Sunday 22nd January: Darren Hendrie (Hosted by Caro Bridges)
Darren Hendrie has been playing all kinds of music on various instruments from an early age, and has come a very long way since his dad taught him the chords to Peggy Sue on the guitar when he was 14. He’s played in several bands over the years but has only been playing his own stuff publicly since August of last year, getting himself involved in music nights such as Out of the Bedroom and The Listening Room.
The first song he ever wrote however, at the tender age of 17, was named “Calling Out” and was only ever heard by his ex-girlfriend. She apparently described it as a cross between the Foo Fighters and The Goo Goo Dolls, so it can’t have been all that bad. Perhaps one day we’ll get to hear it?
Nowadays Darren writes songs he’s happy playing to anyone and everyone, and rightly so because they’re damn good. With influences ranging from Nirvana to Abba, via The Stone Roses and The Chilies he’s not against trying different sounds, moods and techniques.
His songs are, in his own words, “about love, loss, hope and human connection”; and listening to them you can’t fail to spot a talented young man who is passionate about his music and who deserves to go far. Come along this Sunday and you’ll forever earn the right to tell your grandkids “I saw Darren Hendrie way back when he was playing small acoustic pub gigs in Edinburgh. Funny to think that nowadays.”
