Carlene Carter Fan Club: Press

Just about every newspaper and magazine has reflected on 2011; I did that too by concentrating on the good times, most of which involved musical performances. Carlene Carter got the year off to a great start with her show at The Smith. The one-time wild child is the daughter of country greats June Carter and Carl Smith.

A great example of his finger-pickin' lyricism? Take a listen to Carlene Carter's 1991 country hit, "I Fell In Love." It sounds like five guys are playing the solo. "That song was particularly enjoyable for me to play on," said Lee. "It showcased me nicely and I really like the solo I played. Something about the way I finger-pick works well with that sort of groove. And I even got to be in the video." The smiling, elfin dude, with the curly, silver-colored candy-floss hair? That's Lee. There's just one geeky, guitar-oriented detail he'd like you to know. "What I'm holding in the video is a Gold Top Gibson. I used my Fender Telecaster to play the actual solo. But the Gibson looked so cool, had such a '50s-vibe, that it suited the retro look in the video."

Beneath the layers of cosmetics and confections, there is a gifted songwriter who knows how to reach her fans. One of those is Howard Iceberg, a longtime member of the local songwriters scene... "Within the context of what she (Taylor Swift) is trying to do, I think she does it well," Iceberg said... "I am a sucker for anyone who synthesizes rock and country well, which I think she does. In that regard, I put her music on a par with Carlene Carter and Steve Earle."

...Carlene Carter, daughter of June Carter and 1950s country icon Carl Smith, has forged an impressive musical career of her own, recording with late Tom Petty bassist Howie Epstein, marrying UK singer-songwriter Nick Lowe and nabbing a Grammy nomination for her song “I Fell in Love.” Carlene’s released numerous albums alternating between Americana rock records and traditional country; her latest was 2008’s Stronger.

"I've loved her since I Fell In Love [Carter's 1990 album, which yielded the country hit title track single], and a couple years ago I thought it would be so much fun to do a tribute to her in Nashville," says Lang. "So I got a bunch of musician friends together and booked a club -- and it got the attention of Carlene's fan club president, who told Carlene..."

The daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith, Carlene Carter has followed in her mother’s footsteps, releasing twelve albums to date including two that are ranked Gold in Canada – I Fell in Love and Little Love Letters; and scoring hits with more than twenty singles including “Every Little Thing,” “I Fell in Love,” and “Come on Back.”

Carlene Carter's show last night at Joe's Pub underscored one of the great redemption stories in the history of country music. "I know in my life I've done a lot of things," she conceded early on, alluding to the "crooked path" of a legendary life and career full of equal parts success and tragedy...

The night was filled with highlights, including a show-and-tell segment where she pulled out a red miniskirt she used to comfortably fit into -- she joked that when she used to tour regularly, she only needed a suitcase the size of a makeup trunk because her clothes were so small!) -- as well as the famed see-through plastic mini she wore at the Bottom Line the night she uttered the immortal...

A third-generation member of the first family of country, Carlene Carter belongs to musical royalty. As the granddaughter of Maybelle Carter, daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, and step-daughter of Johnny Cash, Carlene has, for more than 30 years, forged the same type of trailblazing music as her forebears. She merged country and rock ‘n' roll - beginning with ex-hubby Nick Lowe - more than a decade before such blending became trendy in Nashville. Since her debut album in 1978, Carlene has not only kept the family tradition alive, but taken it in creative and rebellious directions.

Carlene Carter has some cool New York stories. The singer/songwriter daughter of late country legends June Carter and Carl Smith says her mother told her that when she was an infant, none other than "Elvis used to push me around Central Park in a baby carriage." She admits with a laugh, that "mama could stretch the truth," but says she's "pretty sure" the tale is true...

Most folks whose biographies read like Carlene Carter’s aren’t around to enjoy their talent in later life...

Tickets to Carlene Carter are sold out. The country star, daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash, is playing at Festival Place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m...

Carlene Carter's upcoming show at Joe's Pub kicks off what the country music heiress/diva hopes will be a big year...

As one of the Carter girls, Carlene was kicking and screaming alt-country/Americana before you could crawl. She’s worked the room as a rock chick too...

Country comrades Carlene Carter and Tammy Faye Starlite will be appearing at Joe's Pub on Wednesday, January 26th for an evening of classic country...

Carlene Carter and Tammy Faye Starlite will be appearing at Joe's Pub in New York City on Wednesday, January 26th for a very special evening of classic country, mixed with performance art and an examination of the roots of the Appalachian art form...

"We'd have this thing where you'd sing for your supper," she explains. "You'd pass the guitar and play a song, or tell a story, tell a joke. It was really fun, because all these incredible people would be there. One time, Paul McCartney sat down at my tick-tack piano and played 'Lady Madonna', and I went, 'holy shit!' How do I follow that?"

Carlene Carter is one of the most underrated hillbilly lady singers of all time. Her L.A. appearances are almost as rare as world peace, so here's your chance to catch her live and donate a few bucks to your fellow human beings...

ROYALTY, musical or otherwise, does not come much more down to earth than Carlene Carter...

With country great Johnny Cash for a stepfather and June Carter Cash as her mother, Carlene Carter embodies a tradition that a large crowd turned out to honour on Thursday...

The Thunderbolt is already busting at the seams when Carlene Carter takes the stage, but her personality fills every last corner the room. "And I am on rare form tonight," she warns with a campfire crackle before launching into a 90-minute set of her maverick C&W. With just her own guitar and pianoman Mike Emerson as accompaniment, she grabs the evening by the scruff of the neck. Her setlist is a positive roadmap to country music over the last few decades...

Walk The Line told the story of Johnny Cash and his tempestuous love affair with the woman who was to become his wife - singer/songwriter June Carter. One person who watched at close quarters the courtship between Cash and Carter was June’s daughter (from her marriage to singer Carl Smith) Carlene Carter...

The gifted singer-songwriter has had a tough row to hoe over the last decade, kicking drug addiction and enduring the deaths of several loved ones, including both her parents - country legends June Carter Cash and Carl Smith. But in 2008 she rebounded with the appropriately titled “Stronger,’’ and it’s encouraging to see, with this gig in Fall River, she’s still going.

There's no denying that country music veteran Carlene Carter comes from an impressive lineage...

When my folks brought me to the Grand Ole Opry for the first time in 1954, there was no hotter country singer on the planet than Carl Smith. That fall, he would have his fifth #1 record in the Billboard charts, “Loose Talk.” He was already well-known for such classics as “I Overlooked An Orchid,” “Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way,” “Don’t Just Stand There,” “Hey Joe,” and others...