Joe
Carr
Guitar players may not
recognize Joe Carr's name at
first, but his face is
probably familiar. That's
because he appears in over
20 instructional guitar
videos ranging from country
to western swing, bluegrass
and even heavy metal! Add to
these his videos on
mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and
ukulele and Joe may be the
most recorded video music
instructor anywhere.
Joe is a self-taught
musician originally from
Denton, Texas who started
guitar at age 13, inspired
by the folk musicians of the
1960's. A few years later,
he was hired to play guitar
in Alan Munde's
internationally known
bluegrass group, Country
Gazette. Over the next six
years Joe recorded 3 group
albums, numerous sideman
projects and produced his
own critically acclaimed
solo guitar album, Otter
Nonsense.
Joe left the Country Gazette
in 1984 and joined the music
faculty in the unique
commercial music program at
South Plains College in
Levelland, Texas. He
continues to perform in duo
with former Gazette leader
and South Plains College
colleague Alan Munde. "Alan
and I have a great artistic
communication that leads us
into many new areas of
music," Joe says. In
addition to two albums on
the Flying Fish label, Joe
and Alan have published an
award-winning book about
West Texas Country Music
called Prairie Nights to
Neon Lights from the Texas
Tech University Press. Joe
is also a regular columnist
for Flatpicking Guitar
magazine and writes for
several other periodicals as
well.
DVD
Dulcimer
Chords DVD by Joe Carr
