Derri Daugherty (born Derald Daugherty; October 13, 1958) is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for band
the Choir.
Daugherty is also one of the founding members of the
Roots music supergroup Lost Dogs with
Terry Scott Taylor,
Michael Roe
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Career
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Gene Eugene
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.
Daugherty began his musical career as an engineer and
roadie for the band
Daniel Amos. Their bassist,
Tim Chandler, introduced Daugherty to
Steve Hindalong and the two soon began to write songs together and eventually formed the Choir. Daugherty now owns and operates
Neverland
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, a recording studio in
Nashville, Tennessee
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.
Daugherty's engineering credits include albums for
Randy Stonehill,
The Swoon,
Lifesavers Underground,
Michael Knott,
the Prayer Chain,
Riki Michele Riki Michele (born Michele Bunch, currently Michele Palmer) started her musical career as a female Christian alternative rock artist. Best known as one of the vocalists for Adam Again, she has also recorded four eclectic solo albums.
A reviewer fo ...
,
the Waiting,
Sarah Masen,
Pierce Pettis,
Common Children,
Jeff Johnson,
Caedmon's Call,
Buddy Miller
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,
Julie Miller,
the Throes, and others. In recent years, Daugherty has become an accomplished producer, with albums by
Twila Paris and
Sheila Walsh to his credit. Perhaps his most well known production work is with Hindalong on the ''
City on a Hill'' series.
Discography
* ''A Few Unfinished Songs'', 2004, ep Lo-Fidelity Records www.lo-fidelity.com
* ''Clouds Echo in Blue'', 2011, ambient instrumental guitar
* ''Hush Sorrow'', 2016
* ''Unhypnotized'', 2018, single from album, The Color Of Dreams
* ''The Color of Dreams'', 2018
References
External links
AllMusic*http://www.last.fm/music/Derri+Daugherty
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1958 births
Living people
American performers of Christian music
American male singers
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
American audio engineers
Record producers from Tennessee
Singers from Nashville, Tennessee
Road crew
20th-century American guitarists
Lost Dogs members
The Choir (alternative rock band) members
20th-century American male musicians