Darren Dean Wharton is a British keyboard player / singer / songwriter born December 25th 1962. A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He has fronted his own band Dare since 1989 but first came to attention as a member of Thin Lizzy. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969
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Biography
Thin Lizzy had not had a keyboard player since their early gigs in Ireland, and Wharton was contacted by Phil Lynott while performing with a cover band. Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986 was a Singer, Bassist, Instrumentalist, and Songwriter, who first came to prominence He was only 17 when he contributed keyboards to their 1980 album Chinatown. Chinatown is the tenth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) By the following year on the album Renegade he had become an official member of the band. Renegade was the eleventh studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music)
Wharton continued with the band on the follow-up Thunder And Lightning in 1983 having an even greater share in the writing credits, most notably on latter day Lizzy classic The Sun Goes Down, but that year Lynott announced the break-up of Thin Lizzy. Thunder and Lightning is the twelfth and final studio album by heavy-rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Sun Goes Down was a single released by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, the last single to be released before they split in 1983
Wharton did work with Lynott again on Phil's 1982 solo recording The Philip Lynott Album, where he played on most of the record's 11 tracks.
Darren sank from sight for some years but resurfaced with his own band Dare in 1989. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Following Darren's move to his half-native Wales in 1992, their music has come to reflect a more Celtic influence, not unlike Thin Lizzy's occasional hark back to their Irish roots. Since then he has also played with a reunited Thin Lizzy on tours, documented on the 2000 Live album One Night Only but subsequent to this has poured all his energies into Dare. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. One Night Only is a live album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 2000
These days, Darren is also a radio presenter & can be heard on Chester's Dee 106.3, every Friday evening from 6-7pm, where he plays an hour of rock music. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Dee 1063 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Chester.
Discography
with Thin Lizzy
- Chinatown (1980) as session man
- Renegade (1981)
- Thunder and Lightning (1983)
- Life (farewell concert album) (1983)
- One Night Only (Live) (2000)
with Philip Lynott
- The Philip Lynott Album (1982)
with Dare
- Out Of The Silence (1989)
- Blood From Stone (1991)
- Calm Before The Storm (1998)
- Belief (2001)
- Beneath The Shining Water (2004)
- The Power Of Nature (Live in Munich) (2005) also on DVD
- Arc Of Dawn (2008)
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