When listening to a recording for the first time, I try to sit back and take in each song and the album as a whole but with Darryl Gregory’s music, I am drawn towards the vocals and the instrumental layers – and can’t help getting totally caught up in the moment. I love the musical styles Darryl has chosen to frame his stories. As a singer, Darryl leaps from one vocal style to another but hits the bull’s eye on every track. I love Darryl’s lower register. He can lyrically sustain through mid and upper registers in the pensive ballads but can totally rock out when he wants to. Resonant but never too pretty, “Beautiful Lover” gives us hypnotic vocals entwined with soul- stirring harmonica ribbons. “Sweet Begonia,” is expressive ‘rusty nail’ singing. “She” bashes my head in and I enjoyed every second. I hear a little Jim Morrison in “Drivin’ In” and picture a guy on a stool in an acoustic café as Darryl sings “Lonely Day” and “Steel Mill Town.” Stunning craftsmanship.
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Arizona alone I was (driving back to NYC from San Diego)...
early morning, with SHE in the CD slot.
My Toyota is transformed into the Oldsmobile 442 from my youth.
As I bore through the expanse of desert and dark with Halfmoon Rd., 
Beautiful Lover and She, dawn magically emerges just as Out of Sight
begins to play.
Have listened to many records (CD's--I'm old) and this is now a favorite.
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Brawny, classic Americana, complete with Dobro guitars, harmonicas, whiskey and cars.  Darryl’s deep, assertive vocal qualities are convincingly supported by an encyclopedia of instruments associated with American music making, most of them played by Darryl.  Big block Chevy engine, body by Fischer.
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From the electronica loops to the organic fiddle and mandolin, this album is in my upper echillon for creativity, lyrical content, and an all around great stories.

The lyrics give the listener a glimpse of what this Veteran, Darryl Gregory, is capable of.  Not only do I see this as a staple in my collection of music, but a benchmark ror the industry as well.

Darryl is at the forefront of the indie scene, and is a beacon in the world of trashy pop, overplayed rock, and un-inventive techno.

Thank you to musicians such as Darryl Gregory who take the music scene to yet higher ground.
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