Look up Darrell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Darrell is derived from an English surname, which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.^[1][2] There are no longer any towns called Airelle in France, but Airelle is the French word for huckleberry.

Darrell may refer to:

In sports:

• Darrell Armstrong, NBA basketball player
• Darrell Campbell, American football defensive tackle on the practice squad of the Chicago Bears
• Darrell Evans, former third baseman and first baseman in Major League Baseball
• Darrell Green, cornerback for the Washington Redskins from 1983 to 2002
• Darrell Griffith, former NBA basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz
• Darrell Jackson, American football wide receiver currently playing for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League
• Darrell Johnson, Major League Baseball catcher and manager
• Darrell May, Major League Baseball pitcher whom the Minnesota Twins released on March 26, 2006
• Darrell Royal, College Football Hall of Fame member, and is the winningest football coach in University of Texas Longhorn history
• Darrell Russell (drag racer), NHRA drag racer
• Darrell Russell (American football), two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL who died in a car crash
• Darrell Wallace, former Canadian Football League player
• Darrell Wallace, Jr., NASCAR driver
• Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR driver and commentator
• Darrell Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer, coach and administrator

In music:

• Darrell Evans (musician), a Christian musician and songwriter
• Darrell Scott, a country songwriter
• Dimebag Darrell, guitarist in the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan
• Darrell Sweet (musician), legendary drummer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth

In television:

• Darrell Eastlake, Australian television presenter with the Nine Network
• Darrell Hammond, cast member of Saturday Night Live since 1995
• Timothy Darrell Russ, American actor

In other fields:

• Darrell K. Sweet, professional illustrator best known for providing cover art for science fiction and fantasy novels
• Darrell Winfield, model who was best known as the Marlboro man in television commercials and magazine advertisements for Marlboro
• Darrell Long, American computer scientist
• Norris Darrell, attorney

See also[link]

Other variations of this name include:

• Darryl
• Dearl
• Derryl
• Deryell
• Durrell

References[link]

1. ^ "Darrell". Behind the Name. 2009. http://www.behindthename.com/name/darrell. Retrieved 15 July 2009. 
2. ^ "Origin and Meaning of Darrell". MFnames.com. 2009. http://www.mfnames.com/mfnames/d/origin-and-meaning-of-darrell.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2009. 

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Dimebag Darrell
Background information
Birth name	Darrell Lance Abbott
Also known as	Diamond Darrell[1]
Born	(1966-08-20)August 20, 1966 Ennis, Texas, U.S.
Died	December 8, 2004(2004-12-08) (aged 38) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal, southern metal, glam metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, drums
Years active	1981–2004
Labels	Atco, Big Vin, Elektra
Associated acts	Pantera, Damageplan, Gasoline, Anthrax, Rebel Meets Rebel
Notable instruments
Signature "Dimebag" models issued by Dean and Washburn.

Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist. He was best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott also contributed to the album Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration between Pantera and David Allan Coe. Darrell is considered to be one of the driving forces behind groove metal. Abbott was shot and killed while on stage during a Damageplan performance on December 8, 2004, at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. He ranked 92 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists.^[2]

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Darrell Abbott was born to Carolyn and Jerry Abbott, a country musician and producer.^[3] He took up guitar when he was 12, and his first guitar was a Hondo Les Paul he got with a small amp. Winning a series of local guitar competitions, most notably held at The Agora Ballroom in Dallas, where he was awarded a Dean ML which he sold to Buddy Blaze who put a Floyd Rose bridge on it and gave it Dimebag's signature lighting bolt paint job and then gave it back to him years later.^{[citation needed]} Coincidentally, his father had bought him a cherryburst finish Dean ML standard the morning before the competition.^{[citation needed]}

Pantera[link]

Abbott formed Pantera in 1981 with his brother Vinnie Paul on drums. The band played with acts such as Slayer, Megadeth, Venom, and Metallica, as well as traditional metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, and Judas Priest. Pantera subsequently became a key formulator of the post-thrash subgenre of "groove" metal. It would not be until nine years after forming that Pantera saw its first piece of commercial success in its 1990 major label debut, Cowboys from Hell. Pantera's "groove" style came to fruition in its breakthrough album Vulgar Display of Power, released on February 25, 1992, which saw the replacement of the power metal falsetto vocals with a hardcore-influenced shouted delivery and heavier guitar sound. In 1994, Abbott dropped the nickname "Diamond Darrell" and assumed the nickname "Dimebag Darrell." Pantera began to suffer from mounting tensions between band members in the mid-1990s, largely due to vocalist Phil Anselmo's rampant drug abuse. In 2003 the group went on an extended hiatus but never formally broke up.^[4] Anselmo left the band for other projects, such as Superjoint Ritual and Down.

Damageplan[link]

After a year, brothers Vinnie and "Dimebag" formed Damageplan, a heavy metal band which also used the Pantera-style groove metal sound. The Abbott brothers recruited former Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals, and Bob Zilla on bass. Damageplan released its debut album New Found Power in the United States on February 10, 2004, which debuted at number 38 on the Billboard 200, selling 44,676 copies in its first week. When writing music for the new group, "Dimebag" said that "we wanted to stretch out and expand our capabilities to their fullest."^[5]

Other projects[link]

Shortly before singer Phil Anselmo joined Pantera, Abbott was invited by Dave Mustaine to join thrash band Megadeth. Abbott was willing to join, but on the condition that Mustaine also hired his brother Vinnie on drums. As Mustaine had already hired drummer Nick Menza, Abbott stayed with Pantera.

In 1992, Pantera teamed up with Rob Halford (of Judas Priest) for a track called "Light Comes Out of Black". Abbott played all the guitar parts, Rex Brown played bass, Vinnie Paul played drums, Rob Halford sang lead vocals, and Philip Anselmo sang backing vocals. This song was released on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack on July 28, 1992. In 1996, Abbott contributed the Ace Frehley song "Fractured Mirror" to the Ace tribute album Spacewalk: A Salute To Ace Frehley. Then in 1997 a new Ace Frehley tribute album called Return Of The Comet: A Tribute to Ace Frehley was released. The two Abbott brothers covered Ace's song "Snowblind" on track 7. On and off between 1996 and the formation of Damageplan, the Abbott brothers and Pantera bassist Rex Brown teamed up with country singer David Allan Coe for a project called Rebel Meets Rebel. The album was released May 2, 2006 on Vinnie's Big Vin Records label.

Abbott played guest guitar solos on several Anthrax songs during their John Bush era: "King Size" & "Riding Shotgun" from Stomp 442, "Inside Out" & "Born Again Idiot" from Volume 8: The Threat Is Real, "Strap It On" and "Cadillac Rock Box" (with a voice intro from Dimebag as well) from We've Come for You All. In an interview, Anthrax bassist Frank Bello said "Darrell was basically the sixth member of Anthrax". Abbott also performed a solo on the titular track of King Diamond's Voodoo album. A sample from a guitar solo by Abbott was used in the Nickelback song "Side of a Bullet", and he also played guitar on Nickelback's cover of Elton John's Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting along with Kid Rock.

In 1999, Pantera recorded a theme tune for their favourite ice hockey team, The Dallas Stars, called 'Puck-Off'. The song was eventually released in 2003 on the album 'Dallas Stars: Greatest Hits'. In 2000, Abbott played the guitar solo on Believer for the new Randy Rhoads tribute album. Vocals were by Sebastian Bach, rhythm guitars by Kane Roberts, drums by Michael Cartellone, and bass by Mike Bringardello. This was the only track that Abbott contributed to on this album.

Shortly before Abbott's death, he went into the studio with a band named Premenishen to do a guest solo on a track titled "Eyes of the South."^[6] He was also confirmed as one of the original guitar player choices for Liquid Tension Experiment by Mike Portnoy.^[7] Abbott's musical roots were in country western music; he supported the local music scene in Dallas and sometimes recorded with local musicians. He played in a country band called Rebel Meets Rebel with country performer David Allan Coe.

In December 2006, a rare track of one of his collaborations was discovered. Abbott had sat in on a recording session with local Dallas musician "Throbbin Donnie" Rodd and recorded "Country Western Transvestite Whore". It features Dimebag on lead guitar and lead vocals.^[8] Abbott and his brother Vinnie Paul along with Rex (during the Pantera Era) and Bob Zilla (Damageplan Era) performed at their New Years party every year under the name "Gasoline", originally the name of a group featuring Dimebag and Vinnie plus Thurber T. Mingus of Pumpjack. Stroker of Pumpjack also played with Gasoline on several occasions. Dimebag, Vinnie and Rex also recorded a cover of the ZZ Top song "Heard It on the X" under the band name "Tres Diablos" for ECW wrestling's Extreme Music soundtrack. In 2012, a previously unreleased track, "Twisted", featuring Dimebag on lead vocals and guitar, was used in a promotional video for Elephant Brand Skateboards' "Dimebag Tribute Skateboard.^[9] "Twisted" was also released as an MP3 download.^[10]

Death[link]

On December 8, 2004, Abbott was shot dead onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The gunman, Nathan Gale,^[11][12] shot Abbott three times in the head using a 9mm Beretta handgun;^[13] the third shot killed him instantly. Gale continued shooting, killing three others and wounding a further seven. Gale fired a total of fifteen shots, stopping to reload once and remaining silent throughout the shooting.

Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, the band's head of security, was killed tackling Gale, as was Alrosa Villa employee Erin Halk. Audience member Nathan Bray was killed while trying to perform CPR on Abbott and Thompson. It was rumored that one crowd member leapt in front of the gunman, saving the lives of several band members.^[14] Damageplan drum technician, John "Kat" Brooks, was shot three times as he attempted to get the gun away from Gale, but was overpowered and taken hostage in a headlock position. Tour manager Chris Paluska was also injured.

Seven police officers came in the front entrance, led by Officer Rick Crum, and moved toward the stage. Officer James D. Niggemeyer came in through the back door, behind the stage. Gale only saw the officers in front of the stage; he didn't see Officer Niggemeyer, who was armed with a 12 gauge Remington 870 shotgun. He approached Gale from the opposite side of the stage to avoid hitting the hostage and fired a single shot just as Gale looked towards Niggemeyer, striking Gale in the face with eight of the nine buckshot pellets, and killing him instantly. Gale was found to have had 35 rounds of ammunition remaining. After Gale was shot, some fans jumped on stage and began spitting on and kicking Gale.

Nurse and audience member Mindy Reece, 28, went to the aid of Abbott, and she and another fan administered CPR until paramedics arrived, but were unable to revive him.

In May 2005, Officer Niggemeyer testified before the Franklin County grand jury, which is routine procedure in Franklin County after a police shooting. The grand jury did not indict Niggemeyer, finding that his actions were justified. Niggemeyer received a commendation from the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission for his outstanding police work in a time of crisis as well as the National Rifle Association award as 2005 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. The five other officers that were first on the scene received Ohio distinguished law enforcement medals for their efforts. In 2006 James Niggemeyer penned the foreword to a book written about the event.

Early theories of motive suggested that Gale might have turned to violence in response to the breakup of Pantera, or the public dispute between Abbott and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these were later ruled out by investigators.^[15] Another theory was that Gale believed Abbott had stolen a song that he had written.^[16] In the book, A Vulgar Display Of Power, several of Gale's personal writings, given to the author by his mother, suggest that the gunman was not angry about Pantera's breakup or a belief that Pantera had "stolen songs"; instead, the documents suggest that Gale's paranoid schizophrenia caused delusions that the band could read his mind, and that they were "stealing" his thoughts and laughing at him.

Abbott's grave is located at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Texas. He is buried alongside his mother. He was buried with Eddie Van Halen's black and yellow-striped Charvel electric guitar (sometimes referred to as "Bumblebee"), which was pictured with Van Halen on the inner sleeve and back cover of the album Van Halen II.^[17] Dimebag had asked for one of these guitars in 2004, shortly before he was shot. Eddie Van Halen originally agreed to make Darrell a copy of the guitar, but upon hearing of Abbott's death, offered to place the actual guitar in his casket. Dimebag was buried in a KISS Kasket. Inspired by the rock 'n' roll group KISS, he requested in his will that he be buried in one of the famous coffins. Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons said, "There were a limited number made and I sent mine to the family of 'Dimebag' Darrell. He requested in his will to be buried in a Kiss Kasket, as he sort of learned his rock 'n' roll roots by listening to us for some strange reason."

Influences and guitar skills[link]

Abbott once said in a Guitar World interview that if there were no Ace Frehley, there would have been no "Dimebag" Darrell - he even had a tattoo of the "KISS" guitarist on his chest.^[18] Frehley signed the tattoo in pen ink upon meeting him, at Dimebag's request, and the autograph was later tattooed over.

In the late 1980s, around the time of Power Metal, Abbott often covered songs by guitarist Joe Satriani, such as "Crushing Day". He also incorporated elements of Satriani songs like "Echo" into his live solos as well. Abbott stated in various interviews, that his riffs were largely influenced by Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath. Iommi influenced Dimebag's tunings, which often went down to C# or lower. Pantera covered Black Sabbath songs "Planet Caravan", "Hole In the Sky" and "Electric Funeral."

Abbott cited thrash giants Anthrax, Metallica, and despite a sometimes vicious feud, Megadeth as primary influences. He was also a fan of Slayer and a good friend of Kerry King. Dimebag mentioned in an interview with Guitar World that the clean chord passages in the intro to Cemetery Gates were influenced by the clean chordal passages found in much of Ty Tabor's (King's X) playing. As with Billy Gibbons, Abbott frequently made use of pentatonic scales and pinch harmonics in both his leads and rhythms. Both guitarists employ blues scales, start / stop dynamics and pedal tones, as in Abbott's southern style riff in "The Great Southern Trendkill" and the main riff to ZZ Top's "Tush".

Randy Rhoads-style chord arpeggios can be heard in much of Abbott's playing as well, noted examples being "Floods", "Shedding Skin", "The Sleep" and "This Love". Three of Abbott's solos were ranked in Guitar World magazine's top 100 of all-time: "Walk" (#57), "Cemetery Gates" (#35), and "Floods" (#15).^[19] Abbott stated that "Eddie Van Halen was heavy rock and roll, but Randy was heavy metal".^[18]

Eddie Van Halen, whom Abbott had befriended, placed his original black with yellow stripes guitar (commonly called "bumblebee") into the Kiss Kasket Abbott was buried in. Abbott had mentioned to Van Halen that he liked that color combination the best of the latter's guitars (the guitar appears on the back sleeve of Van Halen's second album Van Halen II) and Van Halen was going to paint one that way for him. Abbott credited Vito Rulez of Chauncy for convincing him to try Bill Lawrence pickups.

Pete Willis of Def Leppard was seen as another major influence for Darrell. In his Guitar World magazine tribute issue, Abbott was quoted as saying, "Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player. I was inspired by him because I was a small young dude and he was a small young dude, too—and he was out there kickin’ ass. He made me want to get out there and play. Def Leppard used the two-guitar thing much more back then than they do now."^[20]

According to an interview with Dino Cazares of Fear Factory, Abbott told him that during the recording of Reinventing the Steel he compared his guitar tone with Dino's. Incidentally, during the making of Fear Factory's Demanufacture, Cazares compared his guitar tone to that of Vulgar Display of Power.

Equipment[link]

Guitars[link]

Dimebag signature guitar.

Dimebag endorsed Dean Guitars since the 1980s, and played a Dean ML guitar with Bill Lawrence pickups. After Dean's demise in 1994 he signed with Washburn, going back to Dean again in 2004.

Abbott co-designed a guitar with Dean just months before his death. Called the Razorback, it was a modified version of the ML. It is more pointed and has extra barbs on the wings. The design spawned variations, such as a 24-fret version, different paint jobs including a flamed maple top with natural finish, EMG pickups, and also helped with the design of the V-shaped version, the Razorback V (lacking the neck-pointing front wing).

Dean issued a tribute guitar to honor Abbott's death, featuring the tribute logo on the neck, a razor inlay on the 12th fret, and hand-painted "rusty-metal"-style graphics. The pickups include a Dimebucker at the Bridge and a Seymour Duncan 59' at the neck. The tremolo is a Floyd Rose double-locking, and the knobs are the Dimebag Traction knobs. They use all-black hardware, and almost all of them have 22 frets, a Floyd Rose tremolo, Seymour Duncan pickups (including the SH-13 Dimebucker) and set-neck construction.

Legacy[link]

Abbott frequently appeared in guitar magazines and in readers' polls, and wrote a long-running Guitar World magazine column, which was compiled into the book Riffer Madness.^[21] He was praised for his tone and was included in "The 50 Greatest Tones of All Time" by Guitar Player magazine.^[22] Remembered for his amiable nature and rapport with fans, Abbott was described by Allmusic as "one of the most influential stylists in modern metal."^[23]

Tributes[link]

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• Ride For Dime Inc, a nationally registered 501 c 3 charity. Formed in 2005, they are currently running 6 nationwide chapters. They host annual motorcycle runs & concerts, with all proceeds going to Little Kids Rock, and towards funding the Ride For Dime Scholarship Fund. Ride For Dime is the only charity recognized and supported by the Abbott Estate. Visit them at www.ridefordime.org
• Thrash metal band Evile did a cover of "Cemetery Gates" as tribute to Dimebag Darrell.
• Funk metal band 24-7 Spyz paid tribute to Darrell on their album Face the Day with an instrumental song called "Blues For Dimebag".
• Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti has a picture under the bridge of one of his PRS guitars showing a tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell.
• Country rock band Cross Canadian Ragweed debuted the song "Dimebag" while on tour to promote the album Garage. The band performed the song live for the first time at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio in early 2005.
• Michael Angelo Batio, another Dean guitar endorser, arranged three of Pantera's songs into a medley for a track called "Tribute to Dimebag" in his album, Hands Without Shadows 2 - Voices.
• A live version of Shinedown cover of "Simple Man" is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell.
• Trivium's album, The Crusade, says at the bottom of the final page, "Rest in peace Dimebag Darrell Abbott (1966-2004). Trivium also covered a small section of the Pantera song "Domination" during the Roadrunner United's Concert DVD.
• Disturbed in their 2005 release Ten Thousand Fists stated: "We would like to dedicate this record to the memory of our late fallen brother, Dimebag Darrell, one of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the face of this Earth. During their 2011 performance at Download Festival (UK), the band also dedicated a performance of Ten Thousand Fists to Dimebag." The band also performed a cover of "Walk" during the 2011 tour of Mayhem Festival.
• French metal band Watcha dedicated a song on the album "Phenix" called "Dimebag". The lyrics contain many titles of Pantera albums.
• Guitarist Buckethead wrote "Dime", a song paying tribute to Abbott, which was available for free download shortly after Abbott's death. The song later made it onto Buckethead's album.Kaleidoscalp, titled "The Android of Notre Dame".^[24]
• He Came to Rock is a DVD/book tribute to Abbott released in November 2008. Darrell's brother Vinnie Paul and father Jerry toured to promote the book's release.^[25]
• The booklet in C.O.C.'s In the Arms of God album says "R.I.P. Dime" at the bottom of the last page.
• The song "Side of a Bullet" by Nickelback is a tribute to Dimebag; it takes place in a world where the killer is still alive and has lyrics such as, "He hit the stage so full of rage and let the whole world know it/6 feet away they heard him say/Oh God, don't let him pull it." An unreleased solo recorded by Dimebag, intended for Damageplan, was mixed into the song.
• Metal band Machine Head dedicated a song to Dimebag on their album The Blackening, called Aesthetics of Hate. The song's lyrics are meant as a vicious retaliation against the Christian-conservative website The Iconoclast, which hosted an article of the same name bashing Darrell after his death. Also, on their tour with this album, they honored Dimebag during a concert by taking time to tell Dime's story. "Aesthetics of Hate" remains a mainstay on tour and is always dedicated to the memory of Darrell. Robb Flynn was a friend of Darrell's, who also took the time to remark both on how talented and how generous he was - reportedly, Robb owns a custom-made Washburn Dimebag guitar which was given to him as a replacement after Dimebag broke his touring guitar, but can't use it on stage due to contract disagreements. He used this guitar to record "Aesthetics of Hate". Machine Head have also recorded a cover of the Pantera song "Fucking Hostile" for the Metal Hammer magazine tribute CD.^[26]
• Static-X's album Start A War was dedicated to Dimebag Darrell as it says in the inner booklet of the CD.
• In Avenged Sevenfold's City of Evil album, the song "Betrayed" is labeled as "In memory of Darrell Lance Abbott-"Dimebag Darrell". Avenged Sevenfold also did a cover of the Pantera song "Walk", and played live Mouth For War. During their 2011 performance at Download Festival (UK), Avenged Sevenfold dedicated a live performance of "Betrayed" to both Dimebag and their own fallen band mate The Rev also playing Nightmare
• The 2006 album Garage, by Cross Canadian Ragweed, features the song "Dimebag", which is about "Dimebag" Darrell and makes references to his songs and death.
• Crowbar dedicated their 2005 album Lifesblood for the Downtrodden to Dimebag Darrell.
• Argentinian band Carajo on live performances plays a medley with the songs Domination, Walk, Cowboys From Hell, Five Minutes Alone and Mouth For War.
• In 2006, Malibu punk/metal band 2Cents released Lost at Sea (Atlantic Records), which features a tribute song to Abbott titled "A Song for Darrell Abbott".
• Finnish metal band Kiuas´ song "Bleeding Strings" from their 2006 album Reformation is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell.
• Phil Anselmo's band Down now dedicates the song "Lifer" from NOLA to Dimebag Darrell when performed live.
• Black Label Society now dedicates the song "In This River" to Dimebag.
• Brides Of Destruction paid tribute to Dimebag Darrell on their 2005 release, Runaway Brides, with the track "Dimes in Heaven".
• The lyrics of metal band Abnormality's 2007 song "Visions" are about Dimebag Darrel's death.
• The song "Leave it Alone" (with Jason Bittner, David Ellefson, Tristan "1690" Grigsby, Nick Bowcott and Brian Cashmore) is a tribute to Dimebag Darrell.
• The progressive death metal band Between the Buried and Me did a cover of "Cemetery Gates" on their album The Anatomy of.
• While playing in Hammersmith in 2004, Melodic Death Metal band In Flames played a cover of "Fucking Hostile" and dedicated it to the memory of Dimebag Darrell.
• During Gigantour 2005, Dream Theater did a cover of Pantera's "Cemetery Gates" as a tribute to "Dimebag" Darrel Lance Abbott. As an added bonus, they had Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, and Russell Allen of Symphony X do guest vocals and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, do the main solo for the song.
• Brazilian death metal band Krisiun dedicated their 2006 album AssassiNation to the memory of Dimebag and late Vader drummer Doc.
• The 2009 album 11:11 by Rodrigo y Gabriela features a tribute track named "Atman" inspired by Dimebag.
• Ace Frehley's 2009 solo album Anomaly is dedicated to Dimebag.
• Ripper's 2009 album 'The Dead Have Rizen' is dedicated to Dimebag.
• Slayer guitarist Kerry King drinks a shot at the end of live performances as a tribute to Darrell and usually leaves one shot on stage "for Dime".
• Type O Negative played "Halloween in Heaven" off of the Dead Again album as a tribute to Dimebag when playing live.
• Brian Welch (former guitarist of the band Korn) made an only-guitar song dedicated to Dimebag called "Letter to Dimebag".
• The booklet in the Evanescence album The Open Door, in Terry Balsamo's section says "..R.I.P dimebag."
• Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 has an achievement named "Dimebag Darrell Award", when the player gets a 100-note streak on any song.
• Dimebag is frequently tributed by amateur bands all over the world through covers of Pantera and Damageplan songs.
• A tribute album (known as Getcha Pull: A Tribute to Dimebag Darrell) by UK magazine Metal Hammer honored Dimebag. It came along with the magazine, which went on sale December 16, 2009.
• Blaze Bayley's song Dimebag from his 2012 solo album The King of Metal is a tribute to Darrell and tells the story of his shooting.
• Elephant Brand Skateboards released a Dimebag Tribute Skateboard in 2012. The board features Dimebag Darrell playing a guitar on the bottom of the board. A previously unreleased song, Twisted, that features Dimebag on lead vocals and guitar was used in the skateboard's promotional video.^[9]

Discography and filmography[link]

Abbott performed on Anthrax albums, including Stomp 442 (1995); Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998); the Inside Out EP (1998) and We've Come for You All (2003). With Damageplan, Abbott played on the Devastation Sampler (2003) and on the album New Found Power (2004). With Pantera, Abbott recorded a number of albums, EPs, singles, and videos, including Power Metal (1988); Cowboys from Hell (1990); Vulgar Display of Power (1992); and Hostile Moments (1994). He also recorded albums under his own name, including Country Western Transvestite Whore and Supercop Soundtrack (1996) and he recorded a country music album titled Rebel Meets Rebel (2004).

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official Damageplan website
• Official Pantera website
• Official Rebel Meets Rebel site
• Obituary by Sebastian Bach
• Obituary in the Columbus Dispatch

Darrell Griffith

No. 35
Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1958-06-16) June 16, 1958 (age 54) Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality	American
High school	Louisville Male HS
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Louisville (1976–1980)
NBA Draft	1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Pro career	1980–1991
Career history
1980–1991	Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
NBA Rookie of the Year (1981) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1981) NCAA Champion (1980) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1980) John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award (1980) Sporting News Player of the Year (1980) Metro Conference Player of the Year (1980) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1980) #35 Retired by the Utah Jazz
Career NBA statistics
Points	12,391 (16.2 ppg)
Rebounds	2,519 (3.3 rpg)
Assists	1,627 (2.1 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Darrell Steven Griffith (born June 16, 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky), also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein,^[1] is a retired American basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.^[2]

High School and College[link]

Griffith starred at Louisville Male High School and was heavily recruited by colleges all across the country.^[3] He decided to attend his hometown school, the University of Louisville, much to the delight of local fans.

He didn't disappoint, delivering the school's first-ever NCAA men's basketball championship in 1980. He scored 23 points in the Cardinals' 59-54 victory over UCLA in the championship game.^[4] Due to his strong performance, he was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. Griffith totaled 825 points in his senior season, setting a school record. For his efforts, he was named First Team All-American by the Associated Press and was given the Wooden Award as the best college basketball player in the nation. He left college as Louisville's all-time leading scorer with 2,333 points in his career.^[5] His jersey number, 35, was retired during ceremonies after the 1980 season.^[6]

Professional career[link]

Utah selected Griffith with the second overall pick in the 1980 NBA Draft. The Jazz had recently moved to Salt Lake City from New Orleans, and the team needed a star to replace legendary shooting guard Pete Maravich. Griffith accepted the challenge, averaging 20.6 points per game in his first season and earning the NBA's Rookie of the Year award.^[7]

For the next four seasons, Griffith teamed with small forward Adrian Dantley to form one of the highest-scoring duos in the league. With defensive support from center Mark Eaton and point guard Rickey Green, the Jazz improved dramatically, winning the Midwest Division title in 1983-84 and qualifying for the NBA playoffs for the first time ever. Individually, Griffith transformed his offensive game, adding long-distance shooting skills to his aerial acrobatics. He led the league in three-point shooting (36.1 percent) and set an NBA record for most three-pointers made in a single season (91). His new abilities earned him a new nickname: Utah's play-by-play announcer Hot Rod Hundley began calling him "The Golden Griff".

The following season (1984–85) was the best of Griffith's career. He averaged a career-high 22.6 points per game,^[8] and broke his own league record by sinking 92 three-point shots. During the year, he passed Joey Hassett as the all-time NBA leader for most career three-pointers.^[9] He also continued his high-flying ways, representing the Jazz in the 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.^[10]

However, the team changed dramatically in the late 1980s with the emergence of Karl Malone and John Stockton as Utah's top offensive weapons. Dantley was traded away and Griffith suffered from injuries, eventually losing his starting position in 1986. He missed a large part of the 1987-1988 season due to a stress fracture in his foot. He managed to re-claim his starting spot for most of the 1988-89 season, but lost it permanently the following year. His playing time gradually decreased until his retirement in 1991. He scored 12,391 total points over the course of his 10-year professional career - all with the Jazz. The franchise recognized his contributions by retiring his jersey number 35 on December 4, 1993.^[8]

References[link]

Darrell Wayne Evans (born May 26, 1947) is a former third baseman and first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1969 to 1989 with the Atlanta Braves (1969–76, 1989), San Francisco Giants (1976–83) and Detroit Tigers (1984–88). He is also the former manager and director of player personnel for the Victoria Seals of the Golden Baseball League. Overshadowed in his prime by fellow National League third baseman Mike Schmidt, he has been described by author Bill James as "the most underrated player in baseball history, absolutely number one on the list," ^[1] primarily because his defensive skill, home run power, and ability to draw walks in a long career were offset by a low career batting average of .248. He remains one of the few players to have hit over four hundred home runs without being seriously considered for induction into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

MLB career[link]

Evans became the first player to hit 40 home runs in both leagues, and at 38 became the oldest player ever to lead the American League in home runs. Evans hit over 20 home runs in 10 different seasons and drew over 100 walks 5 times, with a career high 126 in 1974. In 1988 he hit his 400th home run, becoming the 22nd player to reach that milestone. He retired after having joined Reggie Jackson in becoming only the second player to hit 100 home runs with three different teams, and ranking in 11th place among all-time walks leaders. Evans hit 60 home runs in his 40s, at the time a major league record. He later served as a coach with the New York Yankees in 1990.

A two-time All-Star (1973 and 1983), Evans was selected as the third baseman on the 1973 Sporting News National League All-Star team. He won the 1983 Willie Mac Award for his spirit and leadership.

Managerial career[link]

Golden Baseball League[link]

Evans worked for a time as the manager for the Long Beach Armada, a team in the independent Golden Baseball League for which José Canseco once played. He managed the Armada to the GBL championship series in his final year with the team in 2007. On November 25, 2008, Evans became the first manager and director of player personnel for the expansion Victoria Seals of the Golden Baseball League. The team began play in April 2009.^[2] On March 3, 2010 Evans was fired as the Manager of the Victoria Seals.^[3] Evans currently manages the St. George RoadRunners in the Golden Baseball League.^[4]

California Winter League[link]

In 2009 Evans managed the Palm Springs Chill in the California Winter League.^[5] He is currently the commissioner of the league.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Evans was born in in Pasadena, California, and is a consultant for Netamin Communication Corporation, ensuring accuracy as the gaming company develops Ultimate Baseball Online 2007, the first-ever Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Game (MMOSG)^{[citation needed]}.

See also[link]

Baseball portal

• 1984 Detroit Tigers season
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
• List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
• List of Major League Baseball home run champions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or BaseballLibrary
• San Francisco Chronicle article, 2002

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Darrell Scott (2008)

James Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott (b August 6, 1959, London, Kentucky ^[1]), the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in Toronto and 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 also has established himself as one of Nashville's premier session instrumentalists. His brother, David Scott accompanies him on occasion on keyboard.

Musical career[link]

Scott (second-right) with Band of Joy at Birmingham Symphony Hall, 27 October 2010

Scott has collaborated with Steve Earle, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, John Cowan, Verlon Thompson, Guy Clark, Tim O'Brien, Kate Rusby, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Mary Gauthier, and many others. His unique music has attracted a growing fanbase, and he tours regularly with his own band. His latest album, Crooked Road, was released May 25, 2010.^[2] In early 2005, Scott's Theatre Of The Unheard won in The 4th Annual Independent Music Awards for Album of the Year.^[3]

He won the 2007 Song of the Year award from the Americana Music Association for his song "Hank William's Ghost"^[4] which appears on his album The Invisible Man released in 2006.

In 2010, he was announced as part of the Band of Joy, alongside Robert Plant, credited as performing vocals, mandolin, guitar, accordion, pedal, lap steel and banjo.

In 2010, Brad Paisley's cover of the song "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" was the closing song played on the TV drama Justified during the final scene of the final episode of the first season. It was used again in the final episode of the second season.^[5]

In January 2011, his album A Crooked Road won the award for the Country Album category from The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. ^[6]

Songs Covered By Other Artists[link]

• "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" - Travis Tritt, Cory Morrow
• "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" - Brad Paisley, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Zakk Wylde, Red Molly
• "Long Time Gone" - Dixie Chicks
• "We've Got Nothing But Love to Prove" - Faith Hill
• "Proving You Wrong" - Keb' Mo'
• "Out In The Parking Lot" - Guy Clark, Brad Paisley with Alan Jackson
• "River Take Me" - Sam Bush
• "Heartbreak Town" - Dixie Chicks
• "Head South" - Robinella
• "Family Tree" - Darryl Worley
• "With A Memory Like Mine"- John Cowan, Mountain Heart

Singles Composed with other Artists[link]

• "Born to Fly" - Sara Evans

Discography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• "Wayne and Darrell Scott: Father-Son Country", Fresh Air from WHYY-FM, July 3, 2006
• WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, Archive, see episodes #103, #109, #326, #584
• Darrell Scott's audio series released each new moon
• Songwriting courses taught by Darrell Scott