Appearing At The Handlebar
Tuesday July 22, 8:30pm – call 864-233-6173.

Join us for a brief sneak preview in-store performance and WNCW-fm taping set at Horizon Records.
Tuesday July 22, 4:00pm – call 864-235-7922.

“He evokes Townes Van Zandt lyrically, Guy Clark emotionally, Steve Earle stylistically and Ray Wylie Hubbard spiritually.” —Boston Herald

If you haven’t already heard of Hayes Carll, you soon will. On his new album called Trouble In Mind, (from the renowned Lost Highway Records), the 32 year-old Carll navigates his way through both stormy weather and calm, sun-drenched waters with ease, emerging with songs that melt even the hardest heart in town (a feat he manages on the plaintive, world-weary “Don’t Let Me Fall”) or heat up a roadhouse (like the ruggedly strutting “Wild as a Turkey”). Those elements certainly permeate Trouble In Mind, thanks in part, to more time in the studio than his first independently produced cd and some great players sure to be familiar to roots-rock aficionados, including, Dan Baird, Darrell Scott, Will Kimbrough and former Flying Burrito Brother Al Perkins.

Carll’s live performances continue to win over fans everywhere. His clever, irreverent lyrics and sharp observations combined with his warm Texas drawl make his stories and anecdotes as compelling and entertaining as his songs. There’s that sweet taste of honey followed with the sharp sting of a wisecrack. “Here’s a guy who takes regular old rockin’ Texas folk country and just adds new songs to the canon… right there alongside the songs of Van Zandt, Clark, Earle, Crowell, Shaver, Keen, Hubbard, et al. Houston, we have a poet. “ —Houston Press

New CD Trouble In Mind out now on Lost Highway Records. Hayes Carll and special guest Mac Leaphart play The Handlebar (864-233-6173) same night at 8:30 pm for the full show.

AND we got lucky and Lost Highway found a few more copies of a really righteous and amusing graphic story/comic book thingie that goes along with the new Hayes Carll. Here’s the deal: buy a ticket to the Handlebar show either here or down there and we’ll give you one of these last copies.

Hayes Carll – Trouble In Mind

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