Video #80 of 1000 – Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO. Recorded live at the Rio Theatre on June 19, 2012 in HD (1080p on XA10 in 24fps).
Hayes Carll is an odd mix. Wildly literate, utterly slackerly, impossibly romantic, absolutely a slave to the music, the 35-year old Texan is completely committed to the truth and unafraid to skewer pomposity, hypocrisy and small-minded thinking.

In a world of shallow and shallower, where it’s all groove and gloss, that might seem a hopeless proposition. Last year, “Another Like You,” Carll’s stereotype’s attract duet of polar opposites, was American Songwriter’s #1 Song of 2011 — and KMAG YOYO was the Americana Music Association’s #1 Album, as well as making Best of Lists for Rolling Stone, SPIN and a New York Times Critics Choice…

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The video Hayes was talking about is here: http://youtu.be/X7vlEq8YSaw

Shot by Rod Matheson for EveryDayMusic
Posted with permission of the artist