Hayes Carll
Encyclopedia
Joshua Hayes Carll 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.
. 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.
Hayes has written songs with Ray Wylie Hubbard
, Guy Clark
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)
and on the album Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture.
"She Left Me For Jesus"
Texas Country
Texas country music is a rapidly growing sub-genre of American country music. Texas country is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds with the outspoken, care-free views of outlaw country...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
from The Woodlands
The Woodlands, Texas
The Woodlands is a master-planned community and a Census-designated place in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The population of the CDP was 55,649 at the 2000 census—a 90 percent increase over its 1990 population. According to the 2010 census, The Woodlands' population rose...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(a Houston suburb).
Carll got his first guitar at age 15. He began writing songs influenced by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
, John Prine
John Prine
John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
, Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
and Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. Set at the conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in Vermont in 1959, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.The script was written...
. After graduating from Hendrix College
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college located in Conway, Arkansas. The student body averages around 1,400 and currently represents forty-three states and fourteen foreign countries. In US News and World Report's America's Best Colleges, Hendrix is ranked annually in the top tier of...
in Conway
Conway, Arkansas
Conway is the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 58,908 at the 2010 census, making Conway the seventh most populous city in Arkansas. It is a principal city of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area which had...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
in 1998 with a degree in History, he moved to Crystal Beach, Texas
Crystal Beach, Texas
Crystal Beach is an unincorporated area in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Also known as Patton, Crystal Beach stretches 7 miles along Texas State Highway 87 in the middle of Bolivar Peninsula.It is located along 27 miles of beach on...
, where he performed his own songs at local bars.
Career
Carll left Crystal Beach and moved to AustinAustin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Carll left Austin and returned home, playing regularly at McGonigel's Mucky Duck and other places in Houston and Galveston
Galveston, Texas
Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...
. He developed a following, then signed a one-record contract with Compadre Records
Compadre Records
Compadre Records is a Houston-based independent record label that specializes in roots music. Compadre’s artists include Billy Joe Shaver, Honeybrowne, Suzy Bogguss, Flaco Jimenez, James McMurtry, Trent Willmon, Hayes Carll, among others...
, which released his debut album, Flowers and Liquor in 2002. Embraced by critics, the album garnered comparisons to Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
John Townes Van Zandt , best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American Texas Country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet...
. The Houston Press
Houston Press
The Houston Press is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in Downtown Houston....
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.
Hayes has written songs with Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard is an American Texas Country singer and songwriter.-Early life:Hubbard grew up in southeastern town of Hugo, Oklahoma. His family moved to Oak Cliff in south Dallas, Texas in 1954. He attended W. H. Adamson High School with Michael Martin Murphey, who had his own band at the time...
, Guy Clark
Guy Clark
Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....
and Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott
James Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott , the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in...
. Carll has found success on the national Americana radio charts, receiving an Americana Music Award
Americana Music Association
The Americana Music Association is a trade organization developed to provide professional support and to promote awareness of Americana music. Toward these ends the organization works with artists, radio stations, record labels, publishers, and others to create networking opportunities and to...
in 2008. "She Left Me for Jesus" co-written with Brian Keane, which appeared on Trouble in Mind
Trouble in Mind (Hayes Carll album)
Trouble in Mind is an album released by American singer Hayes Carll in 2008. The album debuted at number 18 of the Top Heatseekers chart.- Track listing :Songs written by Hayes Carll unless otherwise stated....
, 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
Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...
.
On February 15, 2011, Carll released KMAG YOYO (& other American stories)
Albums
| Title | Date | Label | Peak chart position (U.S.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Pop Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
Rock | Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| Flowers & Liquor | June 11, 2002 | Compadre Records Compadre Records Compadre Records is a Houston-based independent record label that specializes in roots music. Compadre’s artists include Billy Joe Shaver, Honeybrowne, Suzy Bogguss, Flaco Jimenez, James McMurtry, Trent Willmon, Hayes Carll, among others... |
— | — | — | — |
| Little Rock | March 8, 2005 | Highway 87 | — | — | — | — |
| Trouble in Mind Trouble in Mind (Hayes Carll album) Trouble in Mind is an album released by American singer Hayes Carll in 2008. The album debuted at number 18 of the Top Heatseekers chart.- Track listing :Songs written by Hayes Carll unless otherwise stated.... |
April 8, 2008 | Lost Highway Records | — | — | — | 11 |
| KMAG YOYO | February 15, 2011 | Lost Highway Records | 12 | 67 | 17 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
Country Strong
Multiple songs written by Carll appear in the film Country Strong. Four of those were then released on iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and on the album Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture.
- "Hard Out Here" – performed by Garrett HedlundGarrett HedlundGarrett John Hedlund is an American actor known for his roles in the films Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers, Eragon, Country Strong, for his role as Patroclus in the movie Troy and as Sam Flynn in the film Tron: Legacy.-Early life:Hedlund was born in Roseau, Minnesota, the son of Kristine Anne ...
- "Take Me Away" – performed by Carll himself
- "Turn Loose the Horses" – performed by Garrett Hedlund
- "Hide Me Babe" – performed by Garrett Hedlund
Honors
Trouble In Mind- Top Albums of 2008 (#60) - The Village Voice, January 21, 2009
"She Left Me For Jesus"
- Top Singles of 2008 (#36) - The Village Voice, January 21, 2009
- Americana Music Association Song of the Year 2008
External links
- Official website
- Hayes Carll at CMT
- Hayes Carll at Lone Star Music
- Hayes Carll at Lost Highway Records