Hayes Carll looks for album in '08
Friday, November 2, 2007 – Hayes Carll has been signed to the Lost Highway Records for several years without any new music coming out. But Carll said Friday at the Americana Music Conference that he is hoping to release a new disc in March 2008.
Carll said he is going back into the studio Saturday to record one more song with producer Brad Jones. He said he has recorded between 12 and 14 songs, although he was looking to have about 10 songs on the release.
Carll said part of the reason for the delay in releasing new music was "I didn't have all the songs together."
The title of the new disc has yet to be determined.
Carll previously recorded "Little Rock" for his own label in 2005 and "Flowers and Liquor" for Compadre Records in 2002.
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Trouble in Mind
Lovers, hangovers, gigs and gals - these are just a sampling of subjects Hayes Carll covers on his major-label debut. Following his successful sophomore disc "Little Rock" (2004), which became the first self-released disc to make it to number 1 on the Americana Music Chart, the 32-year-old Texan troubadour returns with a tour de force.
Carll opens with "Drunken Poets Dream," where Carll's woman "likes to lay naked and be gazed upon" and "wine bottles are »»» |
Little Rock
Hayes Carll is an Arkansas native whose country-rock compositions recall the sounds of Steve Earle or Todd Snyder. His second album was produced by the legendary R.S. Field and features songs co-written by Guy Clark, John Evans and Ray Wylie Hubbard as well as several enjoyable original numbers from Carll's talented pen.
The album contains some amazing moments, particularly "Down The Road Tonight," a countrified modernization of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Moreover, "Wish I Hadn't »»» |
Flowers and Liquor
The influence of fellow Texans past and present is very much in evidence on this debut from Houston area singer-songwriter Hayes Carll. Steve Earle is perhaps the most obvious influence on the rocking opening track "Hwy 87" and the ballad "Arkansas Blues," with the vocal on the latter also revealing a touch of Dylan.
Carll's songwriting at times displays a wit reminiscent of the late Roger Miller. The title track is a humorous ditty that explores the different sexual attitudes of men and women »»» |
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