Winner of the 2006 Just Plain Folks Novelty Song of the Year Award, Professional Smart Aleck Carla Ulbrich has been compared to the likes of Weird Al, Chet Atkins and a bologna sandwich.
A better guitar player than most bologna sandwiches, she has released 5 CDs: Her Fabulous Debut (1999), Professional Smart Aleck (2003) Sick Humor (2004), Leftovers (rare tracks collection, 2009) and Live From Outer Space (2009, recorded live at XM Radio Performance theater).
Her songs cover such socially relevant topics as dating for food, the Guinness Book of Records, The F word, Wedgies, and a duet with a Klingon. Her song about the F word was featured in the documentary "F**K" (released Nov. 2006 by Thinkfilm www.fourletterfilm.com).
In 2002, Carla suffered two strokes and kidney failure. Undeterred, she re-learned the guitar from scratch that year, spending her many hours in doctors' waiting rooms penning funny parodies about her malady and the absurdity of the health care system. The result was her third CD, "Sick Humor" release in late 2004. The song "What If Your Butt Was Gone," a parody of one of Carla's own songs, won the JPF award and is included on Dr. Demento's 2005 Basement Tapes compilation. Carla is also currently writing a collection of essays on this topic entitled "How Can you Not Laugh at a Time Like This?," to be released in the Spring of 2010.
Carla has taught guitar at several colleges, Hummingbird Music Camp, several guitar shops, and the National Guitar Workshop. She tours all over the US (mostly East Coast, but often beyond) and, recently, England, appearing at various folk venues such as The Bluebird Cafe and Eddie's Attic, festivals including Kerrville and Falcon Ridge, concert series, art centers, medical and health care conventions, colleges, numerous radio stations, as well as USA's Up All Night, PAX TV, Sirius XM Satellite, various NPR stations, and the BBC.
She has shared the bill with such luminaries as Cheryl Wheeler and Twiggy the Water Skiing Squirrel. Carla Ulbrich is President of the Difficult Last Name Club, likes hummus and gluten-free bread, and plays way too much Boggle.
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Thanks for the Friendship Add!! Much appreciated. Check out our
music. It's mostly me and my sons and what we do for fun and
entertainment. I also have a personal page (myspace.com/stevenrshields) and a page for my recording studio(myspace.com/studiosixsteve).
Thanks again, Steve
thanks for adding me as a friend i love your music sounds grant keep up the grate work glad that you or my friend like to meet new friend so keep in touch and have a wongerfull week god bless
Thank you so much Carla for honoring us with your precious friendship.... We hope that you are having a wonderful evening and that the adventures of your Life feel like a ride on the mystery train of Pure Joy.....Thanks again......
Hi Carla! Hope all is going fun and well with your music, shows, and home life in NJ. Anyway....I thought you might get a mild kick out of this: A FB friend had it on her page......It's a "Youtube" video I'm referring to, called "Pachelbel Rant." The Youtube description says: "A comedian rants about how much it sucks to play Pachelbel's Canon in D on a cello. Recorded live at Penn State, this piece by comedian/musician Rob Paravonian has been a favorite on the Dr. Demento Show." (So, you've both been on the Dr. Demento show, I believe!:-)
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C E-flat and G walk into a bar. The bartendersays, "we dont serve minors." So, E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, " Excuse me. I'll just be a SECOND." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. The bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the 7th minor I've found in here tonight." E-flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit. The bartender says,"you're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off all his clothes, and is au natural. Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility.
Thanks for the (beep) add Carla! Great songs - really cheered me up listening to them and watching your videos. Keep 'em coming! Much love for 2009, Bill
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Hey Carla...how's it going? Haven't talked to you in a while. I just had a friend say to me "I just heard a song on the radio by someone named Carla Ulbrich saying What If Your Butt was gone..." He thought it sounded like something I'd write....nice compliment for me. take care...
