Darryl Worley was one of the biggest names in traditional country music in the
2000s before stepping away from the limelight, only to return with a new album
in 2019.
Worley was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 31 October, 1964 to a Methodist
minister and choir singer and with a grandfather who played country and
bluegrass on the banjo. Worley studied biology and chemistry and took up the
latter professionally, but opted to try his hand in the music industry on the
advice of his father. He landed a job as a songwriter at Fame Publishing and in
1994 landed a deal with EMI.
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