Carl Broemel (born January 30, 1974) is an American

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musician. He currently plays guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone and sings back-up vocals for the

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band

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. He played guitar in the pop/rock band Old Pike and the alternative pop/rock band Silvercrush.

History

Broemel grew up on the northside of

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. The son of a symphony musician, he attended school and graduated from Pike High School. In 2007 Broemel was listed among '' Rolling Stone's'' "20 New Guitar Gods" along with My Morning Jacket frontman

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. He has also released two solo albums. In 2010, he released his "Nashville" record ''All Birds Say''. On October 11, 2010, Broemel played as a sit in guitarist with

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on ''

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''. In December 2010 Broemel contributed to

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's album ''The Party Ain't Over''. In 2019, Broemel accompanied

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during LaMontagne's Just Passing Through Tour. Broemel played guitar, pedal steel guitar, and sang back-up vocals on the November 9 and 10, 2019 tour dates in Denver, Colorado.

Equipment

* Duesenberg Starplayer TV (black with gold pickguard)

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Lose What's Left'' (2004) * ''All Birds Say'' (2010) * ''4th of July'' (2016) * ''Wished Out'' (2018) * ''Brokenhearted Jubilee'' (2019) (EP, with Eric Hopper)

With My Morning Jacket

* '' Z'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2008) *'' Circuital'' (2011) * '' The Waterfall'' (2015) *'' The Waterfall II'' (2020) *''

'' (2021) *'' is'' (2025)

References

External links

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* 1974 births Living people Musicians from Indianapolis American male guitarists American rock guitarists ATO Records artists My Morning Jacket members Pike High School alumni 20th-century American guitarists {{US-rock-musician-stub