ARTIST: DARYL HANCE
ALBUM: DEVIL’S MILLHOPPER
“An incessant sonic tapestry and psychedelic-infused gumbo of groovy Southern-flavored 1960s and 1970s blues, funk, and soul inspired rock and roll music guarantee’t to set your hair on fire in the best way with 100% organically-grown vintage tones that are at once bluesy, funky, swampy, psychedelic soul, groove rock and roll, atmospheric, philosophically and spatially conscious - with gravy”
Jacksonville, Florida singer/guitarist/songwriter Daryl Hance is an artist whose music is steeped and rooted in the spirit of the great blues, funk, soul, and pre-1975 or so rock and roll musics. Transcendental songs high on life, hope, fun, love, and living. Fortified with super fat vintage tones and heaps of bottom-end, his brand of groovy Southern-flavored psychedelic rock and roll music delivered live… is a not to be missed high-octane, power-packed punch of deeply hypnotic grooves and good times! Harkening back to the days of the magic created in the mid to late 1960s through the early to mid 1970s, with music drenched in blues, funk, and soul played with a heart-on-your-sleeve spirit no nonsense attitude of…
“we are here to have a good time”
TESTIMONIALS:
John T. Edge - True South TV
“so glad I found it, Daryl's music was new to me… his psychedelic rock and soul provided the backbone of our True South: Season Six, Episode on St. Augustine, Florida”
Jeremy Hunsaker - RR Underground
“Devil's Millhopper is a swamp-goth noir psychedelic blues-holler masterpiece”
Kati Schardl - Tallahassee Democrat
“Releasing three albums, “Hallowed Ground” in 2011, “Land Of Trembling Earth” in 2014, and “Wild Blue Iris" in 2016, Daryl Hance has honed his songwriting and performing chops to a keen edge while losing none of his feel for the greasy goodness of chunky guitar, funky soul and gut-bucket blues"
Soul Train Bro - STB Beyond
“alright man, Daryl Hance's Wild Blue Iris, solid album man start to finish very very uplifting, great musicianship, excellent subject matter, your voice signature is just on point, excellent album man, definitely two thumbs up, you did good brother, this is the shit, good album man. A good summertime album, a good anytime album. Grab life by the horns… Singing about the law of attraction… energy… the energy of creation… excellent! Up beat, uplifting, encouraging…”
Devil Down Records
“Daryl Hance, a native of the upper swamps of Florida, has an innate and undeniable groove, built on deep south drawling guitar grooves bordering on trance-adelic. His third and finest album Wild Blue Iris, establishes Daryl as the king of the swamp blues.”
Sean Jewell - American Standard Time
“Daryl Hance has crafted a psychedelic fuzz bomb of hot water soul. His very southern sounding music has all the sophistication of british pop, but comes via simple arrangements. Wild Blue Iris is that crucial summertime album you've been looking for. You can put it on and let it rock dependably in the background, or you can choose to engage it, to marinate in it's warmth and positivity, and be washed over by it's rock and roll…”
Susan McDonald - Providence Journal
“a musical melange, packed with hypnotic grooves and a vintage edge, with tunes reminiscent of the free love generation of the 1960s and early 1970s, and a fun blend of blues and funk”
Fan - Folly Beach, SC
“Dude… Your music makes me want to get barreled by a huge wave…”
Star Online News
“Rock and blues with a swampy, psychedelic vibe. Wild Blue Iris boasts old school charm, from early 70's funk to fuzzed-out vintage guitar playing”
Patrick Wall - Free-Times.com
“The “land of trembling earth” referenced in Daryl Hance's record of the same name is the English translation of the Hitchiti Creek American Indian word that gives name to the Okefenokee Swamp in southeastern Georgia. Hance's music is appropriately swampy, a brackish blend of Luther Dickinson grit, Fogerty brothers choogle and Dex Romweber twang. Befitting of a swamp-themed outfit, the swealtering jams are thick with humidity - and, as we all know, it's not really about the heat, but the humidity.”
JJ Grey - Facebook Quote
“This record “Land Of Trembling Earth” is unbelievable! As thick and real as it gets. Moving from beautiful laments to haunting bluesy rock bombs, grooving nastily while spitting and grinding away with the ferocity of a busted chainsaw!”
Dennis Cook - Jambase
“Hallowed Ground presents a fully rounded musician who's clearly been storing up gems for years in anticipation of this moment. There's not a dud in the bunch on Hance's debut, a lovingly crafted set delivered in a pleasantly weathered croon. In short, one of the best first albums of 2011 and essential listening for anyone who digs raw Southern accented rock ‘n’ roll."
Hey Shredder - Dirty Impound
“One might have missed what a six-string monster Daryl Hance is, but there is no mistaking how he's right in line with contemporaries like The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and North Mississippi Allstars/Black Crowes man Luther Dickinson on his welcome solo debut, Hallowed Ground. The album reveals what a goddamn sexy player Hance truly is, as well as showing off his ear-catching songwriting and singing skills - there's something of John Fogerty to the whole package actually. It's Southern rock with a psychedelic lover man's twist, and anyone who likes it humid and right in the pocket is likely to plotz over Hallowed Ground.”
Dan Brown - Folio Weekly
“The debut release by Daryl Hance “Hallowed Ground” is a remarkably well-made album of agile, bulletproof rockers and contemplative ballads. On the harder cuts, Hance's guitar is all crackling fury, his solos sounding like they were peeled off as he sat on his amp, another half-joint burning in the ashtray. The 13 tracks run the gamut from rockers to tasteful balladry. Hance's chilled-out vocal delivery finding company with JJ Cale or fellow Okie, the sorely underrated Jesse Ed Davis. The acoustic cuts “In The Dark” and “A Breath Away” find a weird nexus between Jerry Jeff Walker and the narcotic cadence of David Gilmore from 1970s-era Pink Floyd."
Good n' Gritty - Tallahassee, Florida
“The music on “Hallowed Ground” pulses with gritty Southern rock guitar grooves and Hance's laid-back vocals. This is music as rough-hewn as a backwoods Cracker cabin and as gloriously real as the springtime night sky swirling with stars”