Carl Broemel (born January 30, 1974) is an American

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musician. He currently plays guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone and sings back-up vocals for the

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band

My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket is an American rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. The ...

. He played guitar in the pop/rock band Old Pike and in the alternative pop/rock band Silvercrush.

History

Broemel grew up on the northside of

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...

. The son of a symphony musician, he attended school and graduated from

Pike High School Pike High School is a public high school on the northwest side of Indianapolis, Indiana. Athletics Conference History Varsity Sports * Baseball (boys) * Basketball (girls and boys) * Cross country (girls and boys) * Football (boys) * Golf ( ...

. In 2007 Broemel was listed among '' Rolling Stone's'' "20 New Guitar Gods" along with My Morning Jacket frontman

Jim James James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums. ...

. He has also released two solo albums. In 2010, he released his "Nashville" record ''All Birds Say''. On October 11, 2010, Broemel played as a sit in guitarist with The Roots on '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. In December 2010 Broemel contributed to

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's album ''The Party Ain't Over''. In 2019, Broemel accompanied

Ray LaMontagne Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (; born June 18, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. LaMontagne has released eight studio albums: ''Trouble'', ''Till the Sun Turns Black'', '' Gossip in the Grain'', '' God Willin' & the Creek Don ...

during LaMontagne's Just Passing Through Tour. Broemel played guitar, pedal steel guitar, and sang back-up vocals on the November 9 and 10, 2019 tour dates in Denver, Colorado.

Equipment

* Duesenberg Starplayer TV (black with gold pickguard)

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Lose What's Left'' (2004) * ''All Birds Say'' (2010) * ''4th of July'' (2016) * ''Wished Out'' (2018) * ''Brokenhearted Jubilee'' (2019) (EP, with Eric Hopper)

With My Morning Jacket

* '' Z'' (2005) * ''

Evil Urges ''Evil Urges'' is the fifth studio album by My Morning Jacket. It was released by ATO Records on June 10, 2008. The album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, ultimately losing to Radiohead's ''In Rainbows''. ...

'' (2008) *''

Circuital ''Circuital'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket. It was released on May 31, 2011. The album received mainly positive reviews and sold 55,000 copies in the first week of release. It debuted at number 5 on the ''Bill ...

'' (2011) * '' The Waterfall'' (2015) *''

The Waterfall II ''The WaterfallII'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket, released on July 10, 2020. Made up of recordings made in 2013 that also produced the 2015 release '' The Waterfall'', this psychedelic pop work has received pos ...

'' (2020) *''

'' (2021)

References

External links

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* 1974 births Living people Musicians from Indianapolis American male guitarists American rock guitarists ATO Records artists My Morning Jacket members 20th-century American guitarists {{US-rock-musician-stub