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John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia

Darin Layne

Born: March 5, 1972

Darin Layne is an Austin-based guitarist and composer known for his high-level playing, composing, recording, engineering and producing abilities. 

Darin’s prior albums, including D Shack (2021), Stringology (2017), Poison Flower (2015) and Left of Sunday Afternoon (2009) and ongoing performances in several genres, have made him an Austin favorite, and drawn international attention. A stellar sideman and producer, Darin has worked with some of the biggest names and talent in the music industry.

Darin has completed nine of his own albums, and played as a studio musician on hundreds of other albums. He’s performed in countless shows. He has been featured in magazines such as Guitar Player, JazzTimes, and All About Jazz.. As a top-call session guitarist in Austin, he plays Jazz, Folk, Blues, Latin, Funk, Rock, Classical and Brazilian Choro around the world.

John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco

by Sacha O'Grady
September 4, 2016

On 5th December, 1980, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia were two months into what had so far been an extremely successful and creative tour. Even just the concept itself was intriguing--three guitarists, and acoustic to boot! With not a drummer, percussionist, or bassist in sight. The sheer novelty of it all. Recorded ...

Friday Night in San Francisco

By John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho; Short Tales of the Black Forest; Frevo Rasgado; Fantasia Suite; Guardian Angel

The Guitar Trio

By John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: La Estiba; Beyond the Mirage; Midsummer Night; Manha De Carnaval; Letter From India; Espiritu; Le Monastre Dans Les Montagnes; Azzura; Cardeosa

John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Passion Grace & Fire

by Walter Kolosky
November 20, 2002

Never has an album been so justly deserving of its title. In 1983, the guitar super trio of John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia followed up their phenomenal live acoustic album Friday Night in San Francisco with this masterpiece of a studio recording. The prevailing opinion at the time was that the raw excitement of ...

John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco

by Walter Kolosky
November 18, 2002

It was a historic occasion. The appearance of John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, and Paco DeLucia at San Francisco's Warfield Theatre one Friday night in 1981 was a musical event that could be compared to the Benny Goodman Band's performance at Carnegie Hall in 1938. The Guitar Trio did for the acoustic guitar what Goodman had done ...

John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: The Guitar Trio

by Walter Kolosky
November 18, 2002

For a variety of reasons, The Guitar Trio album was perhaps the least anticipated album of John McLaughlin’s career. What could be new? How could John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, and Paco DeLucia top their two historic albums from the Trio's heyday, 15 years earlier? Well, the answers are clear. If they offered nothing new, ...