Trouble in Mind

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

"...you do believe the words in his songs, because it's apparent that he has lived 'em."
- The Houston Press

"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

If you haven't already heard of Hayes Carll, you soon will. In the three years since his self-released second album, 'Little Rock' became available, Carll has toured relentlessly in North America and abroad (performing over two hundred shows a year), founded a successful singer-songwriter music festival on the Gulf Coast of Texas, secured a record deal with Lost Highway Records, and has even seen 'Little Rock' become the first self-released album to reach #1 on the Americana Music Chart. He's only getting started.

On his new album, 'Trouble in Mind', 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"). Their impact is heightened by the fact that they're songs born of both immersion in the works of his songwriting heroes and plenty of real world experience.