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Black Carl

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When you first hear the funk-soul band, it's no wonder the members are influenced by R&B greats such as Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. But the members of the Tempe group don't exactly look like their influences.
"The first time I played some of the recordings we had done that (vocalist) Emma (Pew) sang on to people who didn't know who she was, their first question was, 'What does she look like?'" says guitarist John Krause. "I think it's a common surprise that it's a bunch of goofy white kids."
The band, made up of longtime friends, has been creating catchy tunes since 2007. Krause, who has played in other bands, decided to form a new one influenced by the '60s soul he'd grown to love. He invited drummer Chad Leonard and Pew over to hear some tracks and Black Carl was born.
Guitarist Matt Noakes and bassist Ian Woodward later joined, and they released a self-titled EP in 2008 and a full-length album, "Borrowed," in January.
-Nicki Escudero
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Music:

Member Since: 30/01/2007
Band Members: John Krause--drums, guitar, vox, all kinds of randomness.
Ian Woodward--bass, guitar, and general suaveness.
Chad Leonard--beatbox, drums, guitar, and sexiness.
Matthew Noakes-dirty tambo, guitars, general hipness.
The beautiful Emma Pew--Vox, ivories, goodies, and you wish you had her "ness."

For Booking: [email protected]

Influences: Stax, Motown, Otis Redding, James Brown, The Meters, TV on the Radio, Stevie Wonder (even though we already said Motown), Aretha, and sure, the Beatles.
Sounds Like:
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Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Stop the presses! Wait...turn em back on!

Hello everybody! [Hi Black Carl!]It is so good that everybody is here. Please check out the press we've had this month:http://yabyummusic.com/bands/blackcarl.htmlhttp://phoe nix.metromix.com/music/band...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:34:00 GMT

You betta prep yo self

Listen...do you hear that? You're right, you don't. It's the new Black Carl full-length album and it's coming out soon soon soon! Be prepared to download the first track off the album entitled "Huss...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:18:00 GMT

Clubhouse show with The Stiletto Formal Announced

We have just announced that we will be playing with The Stiletto Formal on Friday, July 25th at the Clubhouse in Tempe. Kinch, Dust Jacket and DJ The Skinny are also playing. You can get info at Psyko...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:32:00 GMT

Flying Blanket!

no one likes a wet blanket, but everyone loves a flying blanket! records, that is. for the next ten days black carl will be doin' the analog get down with furious forties fat cat, bob hoag, in the lan...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMT

sometimes BC feels like tha shit

So Black Carl has not blogged in awhile because Black Carl has not felt the need to blog. Well blog damnit, it's time to blog. It's been good and it's been really good. Black Carl just booked studio t...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:26:00 GMT

Carl has a fever--and the only prescription is brass, brass, BRASS!

Carl awoke in the middle of a dead slumber feeling lonely, not alone, but quite simply, not complete. Then Carl heard the melodic eargasms of Miles Davis, The Budos Band, and The Dap Kings and knew im...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:14:00 GMT

The Emporers New Clothes

So. The forecast says that Carl's coolness has reached sub-zero temperatures and it is imperative that he be presented with threads of a warm and funky nature to shield him from the brutality of the e...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:21:00 GMT

Carl’s EP gon’ drop soon and it gon’ be nasty!

For those of you who have lost any sleep over it, Black Carl's long-awaited five-song EP is polished, illustrated, and off to press! Carl anticipates their arrival on the 10th of November, release sho...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:36:00 GMT

WAVELAB!

because the last three days of recording has rendered black carl devoid of any imagination or wit whatsoever, this shall be brief... but not like the "pelican brief"... which was, ironically enough, n...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:40:00 GMT

We're busy with brand new mellow eargasms

We recorded some of our songs at a practice; we like not really ok we sometimes like taco bell. enjoy lush and see you when you ready.
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:47:00 GMT