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Darryl & Jerry at Mary's Vine
Courtesy of Daniel Smith | Posted on February 21, 2020
When
Wed, March 4, 2020
7:00 pm
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Band Leader Vocalist-Bass- Keys Darryl Askew began his professional career in 1976 at the young age of 15, playing bass guitar for several popular local groups in Pittsburgh. Askew originally played drums before taking on the bass guitar. Darryl began playing the Bass when he was twelve years old. A unique playing style, Darryl plays left-handed, with a right-hand bass, turned backwards, flipped upside down with the G-string on top. After a couple of years, he decided to pursue a singing career. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Darryl Askew was the youngest of 13 children and was constantly bombarded with just about every genre of music as he was growing up. He had four brothers and eight sisters, some of whom went on to have music careers of their own....