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Click to buy CD RIGHT SIDE OF ZERO
Darryl's debut record, Right Side of Zero reveals his prodigious talents. Performing Songwriter says, "Darryl’s fine guitar work is evident throughout, especially on the instrumental, “Rootwing” which opens and closes the album. Combine that with his hypnotic voice and heartfelt words and “Right Side of Zero” comes close to a perfect ten."
 
Click to buy CD SAME RIVER TWICE
From unrequited love in a bicycle repair shop in Mr. Schwinn to spurned to ramblings of a disaffected Angelino in "A Crooked Line," we recognize that the often dark characters presented in those story songs live all around us.
Click to buy CD TRAVELERS' CODE
Q Magazine writes, "With this, Darryl Purpose graduates from being a professional winner of US songwriting competitions to stake his claim as America’s most original narrative songwriter since Harry Chapin."
Click to buy CD A CROOKED LINE
This release includes stunning musical contributions from friends Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, two songs co-written with Ellis Paul, and a vocal/strings arrangement performed by members of the Turtle Island String Quartet.
Click to buy CD THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
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Ranging from heartrendingly poignant to wryly humorous, this amazing collection of songs is more about the attitudes and feelings we try to embrace for a couple weeks every year, than about the holidays themselves." -Rod Waller.
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LIVE AT COALESCE
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Recorded before an audience in Morro Bay, California, this unique group of tunes is the perfect companion piece to the newly released DVD of the same name.
LIVE AT COALESCE
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The DVD concert film featuring some of Darryl's most beloved songs.
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