Hank Williams, Springsteen, Richard Thompson, Townes Van Zandt, Peter Lorre, Joni Mitchell, The The, Burgess Meredith, Linda Thompson, Robert Mitchum, Gareth Keenan, Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Elie Wiesel, Martin Amis
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"Leaning, leaning...safe and secure from all alarm.."
Barton Carroll 'Those Days are Gone'
"Even if the name isn't instantly recognizable, fans of Eric Bachmann have probably witnessed Barton Carroll's contributions to Bachmann's Crooked Fingers on stand-up bass, lap-steel guitar, and periodic backing vocals. The two forged a friendship over a mutual love of Bruce Springsteen while Carroll was working as Archers of Loaf's merchandise manager and have been collaborating whenever possible ever since then. Carroll is long overdue for recognition of his own talents as a singer and a songwriter. He's hyperintelligent and hyperliterate, but his hushed and naked delivery of dour, country-tinged yarns is infinitely accessible and down to earth. Fans of Cormac McCarthy, take note."
The Stranger-Seattle, WA.
"There's a timelessness to the ten performances on Barton Carroll's album. They exude depth of character, passion and commitment. His songs have a literary bearing that puts him in the ranks of Paul Kelly, Nick Cave and Greg Brown....'Small Thing' is the sort of song a career can be built upon" Harp Magazine
"....a dramatic statement of purpose; a thoughtful and inventive work that should appeal to those who often find themselves at the crossroads of the personal and the political." No Depression
"(Carroll)...croons his melancholic, hymn-like words in a voice that recalls John Doe and Bad Religion's Greg Graffin..." The Big Takeover
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Mister Carroll, Great set tonight. You are welcome in Tacoma any time. Oh, and by the way, sorry about the strippers. Can you spell C-O-K-E ??? Apparently you were right... it is the universal language. Peace, -Goldfinch
Ain't it about time you got your ass down to California? And, hey what gives with Crooked Fingers. I don't think Crooked Fingers is Crooked Fingers without the white wolf!
Go Barton Carroll! Yeehaw! Opening for Martin Short this Saturday at the Pantages in Tacoma. I can't believe it. Brings a tear to my eye. If you haven't been to that theatre before, just think a prettier, more intimate Moore Theatre. Peace. -Aaron
