Darren Welch Instructor of Music

My name is Darren Welch, and I have been a guitar instructor @SPC for about 20years. I have been teaching guitar for just about as long as I have been playing the instrument. I was born in 1960, so I have definitely witnessed, and learned during many of musics’s finest decades. I watched the BEATLES on the Ed Sullivan Show at 4 yrs of age, and that inspired me, as it has so many, to make music my life.

I have been a performer, and bandleader for about 45 yrs. I released my first single, and LP in 1978, both of which have become sought after collectors Items, with original pressings of AXXETHOUGH THE NIGHT“, and the LP “IMPECCABLE-LIVE ON THE ROX” selling for up to $500. The single – AXXETHROUGH THE NIGHT” was just re-released in Europe.

I’ve released GROUND ZERO MAGNETIC HEAVEN” in 1998, “DARREN WELCH GROUP” in 2004, and “DWG Volume 1″, in 2016. All with sales of 10,000 copies, or more, not including downloads of DWG Volume 1. And in late 2024, I released “DWG Volume 2.”

 

I have performed, at least 200+ shows a year ,for the last 40 years, and have performed with or opened shows for Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Montrose, Smithereens, George Thorogood, Talking Heads, lan Moore, Alice Cooper, The Scorpions, Andy Timmons, Ram Jam, Steppenwolf, John Butcher Axis, Joe Ely, Roy Buchanan, Budgie, & Trapeze.

A collaboration with my fellow SPC guitar instructor Mark Wallney resulted in the release of an 11 song album entitled “UNISON“, in August of 2023, that is now available on all streaming platforms.

I’ve also just put out a new DARREN WELCH GROUP Vol 2 single “NOTHING LEFT #7” on June 2024. These original selections are all available on all streaming platforms. PLUS you can now find a new EUROPEAN re-release of the “IMPECCABLE- LIVE ON THE ROCKS” album that came out on SONIC AGE RECORDS, May 2024.