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Jo Carol Pierce
www.myspace.com/jocarolpierce
“Coming somewhere between Rosalie Sorrels and Terry Allen, Pierce is a wonderful storyteller with a sharp eye, a very dark sense of humor, a raunchy vocabulary and a disconcerting innocence.” — Boston Globe
| Residence: |
Austin, Texas |
| Musical Idiom: |
Theatrical alternative pop |
| New Album: |
DOG OF LOVE (self-released, March 4, 2008) |
| Emphasis Tracks: |
“Rock in My Shoe,” “Dog of Love,” “You’re So True,”
“Barb Wire Crown” |
| Album Credits: |
Produced by Mark Andes
Additional production by Mike Vernon
Recorded by David Murray at Murray Music
& Neil Fraser at Analogula Studios, both Austin |
| The Players: |
Jo Carol Pierce — piano, vocals
Mark Andes — bass, guitar, vocals
Burnin’ Mike Vernon — guitar
David Halley — guitar, vocals
Bruce Logan — drums
Blackie White — guitar, piano, vocals, synthesized instruments
Blessed Virgin Mary Welch — back-up vocals |
| Of Note: |
* One of Austin’s all-time bad girls, expressive in many media (music, spoken word, stage and screen), a favorite in the local entertainment scene and known globally
* DOG OF LOVE is the singer-songwriter’s first album in 11 years, with song lyrics touching on the Virgin Mary and M-E-N.
* 1993 Austin Chronicle Austin Music Award winner: Best Songwriter, Best Album of the Year for ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: SONGS OF JO CAROL PIERCE, a tribute album of 19 of her songs by 19 of her favorite bands (released before she began to record).
* BAD GIRLS UPSET BY THE TRUTH (Monkey Hill Records, 1996), a semi-autobiographical performance piece that drew rave reviews nationally and made several local and national Top 10 lists |
| Media Contact: |
McGuckin Entertainment PR
Jill McGuckin, 512.217.9404; jill@mcguckinpr.com |
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Artist Information
Bio
Fact Sheet
Press Release:
Mar. 05 2008
Jan. 31 2008
Sept. 12 2005
Press Coverage:
Dallas Morning News:
June 6, 2008
Austin American Statesmen:
Mar. 30, 2008
Texas Monthly:
April, 2008
Austin American Statesmen:
Mar. 30, 2008
John Shelton Ivany:
March, 2008
Austin Chronicle:
Mar. 14, 2008
No Depression:
March, 2008
Listen:
"Dog Of Love"
"You're So True"
"Rock In My Shoe"
MySpace Profile
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