My Years as a Rock Star with Supergreen


My Years as a Rock Star with Supergreen by Tim Darling (email) - January, 2008

Perhaps I've said too many times on the web pages on this site that my intention is to post material that I hope will be universally interesting and not just an exposé of the varying elements of my life. So many times it can clearly no longer be true... But on the other hand, if I don't post such things here, I may begin to forget about them. Supergreen was a band that I co-founded with a friend from college, Mark Bober, in 2002. We wrote a few songs, recorded an album, and played in local bars about every other weekend for 4 years. I was their lead guitar player until I left in August, 2006 when I went back to school; the band went on for about another year.

J.J. Muldoon's (Rockville, MD), 4/15/2006:

Have a Little Faith in Me (John Hiatt)
What'd I Say (Ray Charles)
All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix)
Only the Good Die Young (Billy Joel)

Misplaced (studio - original songs), 2/11/2005:

I recently noticed that these 5 songs seem to follow a break-up through the 5 stages of grief in eerily close order (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance). Given that, does it mean that the yet-unstudied 6th stage is an irreverent tendency towards unneccesarily hyper-speed versions of classic 80's pop songs?

Buffalo Billiards (Gaithersburg, MD), 2/21/2004:

Anthony Nixon, Mark Bober, Tim Darling, Kevin Hall, Kevin Barrett (8/5/2006 - my last show)

Spanky's Shenanigan's (Mark and I, acoustic, Leesburg, VA), 2001:

Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Poison)

For what they're worth, here are some guitar tabs that I wrote them out for the new guitar player that replaced me when I left.

Credits for the live tracks (2006):

Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar: Mark Bober
Lead Guitar: Tim Darling
Keyboards: Kevin Barrett
Bass: Kevin Hall, Ph.D.
Drums: Anthony Nixon
Additional Vocals on "Have a Litte Faith in Me": Sarah Barrett
All songs performed by Supergreen
Engineered by Chris Little
Recorded live at J.J. Muldoon's, Gaithersburg, MD
Mastered by Kevin Barrett at SnowJack Studios, Adamstown, MD

Credits for the live tracks (2004):

Lead Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Hand Claps: Mark Bober
Lead Guitar: Tim Darling
Keyboards, Backing Vocals: Kevin Barrett
Bass: Art Supsiri
Drums: Joe Marshall
All songs performed by Supergreen
Recorded live on February 21, 2004 at Buffalo Billiards, Gaithersburg, MD
Mastered by Kevin Barrett at SnowJack Studios, Germantown, MD

Credits for the studio tracks (2005):

Lead Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Hand Claps: Mark Bober
Lead Guitar: Tim Darling
Keyboards, Backing Vocals: Kevin Barrett
Bass: Art Supsiri
Drums: Joe Marshall
All songs by Supergreen
Produced by Supergreen and Dan Rappaport
Additional vocals and hand claps on "Title Bout" by Tim Metz
Recorded at Panopticon Studios, Washington, DC
Keyboards recorded at SnowJack Studios, Germantown, MD
Additional guitar tracks recorded at East Coast Bands, Gaithersburg, MD
Engineered by Dan Rappaport
Mixed by Keny Ruyter at East Coast Bands
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow Mastering, Springfield, VA
Copyright © 2005, Supergreen