Darrel Higham

Darrel Higham (born 5 January 1970) is an English rockabilly guitarist who performs with Kat Men. He was previously married to Imelda May and performed in her band.

Biography Music career Higham started playing lead guitar with British rockabilly bands in the late 1980s. By the mid-1990s, he and the bass player Mick Wigfall had created the band that would become his main gigging and recording project: Darrel Higham & The Enforcers. Higham's solo projects include session work as guitarist with Chrissie Hynde, Jeff Beck, Rocky Burnette, Billy Lee Riley, Shakin' Stevens (on the 1999 UK tour). Eddie Cochran's last road band – The Kelly Four – employed Higham as their front man for a six-month period in 1992 for gigs and recordings in the US.

In 1996, he also appeared in London's Prince of Wales Theatre playing the role of Scotty Moore and Eddie Cochran for 8 months in a revival of Jack Good's Elvis: The Musical. and performs using a variety of their guitars, including a Gretsch 6120, his own custom shop version of a 6120, a Gretsch White Falcon and a Gretsch Duo Jet.

Personal life In 2002 Higham was married to singer Imelda May, they have one daughter together. In 2015, May announced their decision to separate after 13 years of marriage. After the separation, Higham also decided to leave May's band to focus on his solo career.

Higham is a fan of Sunderland AFC, a football team in the English Premier League.

Published works Don't Forget Me – The Eddie Cochran Story (with Julie Mundy; Mainstream Publications, 2000)

Discography

Mobile Corrosion (Nervous, 1995) Hal Weston & the Offbeats (Pink & Black, 1996) Darrel Higham & the Barnshakers EP (Goofin' 1997) The Cochran Connection, Volume 1 (Rockstar, 1997) Howlin' at My Baby (Vampirella, 1998) High Class Baby (Goofin', 1998) Leather Heart EP (Vampirella, 2000) How to Dance the Bop (Spindrift, 2000)

Ghost of Love (Hunka Burnin', 2001) The Sweet Georgia Brown Sessions (Foot Tapping, 2002) The Cochran Connection, Volume 2 (Rockstar, 2004) Believe What You Hear – A Tribute to Ricky Nelson (Foot Tapping, 2004) Midnight Commotion (Foot Tapping, 2004) Kat Men with Slim Jim Phantom (Kat Fight, 2006) Crazy with Love (Foot Tapping, 2006) Wild in Hollywood (WILD, 2013)

As Darrel Higham & The Enforcers

Let's Rock Tonight (Fury, 1996) Rockin' at the Coconut Top (Crazy Love, 1996) For EP Fans Only (16/8 Records, 1997) Unleashed (Vampirella, 1999)

Hip Shakin Baby: A Tribute to Johnny & Dorsey Burnette, with Rocky Burnette (2002?) Urban Jamboree (Foot Tapping, 2003) Live at the Thunderbird Club (Rockstar, 2004) A Monochrome Dream (Foot Tapping, 2008)

As Bob & The Bearcats

Hold on Tight (Pollytone, 1994) On the Rampage (Pollytone, 1995)

High Heels & Homicide (Pollytone, 1996) Rollin' to the Jukebox Rock (Vampirella, year unlisted)