DARREN BEACHLEY
- From Brunswick, Maryland.
- 1988, first pro band: South Central Bluegrass
- 1991, played Dobro™ with Bill Harrell and the Virginians.
- 1998, joined Norman Wright’s band The Travelers.
- 2003, formed his own band called The Maryland Line.
- 2005, joined Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Sang lead and tenor vocals, played bass and guitar. Appears on several award-winning albums including “Help is on the Way,” “More Behind the Picture than the Wall,” and “Lonely Street.”
- 2006, also worked with former Country Gentleman Bill Yates in a group called Bill Yates & Friends, which became The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band.
- 2008, left DL&Q to begin a solo career. Released Sad Songs & Sunday Mornings
album (no label).
- 2009,formed his band The Legends of the Potomac with Mike Auldridge (Dobro™), Tom Gray (bass), Norman Wright (mandolin) and Mark Delaney (fiddle)
- 2010, released Take Off
(Patuxent Records).
- 2010, teamed up with former Quicksilver bandmate Barry Scott to form the Beachley and Scott Band.
- 2011, after the departure of Barry Scott, the band was reorganized as Heart Town with Greg Luck, Tim Laughlin, Shayne Bartley and Jason Leek.
- 2012, took a management position at the Frederick Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, MD. Also formed a band with Shayne Bartley, Greg Luck, Elmer Burchett and Marshall Wilborn.
- 2016, formed a band called The Railroaders with Shayne Bartley (guitar), Greg Luck (mandolin) and David Carroll (banjo).
- 2021, released The Road Not Taken album (Turnberry).