We
have not yet received the biographical information (relating to
Jim's early years in the Winter Haven area) so in the meantime,
we have lifted his bio from his web-site. See www.jimcarlton.com for a wealth of info and insight into the creative mind of Jim
Carlton.
Jim Carlton is a jazz
guitarist, singer, comedian and freelance writer. He began his music
career in 1962 with Jim Stafford and Gram Parsons in their rock band
the Legends.
He's written material for
several performers including: the Smothers Brothers, Gallagher,
Pat Paulsen, Joan
Rivers, Roger Miller, Mason
Williams and Jim Stafford. He has also produced two TV pilots at
Universal Studios and has written for a number of popular network
television shows including the New Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
on CBS in 1988 and 89 and frequently created special material that
appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Arsenio Hall
Show, Nashville Now, Thicke of The Night and Late Night with David
Letterman. In addition, Jim wrote the script for The Pirate’s
Adventure, a popular attraction that is currently running in Orlando,
and has written special material for the Children’s Museum
of Indianapolis.
Recently, Carlton composed liner notes
for several Cds including a series of re-released albums by jazz
guitar-great Howard Roberts,
a Byrds retrospective album, Sanctuary IV and two reissues of the
late jazz guitarist Joe Pass. Carlton has also completed a series
of interviews with 22 of the world’s greatest jazz guitarists
that is due for release in book form in 2004.
In 2001, Carlton co-produced a Cd for Sundazed Music entitled
Another Side of This Life - The Lost Recordings of Gram Parsons,
a compilation of recordings he made of Parsons in 1965 and 1966.
Also in 2001, Carlton was featured as a guest speaker and panelist
at the prestigious music industry function South By Southwest in
Austin, Texas.
Jim Carlton lives in Mount Dora, Florida and regularly performs
throughout the state. His act is a combination of standup comedy
and standard songs from the Great American Songbook.
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