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THE BATTALION
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Carroll takes place among
Texas’ best singer-storyteller
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Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, Joe Ely and ...
Adam Carroll?
Texas may have found a new storytelling hero in the young,
blue-eyed Tyler native. Carroll, at the age of 24, has managed
to catch the eyes, and ears, of some of the most important per
sonalities in Texas music with his unique storytelling style and
ability, coupled with the melodic rhythms of his guitar and
harmonica.
“Adam Carroll is a genius,” said Lloyd Maines, the notable
producer and slide guitarist for such Texas music acts as Robert
Earl Keen, Joe Ely, Pat Green and Cory Morrow. Maines pro
duced Carroll’s debut album, South of Town, in 1998 on Down
Mole Records.
These days, such a compliment is not rare for Carroll, who re
turned to music alter short stints workingjobs in the oil fields and
landscaping.
Carroll said he has always loved putting plots and characters
together for situations for stories.
“Because I have a short attention span, writing a whole story
was like pulling teeth,” Carroll recalls. “To keep my sanity, 1 start
ed writing shorter stories with verses and refrains that eventual
ly became songs.”
With many noticeable inlluences such as Bob Dylan, Townes
Van Zandt and John Prine, Carroll mixes adept guitar playing with
intricately human stories of love, redemption and every day life.
“Some of the songs I 've written have come out of really awk
ward situations,” Carroll said. “1 like feeling vulnerable and 1 like
turning those almost painful situations into good songs that get a
laugh or strike a nerve.”
Tliis Texas troubadour attributes his love for music to his
mother, while crediting his father for his storytelling abilities.
“My grandfather, Ray Davidson, play ed saxophone with leg
endary' jazz drummer Gene Krupa, but traveling and clubs
weren’t his tiling,” Carroll recounts. “1 le left all that to come home
and lead the church choir.”
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Adam Carroll will perform Saturday at Crooked
After the release of his dehut album, Carroll hasbeeti
by critics for both his wonderfully refreshing storytellii
ties and his skillful songwriting.
In a time w hen too many songs in the folk music gets
on a protagonist's personal inadequacies and vices, Car;
sic brings uplifting stories of characters temporarily pa
from the hardships of life and humorous anecdotes ate
laughable events that happen in every one’s life.
Adam Carroll will play at the Crooked Path Ale Hoisi
at 10 p.m. Admission for the show is $5.
Adam Carroll
South of Town
CD courtesy of Dowd
Hole Records
If there is anyone w ho thought the
Church of Dylan fell to the wayside
with the steady stream of ill-inspired
pop “folk" music, Adam Carroll is the
second coming.
With melodious tunes and inspired
songwriting, Carroll ascends to what
amounts to a Dylan-esque hike through
the streets, front porches and prisons of
East Texas in South of Town.
The CD starts off with Carroll, his
guitar and a wheezing hannonica and,
barring the occasional limited backup in-
terjection by a mandolin or band, ends
about the same way.
Lloyd Maines, producer of other no
table Texas folk/country acts such as
Robert Earl Keen, Owen Temple and
( ory Morrow, found a stoiytdli
in Carroll. Imaginative and huraliC
roll chronicles the lives of semi#
characters through a truly hii
proach. 1 le masterfully buildsaons
only through events, but through an!
ulate exploration of situations anti pj
sonal feelings. In “Cole," tbrexE;|
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ligious salvation in his jail cell one:
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this aspect, as well), Carroll gain/'
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competence. (Grade: ti)
— Christ
Thursday
Texas Hall of Fame
Rodney Carrington — Comedian.
Tickets available in advance. As
signed seats are available for $22,
general admission tickets are $16.
Tickets can also be purchased at the
door for $20. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Crooked Path
Adam Carroll — Country. Show be
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Third Floor Cantina
Milhouse — Alternative, tfji
charge $6; show starts at9:30!
Shadow Canyon
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Sweet Eugene's
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Third Floor Cantina
Little Bryan Terry and the Zydeco
Band — Zydeco. Admission is $10.
Friday
Texas Hall of Fame
Dale Watson — Country. Cover
charge $3 for those over 21 and $5
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