After almost 20 years of touring, country singer Devin Derrick’s recording career is off to an auspicious start.
Derrick, born in Oklahoma City and raised in the Edmond area, made his debut album, "Honkytonk Mood,” last year at the famed Cash Cabin Studio, where the legendary Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash recorded their later material. Their son, John Carter Cash, produced Derrick’s album.
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"Oh, it was awesome. I was just surrounded by all the memorabilia of Johnny Cash,” he said. "The aura of Johnny Cash was there when I was in the studio.”
Derrick will sign autographs from 6:30 to 10 tonight at a CMA Awards Watch Party. He is set to perform after the awards show ends at 10 p.m.
Derrick, 37, was steeped in country music practically from birth. His dad, Harvey Derrick, is a country singer. His parents owned the Derrick Club in Edmond.
"When I was 3 months old, they put me in a crib next to the stage, and I listened to bands play six nights a week,” he said. "Whenever I was 5 they put me up on stage, and everything just built up.”
He started touring when he was 17 and moved to Nashville after graduating Edmond High School in 1990. He now is based in Edmond.
Derrick’s album of traditional country tracks includes "Lady,” written by Johnny Cash. "He wrote that for June Carter, his wife.”
Derrick’s debut also features "Hangin’ Her Dreams on the Line,” the title track to his father’s
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→When: 6:30 to 10 tonight.
→Where: Oklahoma City Marriott, 3233 Northwest Expressway.
→Activities: Devin Derrick autographs, line dancing lessons, chair massages, awards show on big-screen TV. Silent auction and raffle to raise money for charity. Derrick to perform after awards broadcast.
→Reservations: Required by 4 p.m. today. Call 834-0023.
‘Honkytonk Mood’
Oklahoma country singer Derrick’s debut compact disc, "Honkytonk Mood,” is available at www.devinderrick.com, iTunes and Rhapsody. It soon will be available at Walmart, Derrick said.
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