Carter Beckworth

Beckworth has been writing songs and singing since the age of 12.^[4] He started playing professionally when he was a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. It was here that he released his debut solo album, Fairweather Grace, in 2007.^[5] Beckworth returned to Texas to attend St. Edward's University. After a year, Beckworth transferred to University of Texas at Austin where he graduated in 2010 with a degree in English and a minor in Spanish. He later took a job as a fishing guide in Alaska, and performed his music for the guests at the lodge where he worked.^[5]

Beckworth's name is known to fans of the hit single, "Mabel", which played on over 200 radio stations and was selected to appear in two independent films.^[6]

While Beckworth was in Austin from 2008 until he graduated from UT Austin in 2010, he studied full-time and also performed as frontman for the rock band Baker Hotel, whose sound was called reminiscent of ground-breakers like Pearl Jam, ZZ Top, and Guns N' Roses.^[7] The band released two albums – Baker Hotel (Independent) in 2008 and Hard To Prove (Revolution Records) in 2010.^[8]

Beckworth has toured in more than 30 states around the United States and Canada, and has shared the stage with performers such as Randy Rogers Band, Carolyn Wonderland, Bob Schneider, Bruce Robison, Black Oak Arkansas, Mike McClure, Micky & the Motorcars, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll,^[9] Cory Morrow and Pat Green,^[10] as well as noted country musician Radney Foster.^[11]

As a songwriter, Beckworth writes almost all of his own material,^[12] and contributed six songs^[13] to Texas music star Cory Morrow's 2015 album 'The Good Fight.'^[14]

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