Hayes Carll
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| Hayes Carll | |
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 Carll at a festival in Cambridge, England August, 2009 Photo: Sean Rowe |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joshua Hayes Carll |
| Born | January 9, 1976 |
| Origin | The Woodlands, Texas United States |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Labels | Lost Highway Records, Compadre Records, Highway 87 Records |
| Associated acts | Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark |
| Website | Hayes Carll.com |
Joshua Hayes Carll (born January 9, 1976),[1] known as Hayes Carll, is a Texas Country singer-songwriter from The Woodlands, Texas (a Houston suburb).
Carll got his first guitar at age 15. He began writing songs influenced by Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Jack Kerouac and Dead Poets Society. After graduating from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in History, he moved to Crystal Beach, Texas, where he performed his own songs at local bars.
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[edit] Career
Carll left Crystal Beach and moved to Austin. Carll left Austin and returned home, playing regularly at McGonigel's Mucky Duck and other places in Houston and Galveston. He developed a following, then signed a one-record contract with Compadre Records, which released his debut album, Flowers and Liquor in 2002. Embraced by critics, the album garnered comparisons to Townes Van Zandt. The Houston Press named him the Best Folk Act and Best New Artist of 2002.
After turning down a multi-album deal from Sugar Hill Records, he released his second album, Little Rock under his own label, Highway 87 Records. It was produced by notable country music figure R.S. Field. It became the first self-released album to reach number one on the Americana music charts. In May 2006, Carll announced that he had signed with Lost Highway records.
Carll has written songs with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, Bobby Bare, Jr.[2] and Darrell Scott. Carll has found success on the national Americana radio charts, receiving an Americana Music Award in 2008. "She Left Me for Jesus" co-written with Brian Keane, which appeared on Trouble in Mind, which Carll released on the Lost Highway label. He is considered an important figure in the resurgence of Texas songwriters, writing in the Dylan-influenced tradition of Clark and Townes Van Zandt.
On August 4, 2010, Carll appeared on Austin City Limits.
On February 15, 2011, Carll released KMAG YOYO (& other American stories). The Americana Music Association announced that KMAG YOYO was the #1 most-played Americana album in 2011.[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Date | Label | Peak chart position (U.S.) | |||
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| Country | Pop | Rock | Heat | |||
| Flowers & Liquor | June 11, 2002 | Compadre Records | — | — | — | — |
| Little Rock | March 8, 2005 | Highway 87 | — | — | — | — |
| Trouble in Mind | April 8, 2008 | Lost Highway Records | — | — | — | 11 |
| KMAG YOYO | February 15, 2011 | Lost Highway Records | 12 | 67 | 17 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
[edit] Country Strong
Multiple songs written by Carll appear in the film Country Strong. Three of those were then released on iTunes and on the album Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture.
- "Hard Out Here" – performed by Garrett Hedlund
- "Take Me Away" – performed by Carll himself
- "Hide Me Babe" – performed by Garrett Hedlund
Much of the lead male character - Beau Hutton - performed by Garrett Hedlund, was modeled after Carll.[4]
[edit] Honors
- Trouble In Mind
- Top Albums of 2008 (#60) - The Village Voice, January 21, 2009[5]
- "She Left Me For Jesus"
- Top Singles of 2008 (#36) - The Village Voice, January 21, 2009[6]
- Americana Music Association Song of the Year 2008
[edit] References
- ^ Family Tree Legends Joshua Hayes Carll
- ^ Ross, Curtis. "http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/soundcheck/content/review-hayes-carll-brings-texas-sized-swing-swagger-skippers-smokehouse-tampa". Tampa Bay Times. http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/soundcheck/content/review-hayes-carll-brings-texas-sized-swing-swagger-skippers-smokehouse-tampa. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Burger, David. "Americana Music Association announces year-end Top 10 & Top 100 Albums". Salt Lake City Tribune. http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/53116733-53/albums-100-americana-association.html.csp. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Country Strong". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555064/. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Pazz + Jop Albums 2008". The Village Voice. 2009-01-21. http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/Albums/2008/. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ "Pazz + Jop Singles 2008". The Village Voice. 2009-01-21. http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2008/. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Hayes Carll at CMT
- Hayes Carll at Lone Star Music
- Hayes Carll at Lost Highway Records
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Darrell Scott |
AMA Song of the Year (Songwriter) 2008 with Brian Keane |
Succeeded by Julie Miller |
