caption years_active birth_place label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
darrell . photo by ron baker -lrb- 2011 -rrb- . scott at cactus cafe in austin , texas 1990s-present london , kentucky , united states sugar hill , full light darrell scott
 solo_singer 6 august 1959 vocals , guitar , mandolin country darrell scott - ron baker.jpg nashville , tennessee , united states james darrell scott singer-songwriter
darrell scott

james darrell scott , known as darrell scott -lrb- born august 6 , 1959 , london , kentucky , united states -rrb- , the son of musician wayne scott , is an american singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist .
he moved as a child to east gary , indiana -lrb- known today as lake station , indiana -rrb- .
he was playing professionally by his teens in southern california .
later , darrell moved to toronto then boston .
he attended tufts university , where he studied poetry and literature .
he has lived in nashville , tennessee since about 1995 .
he has written several mainstream country hits , and he has also established himself as one of nashville 's premier session instrumentalists .
his younger brother , david scott -lrb- of taos hum and brother david -rrb- , occasionally accompanies darrell on the keyboard .
