Joshua Hayes Carll (born January 9, 1976), known professionally as Hayes Carll, is a singer-songwriter. A native of The Woodlands, Texas, his style of roots-oriented songwriting has been noted for its plainspoken poetry and sarcastic humor.

Career

After releasing his debut album, ''Flowers & Liquor,'' in 2002, Carll was voted Best New Act by the ''Houston Press''. Since then he's been compared to other Texas songwriters, including

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, who he said "ruined me and saved me at the same time." He released his second album, ''Little Rock'', in 2004. Produced by R.S. Field, ''Little Rock'' was the first self-released album to reach No. 1 on the Americana Chart. Carll signed with Lost Highway records in 2006 and released his next album, ''Trouble in Mind'', in 2008. It was ranked No. 60 of the year by ''

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''. "She Left Me For Jesus," which appeared on ''Trouble in Mind'', was the Americana Music Association Song of the Year 2008. Four songs by Carll appeared in the 2010 film '' Country Strong'', three of which also appeared on the film's second soundtrack album, '' Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture''. ''KMAG YOYO & Other American Stories'' was released in 2011. KMAG YOYO is military slang for "Kiss my ass, guys, you're on your own." It received a nomination for Best Album by the

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in 2011, and ''

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'' voted it No. 3 in the category of "Best Country/Americana". ''

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'' voted the song "Another Like You" the No. 1 song of 2011, and the album No. 6. ''

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'' ranked "KMAG YOYO" at No. 46 of best singles of 2011, and the album No. 47 on their list of "50 Country Albums Every Rock Fan Should Own." After ''KMAG''s success, Carll left Lost Highway Records. In 2015 he went into the studio with producer

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to record ''Lovers and Leavers'' and then released the album in April 2016 on his own Highway 87 Records to great critical acclaim. Carll was nominated for a

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in 2016, Best Country Song, for "Chances Are".

Discography

Albums

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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Nomination for Best Country Song, 2016, for "Chances Are" (recorded by Lee Ann Womack) Austin Music Awards * Musician of the Year (2017) * Album of the Year (2017) * Song of the Year (2017) * Songwriter of the Year (2017) * Best Male Vocals (2017) * Album Art (2017) * Best Folk Performer (2017) Americana Music Awards * Artist of the Year Nomination (2012) * Song of the Year Nomination for KMAG-YOYO (2011) * Artist of the Year Nomination (2011) * Song of the Year Nomination for Drunken Poets Dream (2010) * Emerging Artist of the Year Winner (2010) SESAC Music Awards * "Times Like These" (2019) * "None'Ya" (2019)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carll, Hayes 1976 births Living people American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Texas Musicians from Houston Musicians from Austin, Texas Lost Highway Records artists Hendrix College alumni 21st-century American singers Country musicians from Texas Country musicians from Arkansas 21st-century American male singers Singer-songwriters from Arkansas