Since Darryl Worley first broke onto the national music scene just over eight years ago, one of the constants in his life has been change. The business of music has changed drastically, but what has not changed is his love of creating and delivering music to fans who expect nothing less than from-the-heart songs, soulful vocals, American pride, and killer live shows.

Darryl Worley embraces change as a part of life, and he now has more peace and perspective in his personal life and his career than he's ever had. In the last year he experienced unspeakable agony as he watched helplessly while his mother battled cancer and ultimately lost a leg to the disease. Joy prevailed when his first child, Savannah, was born in March. Two months later, his mother walked into his fan club party with the aid of a prosthetic leg but without the crutches that were a constant companion.

Add another month, and he's reunited with the man who discovered him performing in a club in West Tennessee, almost 10 years ago; the man who co-produced his albums and ran the record company that propelled Darryl Worley to a household name. James Stroud is a constant in his life who was there in the beginning, and Darryl is the first artist signed to his new label Stroudavarious Records.

While Darryl's name and familiar co-writers grace the liner notes, he stepped outside to find the best songs possible for this album. The fun mid-tempo first single, "Tequila On Ice" was penned by Rivers Rutherford and Edward Dodson and is a refreshing sound on country radio.

The impression he has made on country music is undeniable. For all that he has accomplished, from the wistfully romantic "I Miss My Friend" to the defiant anthem "Have You Forgotten?," both of which topped the singles charts, his work up to this point offers just one perspective on who he is and what he has to offer.

For the record, there's no question over what Darryl Worley is - namely, a country music star who respects the traditions of the genre, a preacher's son and the grandson of a moonshiner from Pyburn, Tennessee, who won academic honors in high school and at the University of North Alabama even while blowing off steam singing and partying hard on the honky-tonk circuit. His songwriting skills earned him a deal with Fame Publishing in Muscle Shoals, Alabama ; a number of artists, including George Jones, cut some of his early tunes. After two years EMI Publishing signed him to their songwriting team, and in 1994 Worley moved to Nashville .

Success came quickly. The Academy of Country Music nominated Worley for Top New Male Vocalist in 2002. He also earned nominations from the Country Music Association for its Horizon Award in 2002 and '03 and Single of the Year and Song of the Year in 2003 for "Have You Forgotten?" The Tennessee House of Representatives cited him that same year for his contributions to country music. His fan base kept growing and his concerts regularly sold out.

Perhaps the high point of this period, though, involved Worley's visit in 2002 to meet and entertain our troops stationed in Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Uzbekistan. Transformed by the experience, he wrote and recorded "Have You Forgotten," one of the most controversial and inspirational records of our time. Worley hasn't wavered in his support for those who put their lives on the line for democracy; over the past few years he's repeated his trip and expanded it to include performances in Iraq. On the home front, he played a key role in organizing the annual American Freedom Festival to raise funds for our veterans.

In 2006, George Dickel Tennessee Whisky partnered with Darryl as the title sponsor of his tour. Officially named the "Darryl & Dickel Tour," George Dickel sponsored approximately 80 tour dates throughout 2006/2007 and promoted a social responsibility message by Darryl. The relationship continues today, and if you see the Dickel-wrapped bus traveling down the highway, there's a good chance Darryl is on it.

This year marks the seventh for his Tennessee River Run that now spans nine days and includes fishing tournaments, a boat poker run, a motorcycle ride, a 5K run, a talent contest and three concerts covering rock, country and Gospel music and more. While the River Run has raised money for countless worthwhile causes in his native West Tennessee, his main focus now is building a cancer treatment center at the Hardin County Medical Center in Savannah.

Darryl Worley knows his life, and every life, is ever-changing and ever-evolving. On stage, he will always strive to deliver high-energy, entertaining shows he knows his hard-working fans deserve. He understands how he can use his celebrity to make the lives of his fellow man better, whether it's in the board room of his foundation or entertaining troops on the front lines of war. And the new constant that drives him to climb on a bus and drive hundreds of miles to go out and entertain his fans and come back home again; what makes him give his absolute best on stage and off, is a little girl at home who watches her daddy's every move and sees him as her hero. That's something he never wants to change.