Darden Smith

Quick Facts

Full Name	Darden Smith
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Mar 11, 1962(1962-03-11)
Age	62
Birthplace	Brenham
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Pisces

Darden Smith Biography

Darden Smith is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on March 11, 1962 in Brenham, Texas, United States. Americana folk pop, rock and pop-influenced musician and singer. The artist released 14 albums between 1986 between 1986 and 2013 and included Marathon, Sunflower, and Deep Fantastic Blue.

The guitar teacher in his childhood sparked his interest in folk music. She taught how to play the tunes of His childhood guitar teacher sparked his love of folk music by teaching him how to play songs by Neil Young..

Smith’s early interest in music was sparked by singing in the local church choir, the “seat-rattling sound” of the church’s pipe organ, and accompanying his parents to country-western dances. By the third grade, he had a guitar and a teacher who taught him how to play every song on Neil Young’s Harvest and After the Gold Rush. Smith began writing his own songs at age ten. In 1976, after his family moved to Humble, Texas, in the Houston suburbs, Smith spent his teen years listening to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and Bob Dylan. His musical influences expanded when he moved to Austin to attend The University of Texas and was exposed to blues and reggae, as well as musicians coming out of the United Kingdom such as Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders. Smith quickly got involved with Austin’s burgeoning music scene, playing in small Austin venues like the Alamo Lounge, Taco Flats, and Waterloo Ice House. He joined a bluegrass band called The Ramblers. By the time Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (1985), he was a regular on the local and Texas music scenes. He has one son and one daughter.

After releasing Native Soil in 1986, Darden Smith was signed by Dick James Music to a publishing deal. In 1987, Epic Records signed Smith at the inaugural South by Southwest Festival and released Darden Smith (1988), which produced two country chart hit singles, “Little Maggie” and “Day After Tomorrow.” Later that year, Nigel Grainge, the head of Ensign Records, introduced Smith to the British songwriter Boo Hewerdine. Four days later, they had eight songs and a record deal with Ensign/Chrysalis that resulted in Evidence (1989). After Smith’s label deal with Epic was transferred to the pop division of Columbia Records, he released Trouble No More (1990), best known for “Midnight Train” and “Frankie & Sue,” and Little Victories (1993) which included the Top 10 pop hit single, “Loving Arms”.

He was born in Brenham, Texas and later moved to Austin.

Darden Smith Net Worth

Darden Smith is one of the richest Folk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Darden Smith 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started playing guitar at the age of eight, and began composed songs at the age of 10. In the meantime, pursuing his music career He was able to graduate from University of Texas with a degree in American Studies.

He was the founder of several music-related charitable and outreach groups such as The Be An Artist foundation and the SongWritingwith program.

Darden Smith (born March 11, 1962, in Brenham, Texas) is an Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his lyrics and for weaving folk and Americana influences with rock, pop, and the musical roots of his home state. His debut album, “Native Soil,” was released in 1986. His fourteenth album, Love Calling, came out August 27, 2013. Over the past decade, Smith has developed two programs, The Be An Artist Program (2003) and SongwritingWith (2011). Both use collaborative songwriting to work with groups ranging from children in the classroom to soldiers returning home from combat. Smith established SongwritingWith:Soldiers as a separate non-profit organization in 2012.

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Facts & Trivia

Darden Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Darden Smith celebrates birthday on March 11 of every year.