"Darling Darby"

A native of "Vernon B.C." "Okanagan Valley" and related  water home of the mysterious lake creature the elusive "Oggopoggo" that's where female rocker "Darby Mills" hailed from."Vernon" is also a training ground recruits centre for the cadet forces boot camp. "Darby" was a familiar face after relocating from "Vernon" at "Vancouvers Outlaws Cabaret". She began to the top of "Canadian" rocks most distinctive + reconizeable singing voices in the mid "1970s". Doing mostly at 1st what she termed (Bee-Gees) short for backgrounds meaning background vocals for other rising upstart "Vancouver" bands. She + her future "Headpins" rocker friend band mates were constant whammer jammers before clicking as a regular full fledged + tight knit unit. this line up with "Canadian" icon vetran "Too Loud Macloud" on guitar whose nick stage name "Darby" had coined + with good guy "Frenchman Bernie Aubiin" on drums, would form up with bassist "Abe Bryant" to be a pernament fixture called "The Headpins" and the bands 1st stomping grounds as  the house band at "Outlaws" "Vancouvers" showcase rock + roll club. After a contract  signing up with "The Headpins" the group released their debut l.p. called what else but "Turn It Loud" in "1980" + began a 3 album run at the "Canadian" top of rock charts breaking major ground in the "States" + backed up as opening acts around the world through out the "1980s"."Darby Mills" also helped make the "Lock Up Your Sons" rock tour the stuff legends are made of . "Darby" was also featured in the duet "Cats + Dogs" with "Canadian" rock chick "Holly Woods"and her "Toronto" band on "Hollys" "Assault + Flattery" album in "1984". So after leaving "The Headpins" + replaced by chick rocker "Chrissy Steele" "Darby Mills" went to persue a solo career + released  her "Never Looking Back" debut l.p. in "1991" with her new band "Unsung Heroes"on "W.E.A." records.She returned to the "Headpins" when "Chrissy Steele" checked out + "Brian Macloud" died of cancer + is still with the band to this very day .

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