He is a bass player, keyboardist, percussionist,
drummer, singer and teacher born Darrell D. Johnson who is the nephew of
The Neville Brothers and has been a studio musician for much of his career.He has been heard performing with numerous
artists that include Jimmy Buffett, Dixie Chicks, Bob Dylan, Marianne
Faithfull, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Mick Jagger, Patti LaBelle, Joni
Mitchell, The Neville Brothers, Iggy Pop, Linda Ronstadt, Boz Scaggs and U2
among many others.Recordings
he has appeared on include the song "Love is the Answer" by Larry Fulcher, Boats,
Beaches Bars & Ballads by Jimmy Buffett, For the Love of Wynona and
Shine by David Lanois, Breathe by Midnight Oil, Neville-ization,
Famile Groove, Brother's Keeper and Uptown by The Neville
Brothers, Us and Hit by Peter Gabriel, Afterglow by
Sarah McLachlan, Vagabond Ways by Marianne Faithfull, Burning the
Daze by Marc Cohn, We Ran by Linda Ronstadt, Eno Box II:
Vocals and Sonora Portraits by Brian Eno, Come on Home and
My Time by Boz Scaggs, Beach Music Anthology by Chairmen of
the Board, Spyboy, Stumble into Grace and Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou
Harris, the compilation Music for a Better Planet and the soundtrack
of Sling Blade. In the
movies he appeared as a musician in the 1994 film The Client.He currently performs in his own
Daryl's Mardi Gras Gypsies and is a bass guitar and voice tutor.
