ON THIS DATE IN 1968, IN SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN; A BABY GIRL NAMED D’ARCY ELIZABETH WRETZKY WAS BORN TO A PIPEFITTER DAD AND WORKING MUSICIAN MOM, WHO ENCOURAGED HER DAUGHTER TO PERFORM MUSIC. D’ARCY PLAYED VIOLIN, OBOE AND PERFORMED IN CHOIRS IN HER FORMATIVE YEARS AND SAYS THAT SHE FULLY INTENDED TO HAVE A CAREER IN MUSIC SINCE SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD. WRETZKY MOVED TO FRANCE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO JOIN A BAND BUT WAS SENT PACKING BACK TO THE U.S AS THE BAND SHE WAS JOINING HAD SPLIT-UP BEFORE SHE GOT THERE! THE SELF TAUGHT BASS PLAYER THEN MOVED TO CHICAGO AND ON A FATEFUL NIGHT IN 1988 AT A LOCAL LIVE MUSIC CLUB, SHE OVERHEARD BILLY CORGAN CRITIQUING THE BAND THAT HAD JUST PLAYED LEADING TO A DEBATE AND CORGAN RECRUITING HER TO BE IN HIS BAND THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, AND SHE DID. WRETZKY DEALT WITH ADDICTION ISSUES AND RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS WITH CORGAN AND ENDED UP LEAVING THE BAND IN 1999, YOU CAN HEAR WRETZKY’S SIGNATURE BASS LINE ON THE SMASHING PUMPKINS SINGLES TODAY AND 1979…TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON DARCY WRETZKY’S 56TH BIRTHDAY ON 105.7 THE X IN THE 5 OCLOCK FREAK OUT!
