- From Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.
- Began playing music at age 8. He is an elite Dobro™ (resonator guitar) player, but he plays all the bluegrass instruments.
- 1982, at age 12 performed at the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1987, at age 17 began performing with Bill Keith and Frank Wakefield.
- Since then he has worked as a sideman with Del Reeves, Bill Harrell, The Gibson Brothers, Wheeler Creek, Bill Anderson, Boxcar Willie and James King.
- 2016, worked with the Dave Adkins band.
- 2018, released first solo project Raising the Bar (Bell Buckle), featuring guest artists Dave Adkins, Rick Faris, Greg Cahill, Valerie Smith, Cia Cherryholmes, Alecia Nugent, Jim VanCleve and others.
- 2018, signed with Mountain Fever Records.
- 2021, signed with Turnberry Records.
- 2022, released Susquehanna Line album (Turnberry). Darou plays all the instruments on the album with vocal performances by guest artists.