heading back out on the road. this time w/ songwriting legend and true texas badass Robert Earl Keen. not gonna lie pretty freakin stoked. so much so that I made this ridiculous poster 🐦#fridgeart
It ain’t my birthday or nothing but I gotta say so far the 30’s are a trip//older-fatter-wiser//the way it ought to be. I don’t exactly recognize this dude at first glance but I look forward to getting to know him and perhaps suggesting he lay off a donut or two just so we can at least see what 40 looks like.
My dog. Bummed out till the sun’s out. Wish I could just explain winter to him. Because he seems to take it personally. I try to cheer him up. I say dude, where’s the stick? He says fuck that. No sun. No fun 🐶
odd birds. talking t.v’s. ufo’s. what I miss about being a kid is reading the funnies. always thought it was weird that the local paper stacked em next to the obits. makes sense i guess 🐦 📺 👽 🌎
The older I get the more Lenny Bruce means to me. A complicated dude. Manic. Frenzied. A servant of his work. Comedian. Philosopher. Writer. Connected to something larger than himself. A force that he spent his lifetime trying to understand and put into words. A conduit and a cautionary tale. Important as fuck. When the world don’t make sense. Listen to Lenny. Still won’t make sense. But you’ll feel a little bit better about it 📺
In light of recent events, both national and local, not for praise or for shade, to shit-talk or to placate. My two cents, from someone who’s known trouble in his day. Support folks. Love folks. Engage for the better not for the worse 🐦
Back at it. Tonight I’ll be in #ludlowky slinging songs w/ real life #folk hero @timeastonwriter at @folkschoolky 📺 #americascrazyuncle
🎶 Uptown’s got it’s hustlers, the bowery’s got it’s bums...🎱 📸: @ryansobb
I had a professor in college who said folks that live by the ocean inherently had a greater awareness of their own mortality and thus tended to live more adventurous lives. I don’t know if that’s entirely true, but I do know that life tends to make as much sense as it can when I’m here. Which is still little to no sense at all. But I find myself far more at peace w/ that. I rented a cute bungalow, been walking the dunes, and staring off into sunsets. Be home soon, or maybe not, who knows 🌊🐦
Heading out to Myrtle Beach this weekend 🏝 equally excited to announce I’ll be returning to Ludlow KY on Feb 21st with folk singing Jedi master @timeastonwriter at one of my all time favorite venues the @folkschoolky 🐦 —- #myrtlebeach #ludlowky #eastnashville - 📸: @lexwtf
Join us for what critics have hailed as “happening” & “in Nashville” *TONIGHT* 8pm radio cafe 📻 w/ @jivey + @ryansobb 🐦 #eastnashville jokes aside-thnx for the kind words😘
Papa’s got a brand new hat, but the same old car👽 #priorities
a week from today. big show in the big city. lotsa new tunes-lotsa old tunes 📺 #eastnashville #folksinger
Enzo on an unseasonably warm yet not quite warm-enough day 🍂#floridadog
i’ve got shit to shoot & songs to sling. arriving 10-15 minutes late to a town near you. more dates tba 🐦
good morning fellow weirdos. next month I’ll be performing my first in town headlining show in quite some time. The radio cafe is one of my favorite venues and I’ll be sharing the stage w/ two songwriters whom I admire a great deal. This set will be a good and long one full of both new and old material. So yeah. See ya there🐦
A few weeks ago Javier Jones of "The Big Dumb" called me with a life changing proposition: "Darrin, if we play a few of your songs will you sing them at our show on Dec 6th". His offer was like a packet of splenda to the coffee of my soul. But I couldn't let Javier know that. If I did the deal would likely sour. But I've been in this business long enough to know that nothing comes to those who wait. Timing was everything and my response needed to be perfectly calculated. "Sure, let me just check my calendar". I let a few seconds pass while I rustled through a hand full of papers on my desk. What Javier didn't know was that prior to his phone call I'd spent the previous two hours staring at the wood paneling of my office walls looking for knots in the pine that looked like jesus. You get good money for those you know. I let out two deep sighs for good measure and said "looks like if I move a few things I could be available". "Great, see you there" Javier replied. I hung up the phone, lit a cigarette, and leaned back into my chair as I let the rest of the day bleed out into the abyss 📺
Look Doug, I told you, I’m a busy and important person, my hat & bandanna lets you know I’m creative while my phone says “Look dude, I remember Y2K” I’ve got oysters coming, make it quick Doug 📺 w/ @jjslaven
I recently began a new chapter of life as a model. I was stopped on the streets of #eastnashville by Caine of @americansongwritermagazine and he said "Darrin you've got a face that could sell guitars" to which I replied, "It's funny you should say that, for this is a truth I've always known". Next thing I know I'm on a helicopter headed toward @donelsonbowl w/ the utmost talented @wruckestrike and the rest, as they say, is history 📺 #Happyholidays (📸: @mackenziekmoore)
Good morning America. From pawn shop to shining laundry mat 📺