“I was happy – I had no complaints,” says Jamie of his nine years in Quicksilver. In 2003, the two began talking seriously about becoming a team. I thought, ‘This is going to be a lost thing if we don’t form a duo.’ It just made sense.”ĭailey agrees, adding that when he met Darrin six years ago, he knew immediately that he wanted to take his next professional steps with him. All of a sudden, there weren’t any duos in bluegrass anymore. “It was like, ‘OK, we’ve got to pursue this.’ Then I looked around, and Sonny stopped playing in The Osborne Brothers. “When I first heard our voices blend, I said, ‘There’s something special about that,’” Vincent continues. Vincent’s initial instincts were confirmed the instant that he and Dailey sang together. I said, ‘That is somebody I need to know.’” “But when I first heard Jamie sing,” Darrin Vincent recalls, “it absolutely brought me out of my seat.
The decision to join forces was not taken lightly, as they both held comfortable positions within premier bluegrass bands – Dailey as lead and tenor singer for nine years with Lawson, Vincent as harmony vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with Skaggs. This is music that can stand side by side with any of the most revered bluegrass discs ever made.Ĭo-leaders Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent have already had a profound impact on much of the best modern bluegrass via their contributions to such estimable performers as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Now that the album is here, the advance accolades are completely understandable.
Even before one note of their stunning debut record had been heard, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent earned a standing ovation at the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association convention and were booked for more than 100 shows. The most eagerly-anticipated bluegrass debut in recent memory, Dailey & Vincent area a powerful ensemble steeped in bluegrass and country music traditions, but blessed with the drive, talent, and charisma to assert those timeless values proudly onto today's stage.
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