Blues: Carolyn Wonderland - Tempting Fate [Alligator Records]

CAROLYN WONDERLAND TO RELEASE TEMPTING FATE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8

Alligator Records Debut Album Produced By Dave Alvin

Guests include Marcia Ball, Jimmie Dale Gilmore,
Cindy Cashdollar and Shelley King

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER TEMPTING FATE ON CD NOW

“Carolyn Wonderland is a fiery blues rocker with incendiary guitar shops and raw, powerful vocals." —NPR Music

"Mighty and joyous rock-injected blues...luxurious vocals and fine guitar work. Her voice is as muscular as her name is evocative.” —Austin Chronicle

“Carolyn Wonderland is the real deal. She’s an amazing guitar player. And damn, can she sing.” –Los Angeles Times

“Hey, have you heard Carolyn Wonderland? She’s something else. She should be nationwide.” –Bob Dylan, talking to Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson
Award-winning Texas guitar slinger, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Wonderland will release her Alligator debut, TEMPTING FATE, on Friday, October 8. The album, her 11th, was produced by famed master roots musician Dave Alvin, and features Wonderland's signature, blistering six-string and lap steel playing, her intense vocals and her original songs melding blues, rock and Americana.

Carolyn Wonderland: Vocals, Lead Guitar, Lap Steel on Fragile Peace And Certain War, Whistling on On My Feet Again
Bobby Perkins: Bass
Kevin Lance: Drums, Background Vocals on Honey Bee

with

Dave Alvin: Rhythm Guitar on Crack in The Wall, Fragile Peace And Certain War, Second Lead Guitar on Loser
Red Young: Organ on Broken Hearted Blues, The Laws Must Change and Fortunate Few, Piano on On My Feet Again
Marcia Ball: Piano on Texas Girl And Her Boots
Cindy Cashdollar: Lap Steel on Crack In The Wall and It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Shelley King: Background Vocals on Texas Girl And Her Boots, Honey Bee and Loser
Jan Flemming: Accordion on Crack In The Wall and Honey Bee
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Vocals on It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Carolyn Wonderland spent the last three years as lead guitarist in blues legend John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, and has now joined the Alligator Records family as the first female guitar hero in the label’s storied 50-year history. But that's not all. Her spine-chilling, soul-deep singing matches her guitar prowess note for note. And she has a knack for writing songs that sound like instant classics.

CAROLYN WONDERLAND LIVESTREAM FROM AUSTIN, TX'S WATERLOO RECORDS OCTOBER 10 AT 9:30 PM CT Celebrating the release of her Alligator Records debut, Tempting Fate,  Carolyn Wonderland returns to the Waterloo Records stage in Austin for a livestream performance on Sunday, October 10 at 9:30 PM CT.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON THE LIVESTREAM

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Website: www.carolynwonderland.com