Currently with The Secondary Modern; Darren Hayman (vocals, guitar, keyboards), David Sheppard (drums, guitars, backing vocals), Dan Mayfield (violin, vocals), Bill Botting (bass, vocals), Dave Watkins (Banjo, vocals) and Simon Trought (guitars, vocals, harmonium, percussion, mandolin)
The Secondary Modern has previously featured Amos Memon (drums), James Milne (bass), Nick Buxton (drums), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Jack Hayter (guitar, pedal steel)
Darren has released four solo albums, two of them with the Secondary Modern
Darren also played bass and sang in Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee which also featured David Tattersal from the Wave Pictures on guitar and vocals and Dan Mayfield (violin) and Dave Watkins (banjo). The band previously featured Simon Trought (mandolin) and John Lee (guitar)
Darren was in The French with John Morrison who made one album 'Local Information'. This album was recently featured as a 'Buried Treasure' in Mojo magazine
Darren is perhaps best known for being in Hefner with John Morrison (bass), Antony Harding (drums, vocals) and Jack Hayter (guitars, pedal steels, vocals)
Hefner made four albums and have now released a ton of unreleased songs on expanded editions and new compilations
Influences
Ronnie Lane, Incredible String Band, Toots and the Maytals, Dub Reggae, Sly and the Family Stone, The Bee Gees
Sounds Like
A bit like Hefner obviously, but more folky a bit slower and actually (whisper it) better.
hello....and thanks for joining our lonesome little gang...if you like what you hear, please leave a comment....it would really make our day...we wish you blue skies... a x
Mr. Hayman, a thousand thanks for the add. Ive listenend to your music religiously since in 2001 at the Virgin Megastore in San Francisco I came across a copy of We Love the City. I have owned Dead Media, Boxing Hefner, and Breaking God's Heart. My favourite songs, the greedy ugly people, when the angels play their drum machine, and of course "the day that thatcher dies". Thanks and good luck with all. Needless to say, your music is great.
we write you cause we are on the edge to see our first demo-ep "Soon to be famous" on our hands to be released. But first it..s our opinion that we need to show what we have done. So the five musics are simply all there on myspace.
hi Darren . . . enjoyed your set at EOTR . . . am the one with the friend who owns The Halfway House on A127 . . . *grins* . . . was a wonderful festival . . . hope you had time to enjoy it as much as i did . . . back to normality . . . stinks after such a great weekend . . . hope to see you again sometime soon . . . take care
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