{"id":691,"date":"2026-06-05T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/?p=691"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:59:14","slug":"other-brother-darryl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/other-brother-darryl\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Brother Darryl – The Ballad of Joni & Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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For those not in the know, Other Brother Darryl is, as they call themselves, a \u201cBoston-based alt-country supergroup,\u201d made up of players who have been part of the fabric of the local Americana scene for years \u2013 Dan Nicklin (vocals, harmonica, percussion), Nate Leavitt (vocals, acoustic guitar), Dan Cederholm (drums), Chad Raleigh (multi-instrumentalist), Derek Feeney (acoustic guitar), Dave Lieb (keyboard, vocals), Jim Collins (bass, vocals). There is a lot of experience in that line-up, and it shows in the quality of the songwriting and the polish in the production. \u201cThe Ballad of Joni and Graham\u201d is inspired by Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash, and the brief late-60s romance that itself inspired CSNY\u2019s \u201cOur House\u201d and possibly Mitchell\u2019s \u201cA Case of You.\u201d OBD\u2019s lyrics are stuffed with references to that story, nodding to a telegram Mitchell sent to Graham (\u201cTime goes by like sand in your hand\u201d) and Graham\u2019s lyrics (\u201ctwo cats, the yard, the home\u201d). The thing that sticks is the beautifully-rendered longing, starting with the words and enhanced by slow bounce of the groove and sweet harmonies. It should be noted here that the band credits beloved Rationales frontman David Mirabella, who sang and played on the demo of this song released as a b-side of OBD\u2019s debut single \u201cUntil I Do\u201d in 2022, with \u201cspiritual guidance\u201d for the band in general. Mirabella passed in 2022, but you can still hear him, literally and spiritually, in Other Brother Darryl. (Nick Zaino)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listen on SpotifySingleFor those not in the know, Other Brother Darryl is, as they call themselves, a \u201cBoston-based alt-country supergroup,\u201d made up of players who have been part of the fabric of the local Americana scene for years \u2013 Dan Nicklin (vocals, harmonica, percussion), Nate Leavitt (vocals, acoustic guitar), Dan Cederholm (drums), Chad Raleigh (multi-instrumentalist), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6,9],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fall-2024","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}