CATFOOD RECORDS SIGNS MEMPHIS-BASED CONTEMPORARY BLUES SINGER/SONGWRITER SANDY CARROLL

HER LABEL DEBUT ALBUM, JUST AS I AM,

WILL BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 18, WITH NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION BY

CITY HALL RECORDS

EL PASO, TX – Catfood Records announces the signing of contemporary blues singer/songwriter Sandy Carroll, and will release her debut album for the label, Just As I Am on October 18 as part of the label’s new national distribution agreement with City Hall Records. The new CD was produced and mixed by Sandy Carroll’s Grammy-winning producer-husband, Jim Gaines, (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, Luther Allison) and recorded at Bessie Blue Studio in Stantonville, Tennessee.

In addition to Sandy Carroll’s deft work as a singer, songwriter and piano player, Just As I Am features some of the best musicians in Memphis, including drummer Steve Potts, bassist Dave Smith, keyboardist Rick Steff, guitarist Evan Leake and singers Reba Russell and Daunielle “Pie” Brown Hill, among others. Sandy Carroll had a hand in writing all of the album’s 10 tracks, including co-writing with Bob Trenchard, Rick Steff, William Lee Ellis, Jim Gaines and Evan Leake. The title track was co-written by Carroll, James Solberg and Luther Allison and originally recorded by the late, legendary blues guitarist on his Reckless album.

“Just As I Am is a project Jim and I have been working on for a few years. It came together when Bob Trenchard got involved and we decided to finish it and release it on Catfood Records,” says Carroll. The songs on the album are an eclectic mix covering a wide swath of her roots musical influences, ranging from ballads, blues/rock and gospel, to New Orleans styles and country.