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BLP sources|date=September 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Hayes Carll| image = Hayes Carll.jpg| caption = Carll at a festival in Cambridge, England August, 2009 Photo: Sean Rowe| image_size =| landscape =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Joshua Hayes Carll| alias =| origin = The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands , Texas United States | birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|1|9| death_date =| instrument = Singing|Vocals , Guitar | genre =| occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active =| label = Lost Highway Records , Compadre Records , Highway 87 Records| associated_acts = Ray Wylie Hubbard , Guy Clark | website = URL| http://www.hayescarll.com/|Hayes Carll.com| notable_instruments = Joshua Hayes Carll (born January 9, 1976),Family Tree Legends http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902? c=search& first=Joshua& last=Carll Joshua Hayes Carll known as Hayes Carll , is a Texas Country singer-songwriter from The Woodlands, Texas|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|Conway , Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in History, he moved to Crystal Beach, Texas , where he performed his own songs at local bars.
Career
Carll left Crystal Beach and moved to Austin, Texas|Austin . Carll left Austin and returned home, playing regularly at McGonigel's Mucky Duck and other places in Houston and Galveston, Texas|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 (bluegrass)|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 and Darrell Scott . Carll has found success on the national Americana radio charts, receiving an Americana Music Association|Americana Music Award in 2008. "She Left Me for Jesus" co-written with Brian Keane, which appeared on Trouble in Mind (Hayes Carll album)|Trouble in Mind , which Carll released on the Lost Highway Records|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)
Discography
Albums
Title
Date
Label
Peak chart position (U.S.)
Country
Pop
Rock
Heat
Flowers & Liquor
Little Rock
Trouble in Mind
KMAG YOYO
"—" 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 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
"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, 2009cite web |work= The Village Voice |date=2009-01-21 |title=Pazz + Jop Albums 2008 |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/Albums/2008/ |accessdate=2009-01-21 |author=
; "She Left Me For Jesus"
Top Singles of 2008 (#36) - The Village Voice , January 21, 2009cite web |work= The Village Voice |date=2009-01-21 |title=Pazz + Jop Singles 2008 |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2008/ |accessdate=2009-01-21 |author=
Americana Music Association#Song of the Year|Americana Music Association Song of the Year 2008
References
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External links
Portal box|Houston|Biography
http://www.hayescarll.com/ Official website
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/carll_hayes/artist.jhtml Hayes Carll at CMT
http://www.lonestarmusic.com/artists.asp? id=757 Hayes Carll at Lone Star Music
http://main.losthighwayrecords.com/artist.aspx? ob=ros& src=lb& aid=254 Hayes Carll at Lost Highway Records
S-startS-ach |awS-bef |before= Darrell Scotts-ttl |title= Americana Music Association#Song of the Year|AMA Song of the Year (Songwriter) |years=2008 |regent1= Brian Keane S-aft |after= Julie MillerS-end Persondata | NAME =Carll, Hayes | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = January 9, 1976 | PLACE OF BIRTH = The Woodlands, Texas, USA | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Carll, Hayes Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:American country musicians Category:American country singers Category:American male singers Category:Songwriters from Texas Category:People from Houston, Texas Category:People from Austin, Texas Category:Lost Highway Records artists Category:Hendrix College alumni
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