Comments on: Sounds Like Life To Darryl Worley

By: Viola

Viola — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:15:37 +0000

Loved your article very much. Darryl is a great talent and I am so glad that his new song is doing so well. I just came from the Tennessee River Run. Which was started by Darryl to help the people in Hardin County. He did a great job but then I think he always does. He is a big man with an even bigger heart.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:54:43 +0000

You know, I thought “Have You Forgotten” was a pretty mediocre song, but unless I’m forgetting something, it’s not like it was the first of a whole string of similarly-themed songs from Worley, and just like I didn’t stop liking Haggard after “Okie From Muskogee” came out, I haven’t stopped liking Worley, either. He’s a good one, and I’m looking forward to hearing more out of him.

By: Craig R.

Craig R. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:57 +0000

Too bad he can’t see how misguided ” Have You Forgetten” was. For me it ruined his status. I liked his pre 9/11 music a great deal, but ole boy politics that are ill thought out leave me cold. If Merle Haggard can write great political songs then why couldn’t Worley. I would be more forgiving if in hindersight he really understood what was wrong with his message.

By: James S.

James S. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:18:21 +0000

I pretty much prefer his “pre-9/11″ stuff, too. I remember buying his debut, Hard Rain Don’t Last, on the strength of the first single and a few sound clips I heard. I still think some of his best songs are from that album.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:03:00 +0000

That was a really nice interview, Ken. I’m very glad to see Darryl’s current single doing so well on the charts as I thought the move to a small label might cut short his career at country radio.

“Have You Forgotten” is by far my favorite “9/11″ song and Darryl is a fine patriot. Some of his subsequent singles broadened his perspective on that event in many relevant ways. Toby’s “Boot up your ass” swagger was a bit much and I’ve never cared for Alan Jackson’s overly sentimental but politically naive “Where Were You…”.

Darryl is an honest to goodness “country boy” through and through and I really appreciate that authenticity in today’s rock-pop Top 40 country marketplace where its becoming more scarce. I hope Darryl continues to do well on mainstream country radio for years to come without having to sell out, not that he would anyway….

By: Mayor Jobob

Mayor Jobob — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:16:12 +0000

Darryl Worley was kind of pinned down with the post-9/11 War hero stuff. But I like his songs a lot. Especially “I Miss My Friend”, the album.

By: Stewman

Stewman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:33:20 +0000

Iwonder if ,in hindsight, those overt songs from a few years back pigeonholed this guy. He seems like he could have had a Trace Adkins’ like ascent, but seems like he tried to make himself the voice of the soldier. While honorable, I wonder if he should have stuck with more tempered material.