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Vickie Carrico

Ain't nothin but a blues thang...

About Me

NEWS!!!
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But back to Vickie....
Vickie Carrico was born in Louisville Kentucky. After believing for her entire childhood that she would become a nun, Vickie started doing gigs in bars at the age of 14 and has never stopped
Since moving to Nashville some years ago, Carrico has been working not only as a solo artist, but also as a studio singer and as a background vocalist for any number of different acts. Shes lent her voice to albums by a diverse group of artists, from ZZ Top and Don McLean to Lee Greenwood, Dobie Gray and Patty Loveless. Carrico has also toured the world as a background singer with a number of artists. including Dottie West, Sam Moore and Brenda Lee in addition to touring with her own material. Carrico has appeared in music videos with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steve Wariner and Hoyt Axton, and has performed on television shows including Solid Gold, American Magazine, as well as HBO Specials and Public Television's "Rock and Roll Graffiti. Shes sung on jingles for, among others, Ford Trucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Never Been Hurt is Vickie's first full length CD on Cuppa Joe Records ; she wrote about half of the material for the project, while the rest was chosen from among her favorite classic blues and R&B songs. In addition to Carrico, who sang lead and background vocals, the musicians who played on Never Been Hurt include Carolyn Martin, Etta Britt and Craig Morris (background vocals), Dave Martin (bass and percussion) and Tommy Wells and John Gardner sharing the drum duties. Don Carr and Jack Pearson played guitars, and Bob Patin, Catherine Styron-Marx, Murph Wanka and Rodger Morris played piano, organ and Electric pianos. Jim Hoke played harmonica and saxes, and led the horn section, a group that also included Steve Herrman and Billy Huber (playing trumpet and trombone, respectively).
Vickie Carrico lives in Nashville with her husband, Bob Reeves, and two cats named Bela and Boris.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/27/2006
Band Website: cuppajoerecords.com
Band Members: The studio musicians for Vickie's latest CD includes:
Dave Martin - Bass
Don Carr - Guitars
Jack Pearson - Guitars
Tommy Wells - Drums
John Gardner - Drums
Catherine Styron-Marx - Organ and Electric Piano
Bob Patin - Organ and Electric Piano
Murph Wanka - Organ and Electric Piano
Rodger Morris - Piano and Electric Piano
Jim Hoke - Saxes and harmonica
Steve Herrman - Trumpet
Billy Huber - Trombone
Carolyn Martin - Background vocals
Etta Britt - Background vocals
Craig Morris - Background vocals
Influences: Everyone from Etta James to Mother's Finest.
Sounds Like: Vickie Carrico, plus a taste of the classic Stax and Muscle Shoals recordings of the late 60's and early 70's
Record Label: Cuppa Joe Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Just sendin’ some love.......

Hi everyone.....sorry I haven't been blogging lately, but it seems I'm always on the run and then I look back and think exactly what have I accomplished??!?! Well, it occurred to me today as I was cat...
Posted by Vickie Carrico on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:40:00 PST

New CD

Hi everyone.....wow, finally, my new cd, "Never Been Hurt" produced by David Martin, is ready and available!!! I am so excited!! Since it is an indy record, we'll mainly be selling it at shows, but as...
Posted by Vickie Carrico on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:52:00 PST