Glen Carroll

Glen Carroll
Genres	Classic rock
Instrument(s)	Vocalist, Guitar, Drums
Years active	1989-present

Glen Carroll (born January 8,1960) is an American music artist, songwriter, record producer and lead vocalist in the band, Sticky Fingers. In addition to being profiled in author Steven Kurutz’s band biography, Like a Rolling Stone:, Carroll wrote and a recorded a "Top10 Album" in 2012 and won the 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Rock / Americana Song for ‘The Good Times’.[2] Carroll won the 2016 Academia Music Award for Best Rock / Blues Song for ‘As Good As It Gets’ and 2016 Akademia Music Award for Best Cover / Rock Ballad Song for ‘Knocking On Heavens Door’.

Glen Carroll formed Sticky Fingers in 1989 after serving in the U.S. military as a pilot. At first, Carroll performed as the band’s drummer. However, after the band went through several vocalists a month, Carroll became the band's vocalist. For the next 25 years, Carroll lead the band as singer and business manager who, in a 1994 Entertainment Weekly article, reported making $10,000 on a good night. As lead vocalist, the Los Angeles Times described Caroll as "slim, shaggy-haired," and compared him to "Mick Jagger circa the Stones’ 1981 Tattoo You US Tour.

In a June 2003 interview, Carroll indicated that he performs before 500 to 50,000 people. In commenting on how he and his band mates chose a set list, Carroll noted, "We have four or five different shows. For this weekend, we'll do our "Disney set" because it's a family show. It ensures we play the No. 1 hits, because it's what people know and like. At the time of the June interview, Carroll was working on a CD that included a traditional blues song called "Heaven's in New York" as a tribute to Beetles John Lennon and George Harrison.

Carroll flying UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter at Fort Rucker, Alabama, March 18,1988 In June 2007, when Carroll was in his mid-40s and attending law school, Washington Post newspaper writer J. Freedom du Lac describe Carroll as follows:

   "Carroll is an interesting case study among rock-and-roll tribute actors. Never mind that he looks the part (right down the pouty lips and handsome wrinkles), or that he moves and sings like Jagger, nailing the singer's preeny poses and transatlantic bray. It's that he seems to be living somebody else's rock-and-roll lifestyle. He guzzles beer and smokes where no smoking is allowed and hits on just about every woman he encounters. He also talks himself up as a man of wealth and taste.

In 2008, author Steven Kurutz published Like a Rolling Stone. Carroll was a central focus of the book and, at the time of publication, he had toured every year for 18 years.. In 2013, the band released an album of their own music, called "Like a Rolling Stone." Carroll wrote the songs, and all the musicians on the album had performed or recorded with The Rolling Stones.

Album

The EP, “Travelin’ Man” was released in September, 2004. EP songs:

   Travelin’ Man
   Heaven’s in New York
   Miss Virginia
   You’re Not the Boss of Me

Glen wrote and released the album, “Like a Rolling Stone"in November 2012. The album includes original works in the styling of 1960’s-1970’s classic rock inspired by the sounds of the Rolling Stones . “Like a Rolling Stone” was co-produced by Andy Johns, a British sound engineer, and record producer, who worked on several well-known rock albums by the Rolling Stones, and a series of albums by Led Zeppelin. Artwork for the album was created by John Pasche. Pasche designed the “Tongue and Lip Design” logo in 1971, which was originally reproduced on the Sticky Fingers album for the Rolling Stones. Pasche designed four tour posters for the Rolling Stones between 1970 and 1974 and also worked for other reputed artists, such as Paul McCartney, and The Who.

In addition to covering Rolling Stones music, the album includes original works in the styling of 1960’s-1970’s classic rock inspired by the sounds of the Rolling Stones. Album songs:

• One Way Street
• You Baby You
• I Miss the Good Times
• Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
• As Good As It Gets
• Tribute
• At First Sight
• Christine
• Lady Blue
• White Roses
• Her Very Last Time

Charity work

Carroll is a committed animal lover and supporter of animal charities. Carroll and his manager established The Annual Pet Rock Fest in 2010, a non-profit organization created to help needy people, by partnering with various charities to assist people who cannot afford medical care, and animals that have been abandoned or abused. Carroll performed a benefit concert for the National Forest Association on July 7, 2012, at Big Bear Amphitheater in Big Bear Lake, CA. www.nationalforestassociation.org for tix & info

External Links

• Official Band Website
• Twitter