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Q: What kind
of
a name is Dar?
A: Well Dar's real
name is Dorothy (Snowden Williams) and as the story goes, one of her
sisters
couldn't pronounce her name properly and used to just call her Dar.
Apparently
the name stuck. She is not named after the Daughters of
the
American Revolution.
Q: When and
where
was Dar born?
A: She was born
in Mount Kisco, NY, USA on April 19, 1967. She grew up in Chappaqua, NY.
Q: Where does
Dar live?
A: She has a home
in Rhinebeck, NY -- minutes from the Hudson River -- and a place in New
York City.
Q. Where
can I write to Dar?
A: e-mail her through her management
at dar@velourmusic.com
Q: Does she
have
any siblings?
A: Dar is the
youngest
of three girls. Her sisters are Meredith and Julie.
Q: When is
Dar's
next CD coming out?
A: She is currently working on an album that
will probably be recorded in 2007. Dar's last CD, My Better Self was
released in 2005.
Q. What
is Dar's concert schedule?
A. Go to the
tour
schedule page for up-to-date listings.
Q: What kind
of
guitar does Dar play?
A: For many years
Dar played a very pretty, but quite large, Larivee. In early 2001, she
bought and now primarily played a Huss
& Dalton Custom OM. She often takes a Joan Baez limited edition
Martin with her on bigger tours. In October 2005 she brought a fabulous
new, and smaller, Huss and Dalton . . . pictured here.
She uses Martin SP and GHS Vintage Bronze strings.
Q: What about
Dar's college years?
A: She went to
Weslyan
University in Connecticut. She majored in theatre and religion and
claims
to have been every religion at one point but Jewish because the
"semester
ended." Admits to being "really bad at Buddhism."
Q: What
songs are on Dar's early tapes?
A: There were
two tapes. Here are the track listings
1.
I Have No History -- 1990
Crossing the Field;
How Do I Work; No More Troubles; No Revolution Here; Charlie Frye; I
Have
No History; Ireland; Terrarium
2.
All My Heroes Are Dead -- 1991
All My Heroes
Are Dead; For Everyone; Stop Smoking; Mark Rothko Song; Calamity John;
Flinty Kind of Woman; Anthem; Arrival; When It Gets That Way
Q: Where
can I find these tapes?
A: See Scott
Green's page on how to order the tapes.
Q: Is
there
a Dar songbook?
A: Yes there are two.
There are two books, one published in 1999 which has 12 songs including
Are You Out There, When I Was Boy
and Iowa. The other is published in 2005 and includes songs through
those on the My Better Self CD. Both are published by Hal
Leonard (www.halleonard.com).
ISBN 0-7935-9825-7. There is also a full collection of tabs on this
site
in the Play with Dar section.
Q: Is
Dar
married? Does she have a boyfriend, girlfriend, or what?
A: Dar married
a man named Michael from New York City over the May 4, 2002 weekend.
He's
a carpenter and is apparently terrified of flying! Dar says: One date,
that's all it took : ) They have son, Stephen Gray Robinson, who was
born on April 24, 2004.
Q: What
does Jane Siberry's album When I Was a Boy have to do with
Dar's
song of the same name?
A: Not much
-- Jane's album and Dar's song were written at about the same time,
independent
of each other. Dar may be influenced by Jane's music, but she
didn't
steal the song title from her.
Q: Is
the
narrator of "Iowa" male or female?
A: It can
be interpreted either way. Dar has introduced the song both ways
at concerts. The same answer goes for the same question regarding the
"SUNY
student with mousy brown hair" in "Southern California Wants to Be
Western
New York."
Q: Why are
there
two versions of the Honesty Room?
A: Dar originally
released THR (herself?) on the Burning Field label. Waterbug
"took
over" distribution and pasted their own stickers on the bar code, on
the
places where 1-800-PRIME-CD was listed as distributor and where Joyful
Noise Productions in Northampton was listed for booking info. The
second
was redone/repackaged and released by Dar's current label Razor and Tie.
Q: Why are
there
two versions of The Green World
A: There is one
version that was released into stores and another limited edition that
was available for a short time through Dar's record company and at
shows.
The limited edition had an extra track on it, O Canada Girls,
and
fancy packaging with notes on the songs from Dar inside. The U.K.
version
of TGW includes O Canada Girls.
Q: What's a
little-known
fact about Dar?
A: She's allergic
to dairy, so cut it out with those cheescakes at the concerts.
A. Dar has various qualities that appeal in different ways. We have arranged similar artists into groups, depending on your taste for "twang."
- Check out an essential "snapshot" of Dar that she wrote for promotional purposes in November 2006.
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