Photo Gallery
In somewhat chronological order, I hope. Some of these images may be a bit blurry or damaged, but they represent a time and place in my career and life. In compiling these, I seem to have a few “missing years”, I suppose either nothing much happened, or perhaps I just didn’t have any photos from then.
I’ve tried to credit the photographers as much as I can recall their names, if you spot any of your work here, please let me know, and I’ll be more than happy to include you.
quick jump menu:
1970’s & before
2024, The annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society conference, Nashville TN. With Gareth Pearson, Gina Mendello, and Kyran Daniel.
2024, Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, Lexington Kentucky.
2022, The Blind Pig Orange NSW. Photo by Zenio Lapka.
2022, Home in Bathurst NSW. Photo by Sam Bolt.
2022, Bathurst NSW. With Sarah Jane Greet at our weekly Open Mic sessions, Jack Duggan’s Irish Pub. Photo by Kris Schubert.
2022, Bathurst NSW. Another pic that made the front page of the local newspaper. Photo by Chris Seabrook.
2022, Orange NSW. Taking part in the “Meet The Songwriter” series, for Arts Out West.
2022, Bathurst NSW. Our Superbowl bash made the front page of the newspaper.
2021 Mudgee NSW. Playing a good friend’s birthday bash. Great to have some live gigs again.
2020. Bathurst NSW. What to do during a pandemic? Make music. Working on the debut EP for Izzy Cobcroft.
2019. Leichhardt, Sydney NSW. Guest of Honour at the 39th annual Big Rock Records dinner. L-R: CC, Chris Turner, Dave Dempsey, Phill Shute.
2019. Leichhadt, Sydney NSW. 39th annual Big Rock Records dinner. L-R: CC, the late, great Alan Lancaster [Status Quo], and Peter Pik.
2018. Lithgow NSW. On MC duty, at the annual Halloween street party, with Izzy Cobcroft.
2019. The Agrestic Grocer, Orange, NSW. The Classic Album series, performing the first Dire Straits album over five sold-out shows. L-R: Dave Egan, Matt Arthur, CC, and Pat O’Donnell.
2018.
Hotel Blue, Katoomba NSW.
First show back in Australia, after a few years in North America.
2017. Boston MA, on tour with Jude Johnstone. Trying to get a beer the hard way.
2017. The Ryman, Nashville TN. Hanging with the Cowsills. L-R: CC, Jude Johnstone, Paul Cowsill, Bob Coswill, and Susie Cowsill down front.
2017. The Blue Note, Durham NC. On tour with Jude Johnstone.
Photo by Rebecca Newton.
2017, The Whiskey Room, Franklin TN. With Jennifer Vazquez and Kylie Feltenberger.
Photo by Pete Za.
2017, The Family Wash, East Nashville TN. Sadly now closed, but then, my fave venue in all of Nashville.
2017. The Idle Hour, Nashville TN. Might be Charles Hager on my left.
2017. The Commodore Grill, Nashville TN.
2016. One of my very fave promo photos. Taken outside the infamous Pandora stripclub in Arlington TX.
Photo by Holly O’Hare
2017. The Family Wash, East Nashville, during the Americana Music Festival. With my old pal Savana Lee of Sugarcane Jane.
Photo by Carol Graham.
2016. Outside the Family Wash, East Nashville. A little grainy, but I do love this photo of myself, Tim Carroll and Luella Mathes.
2016. Strange Brew, Austin TX. With Dustin Welch.
Photo by Holly O’Hare
2016. Wimberly TX. Kicking back and playing Kevin Welch’s 1930’s archtop.
Photo by Holly O’Hare.
2016. Austin TX. With one of my oldest & dearest friends, Carla Black, founder of Rockrgrl Magazine.
2016. Trail’s End Saloon, Portland OR. My buddy of over 40 years, Big Monti Amundson, on the left, and longtime Joe Cocker bassist, Federico Pol, in the middle.
2016. KGON-FM Radio, Portland OR. With my dear old pals, and radio legends, Bill Prescott & Iris Harrison.
2016. Springfield OR. Musician buddies from the early days. L-R: Henry Cooper, Charlie Madsen, CC, Sneakers bassist Johnny Zipgun.
2016. Growler Underground bar, Springfield OR. With my lifelong friend, Henry Cooper.
2016. Station Bar, Katoomba NSW. My last Aussie show before that year’s North American tour. During our encore, I saw the doors open behind the drummer, and decided to go for a walk. Karen Davidson followed me outside with her camera.
2016. Lawson Folk Club, at the Lawson pub, Blue Mountains NSW.
Photo by David Tobin.
2016. Canberra Blues Club, Canberra ACT. Bucky’s birthday bash.
2016. Ruby Lounge, Balmain Sydney NSW. At the annual Pete Wells memorial. L-R: Irish John Arthurs, Lucy DeSoto, Bille Evans, Maggie May, CC.
2016. Blue Mountains Music Festival. Always love hanging with the one-of-a-kind Steve Poltz.
2016. In my home studio, Katoomba NSW, recording the Sedalia Blues album. The talented, one-in-a-zillion Beth Paxton, adding backing vocals and making us all laugh.
2016. Sydney NSW. With Kevin and Dustin Welch, during the launch of the Australian chapter of the Songwriting with Soldiers program.
2016. Hotel Gearin, Katoomba NSW. The David Bowie tribute show, which drew over 400 people to a room capped at about 220. Jason Thornton on sax.
2016. Hotel Gearin, Katoomba NSW. On keys for the David Bowie tribute show.
2015. The Old Bank Bar, Katoomba NSW. On double bass duty with Lime & Steel.
2015. Winter Magic Festival, Katoomba NSW.
Photo by Bera Simone.
2015. Hotel Gearin, Katoomba NSW. The NeilFest, over thirty artists performing Neil Young songs.
2015. Melbourne VIC. With Lime & Steel. L-R: Ian Morrison, Paddy Connor, Skye Evans, CC, Maizy-Jane Coombs down front.
2015. The National Folk Festival, Canberra ACT. With Lime & Steel. L-R: CC, Skye Evans, Ian Morrison, Paddy Connor, Maizy-Jane Coombs.
2015. At the National Folk Festival, Canberra ACT. With Lime & Steel.
2015. At the National Folk Festival, Canberra ACT. With Kim Richey, wishing a happy birthday to the great music magazine No Depression.
2015. At the Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli NSW. With Pat Drummond.
2015. Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, Melbourne VIC. Pre-show happy snaps, with Lime & Steel and the Stray Hens.
2015. Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba NSW. With UK superstar Edwina Hayes.
2015. Hotel Blue, Katoomba NSW. With my 120th incarnation of “The Cletis Carr Band’. That’s former Nick Lowe bandmate Peter Wales on drums.
Photo by Victor Zubakin.
2015. Family Hotel, Katoomba NSW. On keyboard duty for the annual Beatlefest.
2015. Hotel Gearin, Katoomba NSW. With Rose Tattoo legend Angry Anderson and band.
2015. Backstage at Hotel Gearin. L-R, Jason Thorton, Angry Anderson, Hamish Rinehardt, Ian Dunn, Andre Matcovic.
2015. Backstage at Hotel Blue, Katoomba NSW. With Paddy Connor and Lucie Thorne. I’d just finished opening the show for Lucie.
2014. Final show of the UK/Europe tour, at the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham UK.
2014. Promo photo shot outside of Telford UK.
Photo by Gwyn Ashton.
2014. Outside the Mojo Blues Bar, Copenhagen Denmark.
Photo by Thera Dormans.
2014. The Mojo Blues Bar, Copenhagen Denmark.
Photo by Thera Dormans.
2014. The Listening Room, Copenhagen Denmark.
Photo by Thera Dormans.
2014. Backstage with the crew at the Listening Room, Copenhagen Denmark. Susanne Christensen to the left, Henna Rissanen on far right, and I honestly cannot recall the name of the young soundman.
Photo by Thera Dormans.
2014. Brennan’s pub, Cloonacool, Co. Sligo, Ireland. In a trad session. Or so I’d expected, then they all asked me to play stuff like Johnny Cash & Hank Williams.
2014. The White Swan pub, Aylesford UK. With Gwyn Ashton.
2014. The Bedford, Balham, South London UK.
Photo by Adam McEvoy.
2014. Camden, London UK. The obligatory shot outside Abbey Road studios.
2014. Liverpool, UK.
2014. Dagenham, Essex UK. With Sean at Mastercuts studio, working on the EP I’d produced for British singer, Saintess Larnia.
2013. Katoomba NSW. At home.
Photo by my daughter, Casey-Lee Carr.
2013. Gulgong Opera House, Gulgong NSW. Ahead of the launch of the annual Folk Festival, with director Richard Lawson.
2013. Family Hotel, Katoomba NSW.
2013. RG McGee’s, Richmond, Sydney NSW.
Photo by the late Rhonda Taylor. RIP Rhonda. Cancer sucks.
2012. Backstage at the Gulgong Opera House, during the Gulgong Folk Festival. With Suzy Connolly and Roz Chia.
2012. Katoomba NSW. House party jam at my place, with one of the Blue Mountain’s best music promoters, Meg Benson. And that’s San Antonio folk legend Jack Pledge, behind us.
2012. The Bald Faced Stag, Sydney NSW. During the filming of Songwriters Across Australia’s TV show, featuring Big Rock Records artists.
2011. Katoomba NSW.
2011. Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor NSW. L-R: Chris Turner [Rose Tattoo], Jim Finn [Finn], Michael Vidale [The Whitlams], CC.
2011. Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor NSW. Running our weekly open mic sessions, with my co-host, the late Karl Broadie. RIP Karl, cancer sucks.
Photo by Therese Bawden
2011. Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor NSW. We’d always wrap up our weekly open mic sessions with a singalong of the Bob Dylan classic, You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere. Karl Broadie & myself on guitars, not sure who everyone is, but that’s Greg Harnett on the far left, Caitlin Harnett & Harpy John on the far right.
Photo by Therese Bawden
2011. Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor NSW. Clowning around with the inimitable Caitlin Harnett.
Photo by Therese Bawden
2011. Somewhere in western Sydney NSW. With Mickey Blue Eyes on squeezebox, and the late Karl Broadie.
2011. Canterbury-Hurlstone RSL Club, for the annual Hank Williams tribute show.
2010. Sackville, far NW Sydney. Promo photo.
Photo by Lyn Taylor.
2010s
2010. Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor NSW. Sydney Blues Festival, with some of the guys from the band Roughstock.
Photo by Craig Peihopa.
2010s
2010. Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor, Sydney NSW. The Sydney Blues Festival.
Photo by Craig Peihopa
2010. The Wiggles’ Hot Potato studios, NW Sydney NSW.
2010. Sydney NSW, can’t recall the venue, was on a lake somewhere. Opera in the Park, with Eve Klein.
2009. Blue Mountains NSW. Promo photo.
2008. Sydney NSW. At home.
2008. Bald Rock Hotel, Balmain, Sydney NSW.
2008. Dry Dock Hotel, Balmain, Sydney NSW.
Photo by Lyn Taylor.
2007. Canterbury-Hurlstone RSL Club, for the annual Hank Williams tribute show.
2007. The Vanguard, Newtown, Sydney NSW. The Chris Whitley tribute show.
2006. Until Hall, Balmain, Sydney NSW. Guesting with The Wolftones. The late Terry Malone, behind me on drums. RIP Terry. Cancer sucks.
2006. Merton Estate pub, Sydney NSW. With New Mexico’s legend, Burton Jespersen. “Burton at the Merton”.
2005. Jamming with Simon Bruce at our old restaurant, The Taverna. Five Dock, Sydney NSW.
2004. Caves Beach Hotel, Swansea NSW.
2003. Somewhere near Mudgee NSW. With our string band The Acoustic Train Wreck, Ian Bartholomew and Phil Sheppard to my left.
2003. Craigmoor Winery, Mudgee NSW. The very first band at the very first Day on the Green show, with the band Tangent.
2002. Woolpack Hotel, Mudgee NSW. A charity event, sitting in with the legendary Home Rule Band.
2002. 2MG Radio, Mudgee NSW. Tour managing the legend, James Blundell.
2001. Nashville TN. Hanging with the talented & always amazing Nancy Middleton.
1999. Opryland, Nashville TN. New Year’s Eve, about to watch Dolly Parton.
1999. At home in Nashville TN. This little cottage off 18th South is no longer there. Many great songwriters lived there before me, Jan Arden, Rosie Flores, and Vernon Rust are a few.
1996. Tamworth NSW. Promo photo.
Photo by ‘Shot By Jake’.
1995. Some campground in rural NSW. The first annual Warner-Chappell Music songwriter’s retreat. L-R, Glenn Cardier, CC, Donna Fisk, Rosemary Rae, Ossie Clark, Dobe Newton.
1994. Studio Centre, Nunawading, Melbourne VIC. Recording the first Hillbilly Moon album, with the late Peter Wells, and Paul Norton. RIP Pete. Cancer sucks.
1994. Studio Centre, Nunawading, Melbourne VIC. With Peter Wells.
1994. Studio Centre, Nunawading, Melbourne VIC. L-R, Lucy DeSoto, CC, Paul Norton, Wendy Stapleton, Peter Wells.
1994. Hillbilly Moon promo photo. CC, Peter Wells, Paul Norton.
Photo by Jason Gatreaux.
1994. South Yarra, Melbourne VIC. In the Pelican Records office.
1994. Botanical Hotel, Toorak, Melbourne VIC. The album launch for Big Whiskey, with Paul Norton guesting.
1993. Prahran, Melbourne VIC. The annual Chapel Street Festival, with Big Whiskey.
1992. Joey’s bar, St. Kilda, Melbourne VIC. With Steve Hoy. We did the midnight to 3am shift for nearly a year.
1992. Joey’s bar, St. Kilda, Melbourne VIC. Another incarnation of the Cletis Carr Band, L-R: Garrett Costigan [Paul Kelly}, CC, Paul Keane [The Giants], Robbie Geappen [Russell Morris].
1990. Lilyfield, Sydney NSW. Home studio.
1990. Nightcliff Hotel, Darwin NT. The Big Rock Band, L-R: Teddy Pepper, Chris Turner, Mick Strutt, Peter Heckenberg, CC.
1989. Darwin NT. The Lucy DeSoto Band, L-R: CC, Mick Aarts, Chris Turner, Lucy DeSoto, Peter Wells, and Louie the Lip at the bottom.
1988. Backstage somewhere in Sydney NSW. The Big Rock Band, L-R: the late Pete Kekel [Jimmy Barnes Band], Mark Evans [AC/DC], Irish John Arthurs [Ward 13], Chris Turner [Buffalo, Rose Tattoo], Peter White, CC, Teddy Pepper [The Saints].
1988. Tweed Heads NSW. Promo photo.
Photo by Shari Barrett.
1988. Collegian’s Club, Wollongong NSW. With Gwyn Ashton.
1988. Darwin NT. With Gwyn Ashton and Lucius Borich.
1988. The Playroom, Gold Coast QLD. Another Cletis Carr Band lineup, L-R: Wally Watkins, Neville Jess, CC, Llewellyn Rae.
1987. Central Station, Sydney NSW. Cover photo that ended up on the Tales of Ordinary Madness album.
Photo by Shari Barrett.
1987. Coolangatta QLD. Photo strip from the cover shoot for the Colourblind album.
Photos by Michael Brown.
1986. Jet Club, Coolangatta QLD. With the Tonedogs, Gary Browning on drums.
1986. Tweed Heads, NSW. With Good Home Cooking, L-R: Johnny Tebbut, CC, Neville Jess, Scott Whatman.
1986. The Playroom, Gold Coast QLD.. With Good Home Cooking, doing guitar battle with Scott Whatman.
1985. Portland OR. Promo photo, aided by plenty of Jack Daniels, and a Gram Parsons playlist.
Photo by David Wilds.
1985. Portland OR. Home studio. Yes, with genuine 4-track reel-to-reel tape.
1984. Key Largo club, Portland OR. Yet another Cletis Carr Band lineup, L-R: Tommy Gunn, CC, Steve Blomberg, and I cannot recall the bassist’s name - Dale something.
1984. Triad Studios, Eugene OR, where we recorded the Sneakers albums, and my first release, the Visible Tracks EP. With engineer Peter Lorincz.
1983. Some bar in Eugene OR. With the band Baffled.
1980. Grand Illusions club, Eugene OR. With Sneakers, Johnny Zipgun to my right.
Photo by David Wild.
1980. Grand Illusions club, Eugene OR. With Sneakers.
Photo by David Wild.
1980. Grand Illusions club, Eugene OR. With Sneakers.
Photo by David Wild.
1980. Inset of the front cover of the first Sneakers album, Ear Cartoons.
Drawing by Mick Chudy.
1979. BJ Kelly’s, Eugene OR, with Sneakers. This photo still bewilders me, BJK’s was one of our ‘home’ gigs for years. I always played stage left. I have absolutely no memory of ever playing stage right. And no, the photo’s not reversed, the guitars would be lefties.
1979. Eugene OR. Guessing this is post-gig, by the towel. However, it’s not backstage, it’s at my home. Go figure.
1979. Somewhere in the Pacific NW, with Sneakers’ Billy Rich.
1979. Sneakers promo photo, with Dee Willy, and some model. I honestly have no memory of this photo shoot, but wish I still had that guitar. And that outfit.
1978. Some school dance in the Pac NW. With the band that later became Sneakers, not sure what we were called at this point. L-R: Johnny Zipgun, Dee Willy, Marquis Olsen, Billy Rich, and CC on piano.
1978. Springfield OR, the band’s reherasal warehouse. Me on drums.
1978. Some high school dance in Oregon. Airborne, with pre-Sneakers.
1977. Dexter Lake Club, Eugene OR. Just after they’d finished filming Animal House, and left all the tiger prints up.
1975. Henry D. Sheldon High School, Eugene OR. The school choir. That’s me, upper right.
1969. Eugene OR. On my way.
1961. Portland OR. The seed got planted early, I guess.