CAROLYN WONDERLAND * TEMPTING FATE *
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“Carolyn Wonderland is a fiery blues rocker with incendiary guitar shops and raw, powerful vocals." —NPR Music
"Mighty and joyous rock-injected blues...luxurious vocals and fine guitar work. Her voice is as muscular as her name is evocative.” —Austin Chronicle
“Carolyn Wonderland is the real deal. She’s an amazing guitar player. And damn, can she sing.” –Los Angeles Times
“Hey, have you heard Carolyn Wonderland? She’s something else. She should be nationwide.” –Bob Dylan, talking to Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson
Award-winning Texas guitar slinger, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Wonderland will release her Alligator debut, TEMPTING FATE, on Friday, October 8. The album, her 11th, was produced by famed master roots musician Dave Alvin, and features Wonderland's signature, blistering six-string and lap steel playing, her intense vocals and her original songs melding blues, rock and Americana.
Carolyn Wonderland spent the last three years as lead guitarist in blues legend John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, and has now joined the Alligator Records family as the first female guitar hero in the label’s storied 50-year history. But that's not all. Her spine-chilling, soul-deep singing matches her guitar prowess note for note. And she has a knack for writing songs that sound like instant classics.
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Ex-lead guitarist in John Mayall’s Blues Breakers with an exuberant and astonishing collection of songs, deeply rooted, yet fired by a rocker’s sensibility. The tracks pit brilliant originals with revelatory versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, John Mayall and Billy Joe Shaver, with sparks flying from Wonderland’s guitar and the undeniable soul in her voice. "With incendiary guitar chops and raw, powerful vocals, fiery Texas blues rocker Carolyn Wonderland draws instant comparisons to fellow Texans Stevie Ray Vaughan and Janis Joplin." —NPR Music
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LINER NOTES
Carolyn Wonderland: Vocals, Lead Guitar, Lap Steel on Fragile Peace And Certain War, Whistling on On My Feet Again
Bobby Perkins: Bass
Kevin Lance: Drums, Background Vocals on Honey Bee
With
Dave Alvin: Rhythm Guitar on Crack in The Wall, Fragile Peace And Certain War, Second Lead Guitar on Loser
Red Young: Organ on Broken Hearted Blues, The Laws Must Change and Fortunate Few, Piano on On My Feet Again
Marcia Ball: Piano on Texas Girl And Her Boots
Cindy Cashdollar: Lap Steel on Crack In The Wall and It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Shelley King: Background Vocals on Texas Girl And Her Boots, Honey Bee and Loser
Jan Flemming: Accordion on Crack In The Wall and Honey Bee
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Vocals on It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Produced by Dave Alvin
Recorded by Stuart Sullivan and Carter Greeves and mixed by Stuart Sullivan at Wire Recording Studio, Austin, TX. Drew Potter, Assistant Engineer
Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL
Photos by Ismael Quintanilla
Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec
Dave Alvin appears courtesy of Yep Roc Records
Carolyn Wonderland is booked by Intrepid Artists International
staff@intrepidartists.com
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