Biography

Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll, due October 28 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records and produced by label owners Jenni Finlay and Brian T. Atkinson, celebrates a true songwriter's songwriter, a Texas tunesmith who has inspired both younger and older artists for nearly two decades. Carroll simply captures entire lifetimes among stilled snapshots like few others (James McMurtry's “Screen Door,” Hayes Carll's “Girl with the Dirty Hair”).

“I try to find moments that are sublime,” Carroll explains. “They just last a little bit and then you're back to your regular life and strife, but there are just these perfect little moments.” Evidence on the new tribute album: “Black Flag Blues” (Tim Easton and Aaron Lee Tasjan), “Red Bandana Blues” (Terri Hendrix), “South of Town” (Slaid Cleaves), "Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler" (The Band of Heathens), "Hi-Fi Love" (Jamie Lin Wilson), "Lil' Runaway" (Verlon Thompson) and many, many more.

“It's a diverse group united by a shared appreciation of a writer who may be only 42, but is talented beyond his years.” - Rolling Stone