Matagorda wind." From the perils of picking up women
in convenience stores to the “69 Chevelle sitting on blocks”
in the front yard of his White Trash Paradise, Darryl paints a lively,
humorous and often irreverent picture of the Texas landscape, urban
to rural.
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