Darcie Deaville
Darcie Deaville Plays the Fiddle and Sings
Taller Dog 101
Released - 2003
available on Darcie's website
Darcie Deaville gets some of the cleanest, richest, fullest, and rounded sound on a fiddle of anyone playing. There are times that you think she is right there playing for you, so clean is the production here. She handles all of the fiddles on this disc herself. She accompanies herself occasionally on guitar, mandolin, octoblaster (a solid body electric octave mandolin), and octave mandolin as well. The only other person that can be heard here is {$Marvin Dykhuis}, if his name sounds familiar) it is because he regularly travels as accompanist to {$Tish Hinojosa}. Marvin plays guitar on a couple of cuts, drums, and percussion. The playing throughout the disc, no matter the instrument is stellar. This disc was also recorded at his studio and he did the mixing of the disc. Darcie plays a great variety of music here, always changing up the tempos and styles to keep the disc interesting. Most all the songs are traditional, she wrote one {& Hoodoo Blues}, and she may
have written a verse here and there for some of them. The arrangements are hers, oft times she presents a familiar songs in an uncommon arrangement. Her singing is very good in husky high lonesome vein. These are folk and traditional tunes and they though we may know the song when she introduces it her way; she does make it very much her own song. The superb playing on this disc should encourage some of you to try emulate her technique as it adds so much to the music. There is a fiery spirit to her playing that adds a layer of emotion to the songs.