I'm losing my job, can't afford to buy your shit. I couldn't escape the fact that everyone, everywhere was telling me, 'It's rough out here. "You go out every night - 150, 200 nights a year - and talk to folks every night across the country. "I've been through years of touring," the performer said over drinks during a recent stop through Dallas, his slumped shoulders telling as much of the story as the words coming out of his mouth.
When Carll wrote "Hard Out Here," he really meant the words he was putting to paper, both as a performer on the road and as someone faced with the difficult task of asking cash-strapped strangers to support his endeavors. It's a lot to process for a guy who, as recently as a few years ago, was mostly unknown, struggling to make a name for himself in the Houston market and in Texas. Just before that honor, Carll scored another coup: "Hard Out Here," also from the new album, was added to the soundtrack for Country Strong, the recent Gwyneth Paltrow flick about the Nashville country scene. In January, in the build-up to KMAG's release, Carll performed for the first time on late-night television, stopping by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with longtime friend and fellow former Houstonian John Evans to perform the title track of his new disc, a song that derives its title from the military abbreviation for "kiss my ass, guys, you're on your own." He knows that, with last month's release of his new album, KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories), his whole career could change. See, Carll knows what's on the immediate horizon of his career. The 35-year-old Carll, born and raised in The Woodlands, is also quite self-aware. But don't be fooled by his nonchalant swagger. Hayes Carll is nothing if not affable, with his ever-present half-smirk and aw-shucks persona.
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