Biograghy

Darin James Helton Singer/songwriter

Synopsis

Born in Gary, In. on September 16, 1966. Son of Wendell Helton and Carmella Montorsi. I have one sister named Jennifer. My Papaw/Grandpa Ed Helton used to play the fiddle for Bill Monroe back in the 40s, I ve still got his fiddle! I just thought Id throw that in there. Early Life Growing up in the seventies in Gary, In. was nt so bad. I had a pretty close knit group of buddies I ran with. I recall around the age 11or 12, a few of us found a little hill behind the alley just north of ridge road. We would break off tree branches shaped like Gibson Flying V guitars, get on top of the hill and put on a rock show. Jam hill we called it. We were all big Kiss fans back then. I had already been introduced to the guitar by my daddy who was a singer/guitar player. He showed me a few chords on his guitar when I was 10. I played around with it here and there for a few years. Late 70s early 80s construction work was down and jobs were hard to come by in northwest Indiana, so we moved to Orlando Florida. While in high school for a couple years I would meet up on occasion and jam with a few guys I was in band with. Nothing serious. Work picked back up in Indiana towards the late 80s and we moved back to Gary! I never realized until we moved back, that the smell in the air when the wind was out of the north when I was a kid, was Waste burn off from the U.S Steel coke battery plant. After adjusting my sense of smell from orange blossoms in Orlando back that old coke battery stench, I started working with my dad on a construction survey crew, and did so for many years. Band Days When I was 20 years old I met some guys at a local bar. Drinking age was 21, but Id sneak in every once in awhile. We were playing foosball and they told me they were in a band and they needed a singer. Top 40s Rock band. Couple days later we all met, they liked my singing and we formed the band Witness. We played pretty much every Friday and Saturday night and had some really great gigs back then. Summer festivals were a blast. The band broke up after 5 years. I guess we needed a break. I decided to take some vocal lessons and did so at Valparaiso University Conservatory located in Valparaiso, In. I trained in Opera and Classical for about 6 months. A couple years later I found God and formed a Christian rock band called Seraphim. I suppose I was 27 years old at that time. This band was all original music. We would play at churches and coffee houses back then and had some decent success with our first album called Overcome. We were at a music festival in southern Illinois and passed out some of our c.ds. About a month later I received an issue of a magazine called Heavens Metal. They got a hold of our c.d at the festival and wrote an article on our band. Heavens Metal Magazine was an international publication. We started receiving letters from around the globe wanting our c.d. It was pretty cool. We got rid of a bunch of them. I met and married my wife around this time. (1996) The band kind of fell apart and I focused my energy on starting my own construction company and built several homes over the next decade of being in business. In 2008 I had an old drummer friend ask if I was interested in singing with his band. It had been quite a few years but I felt the pull of the stage and music. I blew the dust off of my old microphone and joined the band. We played all cover tunes, 70s rock. We had a lot of fun and some great gigs. We stayed together for 4 or 5 years then took a break. I kept playing by myself and got back into writing my own music. Currently I have written several songs over the last couple years and have been doing a lot of studio work with my music. I have a full length c.d that will be complete this summer. Country/Rock kind of stuff.

I am interested in playing aboard a cruise ship as a solo singer/guitar performer.

Youtube Videos

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Set list

1.GIVE A LITTLE BIT YES 2.GOIN UP THE COUNTRY CANNED HEAT 3.SUMMER.BREEZE 4.BLACK WATER DOOBIE BRO S 5.NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE NIEL YOUNG 6.HEART OF GOLD NIEL YOUNG 7.OUT ON THE WEEKEND NIEL YOUNG 8.HORSE WITH NO NAME AMERICA 9.I VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY WALON JENNIGS 10.LIFE OF ILLUSION 11.PINK HOUSES JOHN COUGAR 12.FAMILY TRADITION HANK JR. 13.AMAZED LONESTAR 14.YOU MAY BE RIGHT BILLY JOEL 15.JUDE BEATLES 16.MY LORD GEORGE HARRISON 17.SEAGUL BAD COMPANY 18.MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW SOGGY BOTTOM 19.SPIRIT CARRIES ON DREAM THEATRE 20.VENTURA HIGHWAY AMERICA 21.COWBOY THIN LIZZY 22.DROPS OF JUPITER TRAIN 23.YOU GOTTA FRIEND JAMES TAYLOR 24.MARGARETAVILLE JIMMY BUFFET 25.LAY DOWN SALLY ERIC CLAPTON 26.WAGON WHEEL DARIOUS RUCK 27.BOAT ON THE RIVER STYX 28.FOLSOM PRISON JOHNY CASH 29.GOOD RIDANCE 30.OUT ON THE WEEKEND NIEL YOUNG 31.GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC WAY 32.ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH JOHN DENVER 33.CANT FIND MY WAY HOME STEVE WINWOOD 34.MADDAM BLUE STYX 35.DUST IN THE WIND KANSAS 36.AMERICAN PIE DON MCLEAN 37.ROCKY RACOON BEATLES

38.AINT GOT MONEY KENNY LOGINS

39.NORWEGIN WOOD BEATLES

40.HOUSE OF THE RISIN SUN ANIMALS

41.WORLD TURNIN FLEETWOOD MAC

42.THE DANCE GARTH BROOKS

43.WHISKEY RIVER WILLY NELSON

44.COCAINE BLUES JOHNY CASH

45.BLACK BIRD BEATLES

46.LOLA KINKS 47.HOTEL.CALIFORNIA EAGLES 48.MORE THAN WORDS 49.STUCK IN THE MIDDLE STEALERS WHEEL 50.MAYBE SOMEDAY DWIGHT YOKAM YOKAM 51.HIGH COST OF LIVIN JAMEY JOHNSON 52.HELP ME MAKE IT WILLIE NELSON 53.IN COLOR JAMEY JOHNSON 54.STAIRWAY TO HEAVIN LED ZEPPLIN 55.THANK YOU LED ZEPPLIN 56.TAKE IT EASY EAGLES 57.GOIN TO CALIFORNIA LED ZEPPLIN 58.NIGHT MOVES BOB SEGAR 59.ANGIE ROLLING STONES 60.BETTER MAN EDDY VEDERS 61.LAY DOWN SALLY ERIC CLAPTON 62.TALKS TO ANGELS BLACK CROWES 63.GOOD RIDANCE 64.LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYIN TIM MGRAW

65.IVE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY WAYLON JENNINGS JENNINGS 66.FAR AWAY EYES ROLLING STONES

67.CRAZY LITTLETHING FREDDY MERC 68.BETTER MAN EDDY VETERS

69.WHAT I LIKE ABOUT U KINKS

70.BRANDY LOOKING GLASS 71.SYMPATHY ROLLING STONES

72.FAR AWAY EYES ROLLING STONES

73.THIS IS FOR ALL THE LONELY

74.EDMONDS FITZGERALD GORDON LIGHTFOOT

75.BOOT SCOOT N BOOGIE DWIGHT YOHKAM

76.TURN THE PAGE BOB SEGAR

77.WISH U WERE HERE PINK FLOYD

78.THANK YOU DARIN HELTON

79.JAIL HOUSE ROCK ELVIS PRESLEY

80.SIMPLE MAN LYNARD SKYNARD

81.NEVER GOIN BACK AGAIN FLEETWOOD MAC

BACKTRACKING LIST

1.RIDE LIKE THE WIND CHISTOPER CROSS 2.TAKIN IT TO THE STREETS MICHEAL MCDONALD 3.ALREADY GONE EAGLES 4.SISTER GOLDEN HAIR AMERICA 5.LIFE IS A HIGHWAY RASCAL FLATS 6.NEED TO KNOW TOM PETTY 7.BRANDY LOOKING GLASS 8.THE BREEZE LYNARD SKYNARD 9.FIRE DOWN BELOW BOB SEGAR 10REELIN IN THE YEARS STEELY DAN 11.SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL ROLLING STONES 12.SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD EAGLES 13.LISTEN TO THE MUSIC DOOBIE BROTHERS 14.WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES DOOBIE BROTHERS 15.LONG TRAIN RUNNING DOOBIE BROTHERS 16.SAIL ON LIONEL RICHIE 17.TO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS STYX 18.ELINORE RIGBY PAUL MCARTNEY 19.ONLY THE BEGINNING CHICAGO 20.ROLL MY WINDOWS DOWN FLORIDA GEORIGA L 21.SWEET CAROLINE NIEL DIAMOND 22.WHO WOULD NT WANNA BE ME KIETH URBAN 23.I GO BACK KENNY CHESNEY 24.LOTTA LEAVIN DIERKS BENTLY 25.ANYTHING BUT MINE KENNY CHESNEY 26.MY WAY FRANK SINATRA 27.GET DRUNK AND BE SOMEBODY TOBY KIETH 28.RAD SOLO CUP TOBY KIETH 29.WHO S YOUR DADDY TOBY KIE 30.BAND ON THE RUN MCARTNEY 31.JET MCARTNEY 32.LET EM IN BEATLES 33.TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE EDDY MONEY 34.EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE STING 35.SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE YES 35.HELLO TOD RUNGREN 36.THIS IS FOR ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE AMERICA 37.THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS BRUCE HORNSBY 38.HAPPY FURREL 39.UPTOWN FUNK FURREL 40.GET LUCKY FURREL 41.COUNTRY GIRL LUKE BRYAN 42.SAVE A HORSE BIG N RICH 43.BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICK 44.JUST THE WAY YOU ARE BILLY JOEL 45.HOLD ME NOW THOMSONTWINS 46.GET DOWNTONIGHT KC N SUNSHINE 47.FRIED CHICKEN ZAC BROWN 48.LIFE OF ILLUSION JOE WALSH 49.EDMONDS FITZGERALD GORDONLIGHTF 50.CATS AND THE CRADDLE HARRY CHAPIN 51.BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER SIMON N GARF 52.BOOT SCOOT N BOOGIE DWIGHT YOKAM 53.DEAD OR ALIVE BON JOVI 54.TURN THE PAGE BOB SEGAR 55.WISH YOU WERE HERE PINK FLOYD 56. WITH YOU MODERN ENGLISH 57.THE WALL PINK FLYD 58.SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL ROLLING STONES 59.RUNNIN ON EMPTY JACKSON BROW N 60.RICKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER STEELY DAN 61.BLACK FRIDAY STEELY DAN 62.BAD CASE OF LOVIN YOU ROBER PALMER 63.TEACH YOUR CHILDREN CROSBY STILLS 64.BROWN SUGAR ROLLING STONES 65.UNDER THE BOARD WALK THE DRIFTERS 66.SUPER FREAK RICK JAMES 67.ELVIRA OAKRIDGE BOYS 68.JUNGLE LOVE STEVE MILLER 70.IMAGINE JOHN LENNON 71.COME AS YOU ARE NIRVANA 72.CARRY ON KANSAS 73.TRYIN FUNNY THINGS KID ROCK 74.RIGHT DOWN THE LINE GERRY RAFFERT 75.DOMBEY ROAD DARIN JAMES 76.DO NOTHIN DARIN JAMES 77.FACEBOOK DARIN JAMES 78.BUTTERFLY WING DARIN JAMES 79.THANK YOU DARIN JAMES 80.AFLCIO DARIN JAMES 81.LOTT DARIN JAMES 82.AWAKE DARIN JAMES 83.IF THERE S A WILL DARIN JAMES 84.HI HOW ARE YOU DARIN JAMES 85.GREAT DAY DARIN JAMES 86.DANIEL ELTON JOHN 86.EVERY BREATH U TAKE STING 87.AFTERMIDNIGHT 88.NEVER BEEN ANY REASON HEAD EAST

89.REBEL YELL BILLY IDOL

90.5O WAYS TO LOSE LOVER PAUL SIMON

91.I SHOT THE SHERIFF CLAPTON

92.TWIST AND SHOUT BEATLES

93.LONG AND WINDING RD BEATLES

94.DANCIN WITH MYSELF BILLY IDOL

95.JAIL HOUSE ROCK ELVIS PRESLEY

96.WHEN THE LOVIN START FLEETWOOD MAC

97.WITH A LITTLE LUCK MCARTNEY

98.PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC SLY

99.SOME KINDA WONDERFUL

100.SIMPLE MAN LYNARD SKYNARD

101.WORKIN FOR THE WEEKEND LOVER BOY

102.JAIL HOUSE ROCK ELVIS

103.SILVER BLUE AND GOLD BAD COMPANY

104.LET IT BE BEATLES

105.ROCK N ROLL ALL NIGHT KISS

106.COLOR MY WORLD CHICAGO

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