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Artist:Carrie and the Cut Snakes

Genres:
  • Rock
  • Roots
Brisbane, QLD

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Track: Scrubby Mountain by Carrie and the Cut Snakes
Track: Scrubby MountainGenres:
  • Roots
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    Track: Dale Watson and his Lonestars by Carrie and the Cut Snakes
    Track: Dale Watson and his LonestarsGenres:
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    • Roots
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      About

      Raised on a cattle farm at Scrubby Mountain in Queensland, Australia, singer/songwriter/guitarist Carrie Henschell decided early to set herself apart from other female singer/songwriters. She put down the acoustic guitar, picked up an electric, fronted a band, and has never looked back. Starting Carrie and the Cut Snakes in 2010, the name inspired by the country colloquialism “mad as a cut snake”, meaning basically bat shit crazy. Shortly after cutting a self-titled album, Henschell could no longer ignore the Live Music Capital of the World’s siren’s call, packed up and moved to Austin, Texas in July 2013. Her moxie in high gear, she enlisted herself a pedigreed, brand spankin’ new band within her first month in Austin: upright bass player Shaun Dickerson (Blow Fly); drummer Patrick Herzfeld (Emily Bell, Mother Teresa, Ashley Monical); banjo player and guitarist Tim Ziegler (Supernova, The Fence Sitters) and guitarist Jared Blair (Blynd Birds). The band quickly won over local ...

      Members

      Carrie Henschell – Vocalist & Guitarist Chris Beavis – Guitarist Jeremy Klysz - Bass Phil Vaughan – Drums

      Sounds Like

      Gillian Welch, Bright Eyes, Credence Clearwater Revival

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