Glen Carroll

Glen Carroll
Genres Classic rock
Instruments Vocalist, Guitar, Drums
Years active 1989-present
Associated acts Sticky Fingers

Glen Carroll is an American music artist and lead vocalist in the Rolling Stones tribute band, Sticky Fingers. In addition to being profiled in author Steven Kurutz's band biography, Like a Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band, Carroll wrote and a recorded a "Top10 Album" in 2012,[1] and won the 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Rock / Americana Song for ‘The Good Times’.[2]

Career

Glen Carroll formed Sticky Fingers in 1989 after serving in the U.S. military as a pilot.[3] At first, Carroll performed as the band’s drummer. However, after the band went through several vocalists a month, Carroll became the band's vocalist.[4] For the next 25 years, Carroll lead the band as singer and business manager who, in a 1994 Entertainment Weekly article, reported making $10,000 on a good night.[5][6] As lead vocalist, the Los Angeles Times described Caroll as "slim, shaggy-haired," and compared him to "Mick Jagger circa the Stones’ 1981 Tattoo You US Tour."[7]

In July 2001, Carroll performed in Petaluma, California for self-described world's biggest Rolling Stones fan Gary Malfatti for Malfatti 50th birthday.[8] In a June 2003 interview, Carroll indicated that he performs before 500 to 50,000 people.[9] In commenting on how he and his band mates chose a set list, Carroll noted, "We have four or five different shows. For this weekend, we'll do our "Disney set" because it's a family show. It ensures we play the No. 1 hits, because it's what people know and like."[9] He later explained his reasoning for performing in a tribute band, noting "I bring joy to people who otherwise couldn't afford to see the Stones."[10] At the time of the June interview, Carroll was working on a CD that included a traditional blues song called "Heaven's in New York" as a tribute to Beetles John Lennon and George Harrison.[9]


In June 2007, when Carroll was in his mid-40s and attending law school, Washington Post newspaper writer J. Freedom du Lac describe Carroll as follows:

"Carroll is an interesting case study among rock-and-roll tribute actors. Never mind that he looks the part (right down the pouty lips and handsome wrinkles), or that he moves and sings like Jagger, nailing the singer's preeny poses and transatlantic bray. It's that he seems to be living somebody else's rock-and-roll lifestyle. He guzzles beer and smokes where no smoking is allowed and hits on just about every woman he encounters. He also talks himself up as a man of wealth and taste."[10]

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In 2008, author Steven Kurutz published Like a Rolling Stone. Carroll was a central focus of the book and, at the time of publication, he had toured every year for 18 years.[11][12] In 2013, the band released an album of their own music, called "Like a Rolling Stone." Carroll wrote the songs, and all the musicians on the album had performed or recorded with The Rolling Stones.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Top 10 Album of 2013 according to the Aquarian weekly writers
  2. ↑ Glen Carroll won Akademia Music Award For Best Rock in December 2015
  3. ↑ Emms, John. "Sticky Fingers to rock Kayak Festival." Timmins Press. Aug. 19, 2013
  4. 1 2 Selzer, Hal B. "Local Noise: Sticky Fingers." The Aquarian. May 1, 2013
  5. ↑ "Kirkus Review: Like a Rolling Stone." June 24, 2010
  6. ↑ "A Rolling Stones Tribute Band." Entertainment Weekly. July 22, 1994
  7. ↑ Epstein, Dan. "Sympathy for the Doubles." The LA Times. April 19, 2008
  8. ↑ Joel Selvin (July 16, 2001), "Fanatics Stones Devotee Invites Tour Faithful To A Party In Petaluma", San Francisco Chronicle, p. E1, retrieved December 29, 2015
  9. 1 2 3 Lindsay Scarborough (June 20, 2003), "Interview with vocalist Glen Carroll re Bands To Enjoy Fakin' It At Marina", The Press of Atlantic City, p. 21
  10. 1 2 J. Freedom du Lac (June 25, 2007), "Anyone Hear an Echo? Fakefest, Where the Pretenders (Not the Real Ones) Come to Rock", The Washington Post, p. C01, retrieved December 29, 2015
  11. ↑ Conan, Neil. "’Like a Rolling Stone’ an Ode to Tribute Bands." NPR. April 22, 2008
  12. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave. "Music Chronicle." The New York Times. Book Review. June 22, 2008

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