Texas Tunesmith Heir Hayes Carll Bears Torch For New Generation
- Chip Frazier feels that Hayes Carll is carrying the torch for the next generation of the Texas/Americana Troubadours. He has the same aspects of humor, songs, and storytelling that made his predecessors–guys like Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Ray Wilie Hubbard–great.
- Bill Friskics-Warren agrees that Hayes Carll conjures up thoughts of Texas tunesmiths like Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark.
- NPR’s Ken Tucker reviewed Hayes Carll’s Trouble In Mind, saying that his new album does a lot to establish him as more than the sum of his influences.
- Jennifer Hanson talks about the inspiration behind her song “‘73.” (Read The 9513 review.)
My parents got divorced when I was six years old, but I found this picture of me, my mom and my dad when I was just a couple months old, and it was amazing to me how happy and in love they looked, because I don’t remember them that way. And as I was looking through this photo album, I was kind of looking at my life unfolding before me.
- Craig Bickhardt expounds on the differences between singer-songwriters and just songwriters. He says singer-songwriters “can write intelligent, obscure lyrics and promote the music on the Internet. With hard work, an audience (no matter how small and loyal) will be found.” On the other hand, songwriters don’t have the option to write an obscure masterpiece. They have a verse and a chorus to knock out the producer and artist. Read on for tips for the pure songwriter.
- Checkout Justin Townes Earle’s interview with NPR host David Dye and performances of “Lone Pine Hill,” “Hard Livin’,” “Who Am I To Say” and “You May Care.”
- Chet Flippo received his last copy of No Depression in the mail and says if he ever makes his F.U. money, “some of it is going to go for a very expensive hobby: putting out a lovely four-color, slick paper magazine just for me and my friends.”
- Jon Hager talks about what his twin brother Jim meant to him.
- Michael Keefe says Joe Ely’s latest album with Joel Guzman, Live Cactus!, isn’t really intended for first-time listeners, comparing it to barging in on a small dinner party uninvited. But, he says Ely and Guzman flourish in the type of environment where they’re only outfitted with a guitar and accordion.
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May 7, 2008 at 10:01 am Permalink
Hayes Carll is one of the best in a long time from down here. Plus…! He can outdrink Townes Van Zandt and anyone else from these parts. Trust me, I am from Fort Worth and know these things….
May 7, 2008 at 10:24 am Permalink
Is Townes really up for drinking contests at this point?
May 7, 2008 at 11:14 am Permalink
Wasnt it his penchant for drinking contests that sent him to his corrent locale, wherever that may be? Hey, he was a drunk and not a very good dad or husband, but he sure could write a song!!
May 7, 2008 at 11:24 am Permalink
From what I’ve heard, the drunker Townes was, the better the show he put on.
Kelly, Townes’ wife dropped by and filled us in on the details of his death.
May 7, 2008 at 11:48 am Permalink
Fair enough. No need to berate the dead, I was just making a dark, perhaps inappropriate joke…I’m still with Chris, I doubt he is up for much of a contest right now…..
May 7, 2008 at 12:15 pm Permalink
I thought you were asking an honest question, but yeah, Townes won’t provide much drinkin’ competition these days.
May 7, 2008 at 12:18 pm Permalink
I kinda was, but i thought it may have come across a different way…all of a sudden I guess I care what other people think of what i say….ok, i’m over it…
May 7, 2008 at 3:44 pm Permalink
I just saw an interview with Jennifer Hanson discussing ‘73 and I thought the story behind it was so cool — particularly when she concluded that, though her parents’ divorce was sad, without it she wouldn’t have her half brother, or more broadly, the life that made her what she is today. Then she played the song, and I was a little disappointed, because I didn’t feel like it really makes that point at all.
I’ve always been a JH fan, though. I can’t figure out why she’s not more commercially successful.
May 7, 2008 at 5:03 pm Permalink
Same here I never understood why she isn’t more successful. It’s a shame that 73 isn’t climbing the charts at all, it’s run seems to have already ended
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