Artist description Carl Edwards is a singer/songwriter who plays guitar, keyboards and bass. He's also proficient on harmonica and violin. His songs are all original and stem from his background in the hills of Southern Illinois.

Music Style Country/Folk/Rockabilly/Blues

Musical Influences Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Albert King

Similar Artists Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Johnny Cash

Artist History Carl began performing in coffee houses in San Diego County in the early 1990's but has been composing and recording his own music for over twenty years.

Group Members Carl Edwards

Instruments Acoustic and electric guitar, bass, violin, keyboards, harmonica

Albums "Carl Edwards," "El Coyote," "The Saving or the Damning Kind," "Sacred Drawl," "It Moves Mountains," "Three Hours from Nowhere," "American Ballads," "Caboodle," "Roadhouse Rattler."

Press Reviews Joe Harley, Independent Music Producer "...Right out of Guthrie, Dylan...so honest and to the core. You really don't hear this sort of thing much these days. And yet it's like an old friend when you do. It reminds me of the first time I heard Mighty Sam McClain. Like a familiar voice from a long time ago that I had missed hearing and didn't know it." Paul Williams, Crawdaddy! "For those who like songs whose words say something, sung by a singer who CARES what they say, Carl Edwards is a refreshing breeze from the past, and even better, from the present. Topical songs for right now." Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine "Carl Edwards is a truly fine folk performer and writer. His brand of straighforward and honest songs and singing are disappearing form this nation to our great loss. He keeps the tradition alive and his new CD should be owned by everyone who cares about the honesty that is fading away in this country." Phil McMullen, Ptolemaic Terrascope, England, Issue #24 "His is a fine voice, charged with the tradition of the familiar roadwalker and railroad-rider of old (the subject matter, indeed, of several of his most memorable songs, 'Nobody Ever Sees His Face" amongst them). An exception is the topical, sympathetic and deeply laudable 'Devil In Dunblane,' a heartfelt tribute to a tragedy already embedded in modern British folk-lore; interesting that it should take an American to get into the psyche of the subject, but Edwards makes a brilliant job of it." Michael Mikesell, The Tracking Angle, Summer 1998, Issue #15 "Carl Edwards' 1996 self-titled work is classic singer-songwriter stuff--quite literally, a man and his guitar (and harmonica). He's a natural, though: his songs--mostly narrative and moral invectives, sometimes both--roll off his tongue and strummed guitar like runoff down a mountain gully. The sound, like the arrangements, is clear and simple. Timbres are open, natural and inviting, especially on Edwards' voice and harmonica. Songs of roaming travelers ('Nobody Ever Sees His Face') and portraits of neighbors ('Cabin on the Lake') sound equally at home alongside societal critiques ('City of Scavengers') and didactic entreats ('Plant the Giving Seed'). Traditional subject matter, perhaps, but Edwards keeps it fresh and honest, ever a clever twist in his back pocket."

Location Oceanside, CA - USA

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