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About Me


Cary Baker's conqueroo is a 100% music-driven publicity company in Los Angeles. We are legendarily selective about the artists we represent. When we surround ourselves with music that inspires us, great things have a way of happening. Our office opens on most days at 6:30 a.m. PT as it's important to us to work in real time with the East Coast media. Plus we love our job. Savor our delicious artist roster below and you'll understand why!

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Anne McCue: her decor matches ours
Among our current and "recurrent" projects are: Arthur Alexander, Steve Barton, Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys, Caitlin Cary, Collectors' Choice Music, Robert Cray, Marshall Crenshaw, The dB's, Thomas Dolby, Johnny Dowd, Tom Freund, Tony Furtado, The Hacienda Brothers, Wayne Hancock, Bill Kirchen, Jake La Botz, Eleni Mandell, Anne McCue, James McMurtry, David Olney, Dan Penn, Ed Pettersen (producer, Song of America), Steve Poltz, Ponderosa Stomp, Vernon Reid, Stan Ridgway, Arlen Roth, Billy Joe Shaver, Michelle Shocked, Shout! Factory (John Lee Hooker box, Vee-Jay Records box), Chris Smither, Chris Stamey, Stax Records 50th Anniversary (Concord Music), Chris Stills, Chip Taylor, Pam Tillis, Tres Chicas, Uncle Monk (featuring Tommy Ramone), Randy Weeks, Katharine Whalen, Willard Grant Conspiracy and Adrienne Young.

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Attention big boss men (and women): Vee-Jay Records: The Definitive Collection on Shout! Factory pleases with lots of Jimmy Reed (pictured), John Lee Hooker, Staple Singers, Little Richard, The Dells, Jerry Butler, J.B. Lenoir and more...three discs in all, plus extensive notes and copious packaging. Time to boogie, chillen!
Stax Records: we'll take you there!
Concord Music has reactivated the classic Stax label and will launch both an extensive reissue program and an active roster of newly signed soul artists. conqueroo is psyched to be chosen the official p.r. firm of Stax's 50th Anniversary! More info by clicking here .
Stax summit at SXSW: Steve Cropper, Deanie Parker (Soulsville Foundation), William Bell & Eddie Floyd knock on wood

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Tattoo you, conqueroo:
Jake La Botz teaches us a thing or two about getting ink.
Star & stripes: Check our blog for news of Eleni Mandell's U.S. fall tour
James McMurtry, Esq.: Esquire magazine names him "Biggest Agitator" in its annual Esky Awards.
High lonesome: Arthur Alexander was the only songwriter to be covered by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. Hacktone Records issues, Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter, a definitive collection of the second half of his career, due out on September 25.
Hey! Ho! Let's Dobro!: Tommy Ramone brings it downhome with Uncle Monk, his new bluegrass blitzkrieg.
Be sure to check our "real" web site: www.conqueroo.com for more info on our artists and the company itself.
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My Interests

Cary speaking here: Interests include yoga (vinyassa, flow, anusara), health and fitness, progressive politics, collecting 45 and 78 RPM records, midcentury modern architecture, contemporary art, the big city, the desert, the South, juke joints and the chitlin circuit (including the cool posters, black cat bones, mojos too, and John the Conqueroos), indie films, and all the music below...

I'd like to meet:

To all who work in this business we call music, please come in and make yourself at home. Just be sure to wipe your feet.

(But if you're going to leave a comment, just please make sure it's at least as much about US as it is about you...and no gaudy HTML banners, okay?)

Music:

Heroes: Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams Sr./III, Cheap Trick, Magic Sam, Miles Davis, Jonathan Richman, Ray Davies/The Kinks, PJ Harvey, Bobby Fuller, Bob Marley, Dan Hicks, Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music, Nirvana, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pere Ubu, Jim White, NRBQ, Blind Arvella Gray, Arthur Lee/Love, Al Green, The Byrds, Billy Joe Shaver, Curtis Mayfield, Loudon Wainwright III, New York Dolls, Solomon Burke, Dave Alvin, Marshall Crenshaw, R.E.M. (the I.R.S. years), the dB's/Sneakers, R.L. Burnside, Alejandro Escovedo, Howlin' Wolf, Wilco, Johnny Cash, Shoes, James McMurtry, Sun Ra, Jim Lauderdale, Big Star, Steve Earle, Booker T & the MGs, The Shins, Leonard Cohen, Robert Johnson, MC5, Randy Newman, Lowell Fulson, Rodney Crowell, X/John Doe, Otis Rush, Neil Young, Charlie Rich, Lou Reed, Cat Power, Townes Van Zandt, Otis Redding, Tom Waits, Son House, The Fleshtones, Little Milton, Frank Zappa, The White Stripes, Bobby Rush, The Bangles, Isaac Hayes, Son Volt, Daniel Johnston, Sarah Borges, Thee Midniters, Jimmy Reed, Thelonious Monk, The Strokes, Dandy Warhols, Amos Milburn, New Colony Six, A Band of Bees, Television, Bobby Womack, Big Bill Broonzy, Paula Frazer, English Beat, Lou Reed, ELO/The Move, Esquerita, Delbert McClinton, Elmore James, The Monkees, T-Bone Walker, Zero 7, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Sloane, Lightnin'; Hopkins, Michelle Shocked, Ric Menck, Moby, Leroy Carr, the Allman Brothers, Charley Patton, Dave Alvin, Amy Winehouse, Steve Goodman, Aerosmith, Hasil Adkins, The Ramones, The Move/ELO, William Bell, Robbie Fulks, Bud Powell, Allen Toussaint, Dan Penn, Matthew Sweet, Peter Case/The Nerves, James Jamerson, The Beastie Boys, Nick Lowe, Syl Johnson, Steve Wynn, Roy Head, Junior Wells, Guyville-era Liz Phair, Wazmo Nariz, the Del-Vetts, everybody on 'Nuggets,' and most anything on the Chess, Vee-Jay, Bea & Baby, Cobra, Sun, Sundazed, Stax, Excello, Dunwich, Bomp, I.R.S., Slash or Norton labels.

Movies:

Music-related films that struck an autobiographical and/or otherwise emotional chord: "High Fidelity," "Almost Famous", "Ghost World," "This Is Spinal Tap," "Deep Blues," "Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus." Also: "The Slipping Down Life," "Mystery Train," "New York Doll," "The Mayor of Sunset Strip" and "Devil and Daniel Johnston" (now on DVD -- rent this!)

Television:

"Real Time with Bill Maher," "The Daily Show," "Colbert Report," "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Flight of the Conchords" almost anything on HGTV.

Books:

At work on two of them now.

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Heroes:


My hero: Blind Arvella Gray on Maxwell Street, Chicago, circa 1970.

My Blog

conqueroo at Americana Music Festival & Conference

--at the Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville: Oct. 31  Nov. 3 ! --Hacienda BrothersNominated for "Best Group" in the Americana Honors & Awards!Performing at the Americana opening party...
Posted by conqueroo on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:38:00 PST

NEWS: New music from Steve Poltz, the man who’s written with both Jewel AND Mojo Nixon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 26, 2007 THE WAYFARING STEVE POLTZ RECOUNTS HIS JOURNEYS ON FORTHCOMING ALBUM TRAVELING On his new CD, due out January 22, 2008, the singer/songwriter spins road miles i...
Posted by conqueroo on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:06:00 PST

NEWS: New John Sayles movie "Honeydripper" features blues of the Deep South

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 26, 2007 NEW JOHN SAYLES MOVIE "HONEYDRIPPER," OPENING DECEMBER 28, FOCUSES ON BLUES OF THE DEEP SOUTH Stars include Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton, ...
Posted by conqueroo on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:02:00 PST

NEWS: Fantasy Records honors 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsbergs "Howl"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 23, 2007 FANTASY RECORDS HONORS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY THE COURT RULING DECLARING ALLEN GINSBERG'S "HOWL" NOT OBSCENE 1993's 'Howls, Raps & Roars' box and the 1998 reissu...
Posted by conqueroo on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:38:00 PST

NEWS: Peter Holsapple & Chris Stameys classic duo album is reissued

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 22, 2007 PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY'S MAVERICKS ALBUM REISSUED ON COLLECTORS' CHOICE MUSIC WITH BONUS TRACKS Critically hailed 1991 album paired two key members of t...
Posted by conqueroo on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:34:00 PST

NEWS: 1962 Staple Singers album gets a new life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 8, 2007 THE STAPLE SINGERS' 1962 CHRISTMAS ALBUM, THE 25th DAY OF DECEMBER, REISSUED ON RIVERSIDE RECORDS VIA CONCORD MUSIC GROUP Long lost album featuring traditional sp...
Posted by conqueroo on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:37:00 PST

NEWS: Chambers Brothers’ time has come today (again)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober1, 2007 CHAMBERS BROTHERS' TIME HAS COME TODAY ONCE AGAIN Four early blues/soul/roots albums by the Chambers Brothers from the Vault label are reissued on Collectors' Cho...
Posted by conqueroo on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:51:00 PST

NEWS: Chris Stills’ new album

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 26, 2007 CHRIS STILLS' ALBUM RECEIVES A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED U.S. ALBUM RELEASE After causing a stir in Europe, the self-titled CD was delayed when its American label shu...
Posted by conqueroo on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:40:00 PST

NEWS: Pam Tillis preparing for Christmas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 25, 2007 PAM TILLIS' FIRST HOLIDAY ALBUM, JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, BLENDS MISTLETOE, TORCH AND TWANG On heels of critically hailed Rhinestoned album, Christmas disc ...
Posted by conqueroo on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:59:00 PST

NEWS: The too-brief collaboration of Gene Clark (Byrds) and Carla Thomas (Textones)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 25, 2007 THE MUSICAL UNION OF GENE CLARK (THE BYRDS) AND CARLA OLSON (TEXTONES) CHRONICLED ON COLLECTORS' CHOICE TWO-FER CD Two CD set, due October 30, includes previou...
Posted by conqueroo on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:23:00 PST