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Scott and Nikki Niswonger are presenting Dailey & Vincent at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert on Saturday, October 27, at 7:30 p.m. Get to know these Grand Ole Opry members and five-time Grammy Award winners.<\/p>\n

More than 10 years ago, on December 29, 2007, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent had their first paid gig as a duo with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry. The duo became official Opry members last spring, capping a remarkable decade of building an award-winning career that now encompasses an eclectic mix of country, folk, gospel, and bluegrass music, along with television and comedy.<\/p>\n

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Dailey & Vincent will perform at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio later this month.<\/strong> photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dailey & Vincent occupy a unique space in popular music by forging a sound that honors their traditional music pedigrees, yet is edgy enough to appeal to more progressive audiences. That evolution has been both organic and a little calculated, borne out of trying to shake up their own routine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first year or so we went out and did pretty much all traditional bluegrass and the second year we thought we had to come up with something different, so we went wireless with the vocal mics so we would walk around and sing,\u201d Dailey told Rolling Stone Country over a plate of beans and cornbread before a Tuesday night performance on the Opry. \u201cWe were trying to make it more interesting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout two years later we hired a bass singer,\u201d he continues. \u201cWhen we did that, that got us into doing lots of variety — real gospel to quartet-style singing in both secular and gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before they teamed up to become Dailey & Vincent, both men were already seasoned musicians with stellar reputations in the bluegrass and country communities. Dailey had spent nine years performing with legendary bluegrass outfit Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, while Vincent logged 11 years with Ricky Skaggs\u2019 famed band Kentucky Thunder, as well as contributing to albums by Dolly Parton and others.<\/p>\n

Vincent first met Dailey in 2001 at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was singing with Doyle Lawson, I was sitting with Ricky and Sharon White Skaggs and we were smitten by Jamie\u2019s vocal,\u201d Vincent recalls. \u201cBy the time the song was over, I got backstage quickly and as he was walking off stage, I had my hand out and said, \u2018I\u2019m Darren Vincent and I\u2019d like to be your friend.\u2019 We exchanged numbers.\u201d
\nThe two became instant friends and began working on songs together. It didn\u2019t take long to discover they had a special chemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing we\u2019ve done that has never been done before — that I know of — is in January of 2007, Jamie and I gave Doyle and Ricky a year\u2019s notice that we were leaving at the end of that year,\u201d Vincent says. \u201cWe told them that we\u2019d help them find replacements for us or whatever we needed to do because we wanted to make sure it was an easy transition for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

When they informed their booking agent they expected to book 100 dates their first year as Dailey & Vincent, they were met with skepticism. In fact, when the agent was slow to get dates on the books, the duo began booking themselves and had 86 shows confirmed in three months. They went to the booking agency and dropped a thick binder with all the dates on the agent\u2019s desk. Needless to say, he then got to work and continued filling their calendar.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for Dailey & Vincent to build a strong following and earn the respect of their peers, collecting nine IBMA nominations in that first year alone, seven of which they won.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made history,\u201d says Dailey. \u201cFrom what we understand, we were the first group in bluegrass at an award show ever in history to win Entertainer, Vocal Group, and Emerging Artist all in the same year. It was quite a feeling and quite a humbling night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dailey & Vincent have continued gaining momentum since those formative early days, but they admit their desire to push against boundaries has cost them fans at times. Among their riskier moves was bringing on a full-time drummer — standard practice in most areas of music, but taboo in traditional bluegrass circles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hard on a lot of the traditionalists and we lost a bunch of them I think through the years,\u201d Dailey says. \u201c[But] the people that come to see us for the most part, I believe it is safe to say that 99 percent of them know we do what we do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know that we are there to try to play the best music that we can and to entertain to our fullest ability and luckily they fill the seats, buy our stuff and continue to support us,\u201d he added. \u201cThey\u2019re just music fans. They\u2019re not labeling what genre it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the same measure, gospel music is also a key part of their show and a reflection of their faith — something that doesn\u2019t always sit too well with others. During one show, the promoter told them she didn\u2019t want them to do any gospel music in their set because it might alienate some patrons, but when fans kept calling out requests, they caved and performed Gillian Welch and David Rawlings\u2019 \u201cBy the Mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we finished it was a full house standing ovation and they wouldn\u2019t sit down,\u201d Dailey recalls with a smile. \u201cShe looked absolutely mortified that they were standing and screaming for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe honored the Lord and what he wanted us to do,\u201d adds Vincent. \u201cAnd looking at those fans, we had to do what they wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dailey & Vincent\u2019s discography reflects the same versatility as their live shows. Their recorded output includes several bluegrass albums, a gospel record (The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent<\/em>), a live album (Alive! In Concert<\/em>) and a tribute to the Statler Brothers (Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers<\/em>), many of these released through their strategic partnership with Cracker Barrel.<\/p>\n

The duo\u2019s latest album, Patriots and Poets<\/em>— a collection of original songs co-written with Bill Anderson, Jimmy Fortune and others — was released last March and features guest appearances by Steve Martin, Doyle Lawson, Bela Fleck, TaRanda Greene, and David Rawlings.<\/p>\n

After several years with venerable indie label Rounder, the duo is currently recording for producer Keith Stegall\u2019s Dreamlined Entertainment. They plan for their next album to be a straight-ahead country record.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing a country record makes sense for us,\u201d says Vincent. \u201cIt\u2019s something we haven\u2019t done and will be fun for us to do. And when our career is over we can say, \u2018Hey I was proud of everything we did and we did everything we wanted to do.’\u201d<\/p>\n

At least thus far, that\u2019s what Dailey & Vincent have done, letting their exceptional musicianship take them down multiple new avenues and reach fans who haven\u2019t experienced them before. It\u2019s definitely been a road less traveled, but Dailey says he\u2019d encourage anyone else to do the exact same.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times young musicians come to us and they ask, \u2018What do you think we should do? How do we get started?’\u201d Dailey says. \u201cFirst of all, you can\u2019t always listen to everybody around you. You have to listen to yourself, your inner heart. You have to study and be aware. Keep your finger on the pulse of what\u2019s going on around you at all times and think through it and know how to react.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times you\u2019ll hit it,\u201d he adds. \u201cSometimes you\u2019ll miss it, but, praise the Lord, the two of us, for the most part, have been able to nail it on the head most of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Niswonger is located at 10700 Ohio 118 on the south edge of Van Wert. Tickets for Dailey & Vincent are available through the Box Office in person, by phone at 419.238.6722 (10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday), or online at\u00a0NPACVW.ORG<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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