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 3 CDs: Her Fabulous Debut (1999), Professional Smart Aleck (2003) and Sick Humor (2004). She's currently at work on her 4th CD, "Leftovers."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. 10, 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 has taught guitar at several colleges, Hummingbird Music Camp, 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 Satellite, various NPR stations, the BBC and XM radio.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 cheese, and plays way too much Boggle... Social Bookmarking ..
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