Darren Welch-Guitar,vocals
Jesse Ballew-Guitar,vocals.
Kevin Powell-Bass............
Eric Holmes-Drums..........
Influences
Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Beatles, Stones, Johnny Winter, Van Halen,
Deep Purple, Montrose, Frampton, Humble Pie, Small Faces,The Band, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Who, The Allman Brothers Band, Queen, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, The Cars, the good stuff...
The Darren Welch Group has been an Established, Working, Rock&Roll band for over five years...
Darren has had several successful bands over the years including, Ground Zero, Axxe, Impeccable, and
Live Wire. Jesse had two successful bands, The Swet Addicts, and Zone, before joining the Darren
Welch Group in 2000...
Eric Holmes joined the band in January 2006.He is a great drummer that
has spent the last few years playing in Country star
Daron Norwoods band . Eric has performed at the famous Grand Old Opery,
as well as venues across the United States. Most recently the band aquired Kevin Powell on Bass. A long time friend of Darren and Jesse he has been in the Lubbock music scene since 1985. Kevin has also been in several successful bands including Citizen Groovy, Bender, Peace of Ash and Broken Dayz.
Darren and Jesse have opened shows for such greats as: The Scorpions, Montrose, Jon Butcher, Talking Heads, Humble Pie, Molley Hatchet, Alice Cooper, The Smithereens, George Thorogood, Ian Moore,
Cheap Trick, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, Pat Travers, Steppenwolf, Ted Nugent, Eric Johnson, Joe Ely,
Bugs Henderson, Malford Milligan, ...
We are avaliable for your Party, or Wedding, or Nightclub, If you own one...
2006 looks to be a great year for the Darren Welch Group, we are currently writing and recording
songs for our new CD.. Hopefully it will be finished sometime in 2006.
Hope to see You At Our Gigs.
