About Darrin Kobetich
Darrin grew up listening to a lot of music from his Dad's record collection(Chuck Berry to Bluegrass to
Ventures to Zorba The Greek and everything in between). His musical journey started out with four
chords he learned from his father at age 12.... Soon he was hooked on The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black
Sabbath, Rush, Hendrix etc. Moving to Weatherford, Texas, in 1980 Darrin formed his first real band,
an instrumental power trio, a year later. Inspired by German guitar phenomena Uli Jon Roth and
Michael Schenker, he honed his chops playing covers and experimenting with improvisation. Spent a
few years in various metal bands before joining the New Orleans-born thrash metal outfit. Hammer
Witch in 1989. They released a cassette (1991) before disbanding in 1994. Darrin then formed
experimental metal band, Amillion Pounds, which was fronted by his brother Adam. It was during
Amillion Pounds’ run that Darrin composed his first acoustic songs, influenced by Jimmy Page and Leo
Kottke. By 2002, he was completely immersed in the acoustic guitar, inspired by the likes of Michael
Hedges and John Fahey, as well as Middle Eastern and other world music.