Carol Young

Infobox musical artist |
Name = Carol Young


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Img_capt=Carol Young in 2007
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Carol Young
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Instrument = Vocals, Bass guitar
Genre = Bluegrass, Country music
Occupation = Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Years_active = 1990s-present
Label = Sugar Hill
Associated_acts = The Greencards
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Carol Young is an Australian musician, and a founding member of the American bluegrass band The Greencards. Young is originally from Coff's Harbour, in New South Wales.cite magazine| last = Davis | first = John T.| title = ROOTS Across Oceans — The Greencards find a home between Oz and the US | publisher = No Depression Magazine #59 | date = September-October 2005 ] Prior to the founding of The Greencards, Young won the Australian Independent Country Artist of the Year award in 2000, and had recorded two #1 Australian-charted country music singles. Early on, Young was a singer in Outback country bands and acts, including Gina Jeffreys.cite news | url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22895964-5013575,00.html | first = Iain | last = Shedden | title = Band beats Americans at own game | date = December 10, 2007 | work = The Australian | accessdate = 2008-06-08] cite news | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7350028/greencards_meet_bob_dylan | title = Greencards Meet Bob Dylan | first = Dan | last = Leroy | date = May 24, 2005 | work = Rolling Stone | accessdate = 2008-06-01] Young was previously nominated as "Best Female Vocalist" by the Country Music Association of Australia, and won the Australian independent country artist of the year award in 2000 due in part to her #1 singles "True Blue Fool" and "Part of the Past".cite web | title=CMT.com: The Greencards biography | publisher=Country Music Television | url =http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/greencards/bio.jhtml | accessdate = 2008-06-14]

Before the band formed, Kym Warner and Young both knew each other, and according to Warner had been drawn to bluegrass and American roots music through an appreciation of George Jones and Merle Haggard.cite news | url = http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,665193587,00.html | title = Greencards drawn to American roots music | first = Scott | last = Iwasaki | date = June 15, 2007 | work = Deseret Morning News | accessdate = 2008-06-01] Warner and Young toured together in Kasey Chambers's band.cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/27/1177459962722.html | first = Bruce | last = Elder | title = Viridian | date = April 28, 2007 | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | accessdate = 2008-06-08] cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/oztrax/stories/s1870606.htm | title = Waiting On The Night | date = April 21, 2007 | work = OzTrax | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate = 2008-06-01] After meeting, Warner and Young made the decision to emigrate to America, to pursue musical careers there. Later, Young and Warner were living together in Sydney, and trying to find work in the moribund Australian bluegrass scene. After leaving Australia, they spent time in West Texas before relocating to Austin.

Young and Warner met the other founding member of The Greencards, Eamon McLoughlin, at a recording session.cite news | url = http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/04/27/go042707greencards.html | title = Bluegrass chart toppers perform at Southgate House | first = Richard O | last = Jones | date = April 27, 2007 | work = The Middletown Journal | accessdate = 2008-06-01] cite news | url = http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,665193587,00.html | title = Greencards drawn to American roots music | first = Scott | last = Iwasaki | date = June 15, 2007 | work = Deseret Morning News | accessdate = 2008-06-01] Warner was producing an album for the recording artist Bill Atkins, and found they needed a fiddle player, which led to the recruitment of McLoughlin.cite news | url = http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/02/24/life/life02.txtl | title = Trio is going places: The Greencards are headed for Club Passim | first = Jay N | last = Miller | date = February 24, 2006 | work = The Patriot Ledger | accessdate = 2008-06-01] Initially the immigrants got to know one another through their mutual love of Monty Python, Benny Hill, and Fawlty Towers.cite news | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7350028/greencards_meet_bob_dylan | title = Greencards Meet Bob Dylan | first = Dan | last = Leroy | date = May 24, 2005 | work = Rolling Stone | accessdate = 2008-06-01] They began to have jam sessions afterwards, and according to Warner, there was evident chemistry between the trio, which led to their writing songs together. They named themselves The Greencards, for the fact that all three band members carried United States green cards.cite web | url = http://georgegraham.com/reviews/greencrd.html | title = The Greencards: Viridian | date = 2007-02-07 | publisher = The Graham Weekly Album Review | first = George | last = Graham | accessdate = 2008-06-01] They eventually began to perform shows locally in Austin to finance the recording of what would become their debut album, 2003's "Movin' On". In the process, they became one of the most popular musical groups in Austin. Representative of an emerging "newgrass" movement, The Greencards' acoustic sound was said to incorporate eclectic influences from Irish traditional, European gypsy, and Latin American sources.cite news | first= | last=BMNN | title=The Greencards Sign With Sugar Hill - New Album Due Spring 2009 | date=2008-09-05 | publisher=Cybergrass | url =http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5291 | accessdate = 2008-09-20] cite news | url = http://www.ireland.com/theticket/articles/2006/0707/1146660098050.html | title = Who the hell are? The Greencards. | first = Kevin | last = Courtney | year=2007 | work = The Irish Times | accessdate = 2008-06-01]

Their first performance together as a band was at the Austin Irish pub, Mother Egan's. Given a noon to 3 pm time slot, they surprisingly began to fill the pub with patrons week after week, with fans there calling them the "Bluegrass Bunch". Several months later, The Greencards began performing an additional three to five times per week in Austin, in addition to their Mother Egan's Sunday show. Warner credited the frantic pace of their performance schedule during their Austin formation for their cohesion as a group and for driving them to create more new original music. During their time performing locally in Austin, they toured with various local Texas musicians, including Robert Earl Keen.

Young's voice was noted for its "dreamy, haunting quality". In a review of "Viridian", Embo Blake of "Hybrid Magazine" noted Carol Young's vocal skill, as she "effortlessly diphthongs cadence" on the track "Waiting On The Night".cite web | url = http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/0507/greencards.shtml | first = Embo | last = Blake | title = The Greencards Viridian | year=2007 | publisher = "Hybrid Magazine" | accessdate = 2008-06-08]

References

External links

* [http://www.thegreencards.com/ Official site, thegreencards.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thegreencards Official MySpace for the Greencards]
* [http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/greencards/artist.jhtml Country Music Television Profile]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/TheGreencards The Greencards collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive