Darrel Higham is an English rockabilly guitarist from Bedford, United Kingdom, born in 1970. He starts out playing lead guitar with British rockabilly bands in the late 1980s and, by the mid-1990s, forms Darrel Higham & The Enforcers, which becomes his main gigging and recording project.

Career

The Enforcers grow into one of the most popular UK rockabilly bands of their period, but Higham also gains wider recognition through solo projects and session work. He plays guitar with Chrissie Hynde, Jeff Beck, Rocky Burnette, Billy Lee Riley and Shakin’ Stevens, including the 1999 UK tour.

He also works as front man for Eddie Cochran’s last road band, The Kelly Four, for six months in 1992, playing gigs and recordings in the United States. In 1996, he appears at London’s Prince Of Wales Theatre in a revival of Jack Good’s Elvis: The Musical, performing the roles of Scotty Moore and Eddie Cochran for eight months. He later takes further theatre roles as Eddie Cochran in touring shows around the UK.

Other projects

He is also associated with Hal Weston & The Offbeats and Killer Brew, and his releases are linked with Ambassador Records.

Instrumentation and style

Higham is an English rockabilly guitarist whose work sits within rockabilly, rock and roll and neo rockabilly, and the listed instrumentation includes slap bass and guitar.