Fact Sheet
CAROL McCOMB
Musical Style/Genre: Carol’s music is at ease in a range of music that covers gentle love songs, classic country and bluegrass, swing and bluesy country, and difficult subjects like growing old, child abuse, Alzheimer’s disease, and homelessness.
Background: A songwriter’s songwriter, Carol's songs have been recorded by Bill Staines, Laurie Lewis, the Good Ol' Persons and Grammy winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, among others. At age 19, Carol signed with Elektra Records and toured with Mimi Farina. She has shared stages with James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
Key Points of Interest: Carol’s latest CD, Little Bit of Heaven, features performances by Nashville session player Keith Little, Bluegrass divas Laurie Lewis and Carol Elizabeth Jones, Celtic guitar virtuoso William Coulter, and mandolin great John Reischman, among others.
Discography:
Little Bit of Heaven, Hazelwood Records 2000
Folk Music at Newport, Part 1 Vanguard Records 1995
Tears Into Laughter, Kaleidoscope Records 1990
Love Can Take You Home Again, Bay Records 1975
Kathy and Carol, Elektra 1965
Gryphon Quintet Live, Mayfield Records 1987
Undecided (Gryphon Quintet), Mayfield Records 1985
They All Laughed (Gryphon Quintet), Mayfield Records 1983
Bibliography: Country and Blues Guitar for the Musically Hopeless, Klutz Press 1988.
Carol's book has sold more than 100,000 copies.
Film Scores: Carol has scored two award-winning documentary films
Quilts in Women’s Lives and Moonchild.
Instruction: Carol has taught guitar, harmony singing, voice and songwriting to thousands of people in her workshop series in Palo Alto, California, as well as at numerous summer music camps.
email Carol
Musical Style/Genre: Carol’s music is at ease in a range of music that covers gentle love songs, classic country and bluegrass, swing and bluesy country, and difficult subjects like growing old, child abuse, Alzheimer’s disease, and homelessness.
Background: A songwriter’s songwriter, Carol's songs have been recorded by Bill Staines, Laurie Lewis, the Good Ol' Persons and Grammy winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, among others. At age 19, Carol signed with Elektra Records and toured with Mimi Farina. She has shared stages with James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
Key Points of Interest: Carol’s latest CD, Little Bit of Heaven, features performances by Nashville session player Keith Little, Bluegrass divas Laurie Lewis and Carol Elizabeth Jones, Celtic guitar virtuoso William Coulter, and mandolin great John Reischman, among others.
Discography:
Little Bit of Heaven, Hazelwood Records 2000
Folk Music at Newport, Part 1 Vanguard Records 1995
Tears Into Laughter, Kaleidoscope Records 1990
Love Can Take You Home Again, Bay Records 1975
Kathy and Carol, Elektra 1965
Gryphon Quintet Live, Mayfield Records 1987
Undecided (Gryphon Quintet), Mayfield Records 1985
They All Laughed (Gryphon Quintet), Mayfield Records 1983
Bibliography: Country and Blues Guitar for the Musically Hopeless, Klutz Press 1988.
Carol's book has sold more than 100,000 copies.
Film Scores: Carol has scored two award-winning documentary films
Quilts in Women’s Lives and Moonchild.
Instruction: Carol has taught guitar, harmony singing, voice and songwriting to thousands of people in her workshop series in Palo Alto, California, as well as at numerous summer music camps.
email Carol