Hard Rain Don't Last (CD - 2000)

Personnel: Darryl Worley (vocals); Biff Watson, Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, J.T. Corenflos, Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Paul Franklin, Mike Johnson (steel guitar); Ron Block (banjo); Aubrey Haynie, Glen Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); John Hobbs, Matt Rollings, Steve Nathan, Jim Brown (piano, keyboards); Glenn Worf, Kevin Grantt (bass); Randy Hardison (drums, percussion); Eddie Bayers (drums); Brian David Willis (percussion); Melodie Crittenden, Holly Van Bemmel (background vocals).

Engineers: Julian King, Brian David Willis, Rich Hanson.

Personnel: Biff Watson, Larry Beaird (acoustic guitar); J.T. Corenflos, Brent Mason , Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Ron Block (banjo); Glen Ducan, Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); John Hobbs, Matt Rollings, Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Randy Hardison (drums, percussion); Eddie Bayers (drums); Brian David Willis (percussion); Curtis Wright, Melodie Crittenden, Wes Hightower (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Chuck Ainlay.

Recording information: LOUD Recording.

Photographer: Mark Tucker .

At a few points on HARD RAIN DON'T LAST, New Country singer/songwriter Darryl Worley betrays the fact that his country roots extend beyond Garth Brooks. The lyrics of "Those Less Fortunate Than I" and "Feels Like Work" evince a proletarian sentiment that echoes Merle Haggard, and indeed "Too Many Pockets" flirts with vintage Bakersfield-style honky-tonk.

But judging from the pristine acoustic guitar arpeggios on the ballads "The Way Things Are Goin'" and "Second Wind," Worley has absorbed as much of the Eagles and James Taylor as anything else. Even so, he's no troubadour mope. "Who's Gonna Get Me Over You" and "Sideways," among others, are uptempo numbers brimming with energy and enthusiasm. In the end, Darryl Worley is simply a singer who's assimilated several different veins of American pop music and put them together into something he can call his own. minimize