Hayes Carll - Flowers And Liquor (2003)

Hayes Carll "Flowers & Liquor"
MP3 | Average VBR 213 Kbps 44100 Stereo | 51:05 | 82.96Mb
2003 | Genre: Country | Folk | Songwriter

There are so many talented young singer-songwriters in Texas that it’s hard to pick who might be the few that will pull out of the pack and actually make a living performing. Many have tried but few succeed due to various circumstances, luck and fate. Mr. Carll, in my opinion, has a great chance of being one of the fortunate few. This is his debut CD, and it is comprised of twelve great songs with lyrics that draw you into a story. He is a country / folk poet, not a cowboy poet but more of a horny drunk poet. Lord, can’t we all relate to that? He was recently named Best New Artist and Best Folk Artist at the prestigious Houston Press Awards.

I won’t go into his background much other than to tell you he is originally from the Woodlands (near Houston) and currently resides in a beach shack in Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula across the bay from Galveston. I highly suggest you read his very entertaining bio on his website. It has more info than I can squeeze into this review and is filled with hilarious anecdotes about his life and music (i.e., his first guitar was a twelve string guitar with only six heavy gage strings that shredded his fingers).

To keep from being repetitive, I’ll just say up front that the band on this CD is made up of great Texas artists that combine their talents to help make this album truly memorable. David Spencer plays electric and acoustic guitars and dobro among other instruments. David is the fret wizard heard on the first two Sisters Morales CD’s and has also recorded with Clay Farmer and others. Rick Richards plays drums and has recorded with Sisters Morales, Slaid Cleaves, John Evans, Mary Gauthier, Tom Russell, Warren Zevon, and even Guns ’n’Roses, as well as many others. David Carroll plays the bass and upright bass here, just as he has done for Doug Sahm, Billy Joe Shaver, Marcia Ball, James Talley, The Derailers and others too numerous to list. Bert Wills plays electric, slide and acoustic lead guitar on several cuts. Bert started in the sixties with his band, The Shadows, and has since become an internationally known blues artist and has garnered much recognition for his work with many blues awards and Grammy nominations. Jeff Plankenhorn adds his wonderful dobro playing to a couple of the tunes. The New Braunfels native has been sideman to Ray Wylie Hubbard, Slaid Cleaves and Willis Alan Ramsey among others. Michael Ramos adds his sought-after accordion to a couple of the tunes as he did with the BoDeans and numerous other acts. Lisa Morales contributes some of her beautiful guitar playing and background vocals. She also produced the CD and did a wonderful job. The sound is simply excellent throughout. Roberta Morales pops in for several nice background vocal spots. And, oh yeah, Hayes plays acoustic guitar on every track and proves he can run with the big boys and girls.

Track List:

01 - Highway 87
02 - Heaven Above
03 - Naked Checkers
04 - Arkansas Blues
05 - It's A Shame
06 - Live Free Or Die
07 - Easy Come Easy Go
08 - Flowers & Liquor
09 - Richey Lee
10 - Perfect Lover
11 - Lost & Lonely
12 - Barroom Lament

Download includes front cover

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