Hayes Carll + Screen Door Porch

(this piece was published by Planet JH Weekly)Much in the same fashion that John Prine connected with blue-collar country lovers with witty displays of making light of the quirky sides of life, Hayes Carll connects with his audience through introspective, yet seemingly off-the-cuff songs. Carll’s duet tune depicting how stereotypes of polar opposites really do attract, “Another Like You,” was American Songwriter’s number one song of 2011. That album, KMAG YOYO, was the Americana Music Association’s number one album in the same year, not to mention making Best of Lists for Rolling Stone, SPIN and a New York Times Critic’s Choice. He’s the real deal, and it can’t be better said than the opening line of his bio: “Wildly literate, utterly slackerly, impossibly romantic, absolutely a slave to the music, the 35-year old Texan is completely committed to the truth and unafraid to skewer pomposity, hypocrisy and small-minded thinking.”Opening the show is Americana-soul/country-blues band Screen Door Porch, which is on the verge of releasing their third studio album, Modern Settler, and recently returned from an 18-show tour of the region. Music on Main: Hayes Carll with Screen Door Porch, 6 p.m. Thursday at Victor City Park. Free, all-ages. TetonValleyFoundation.org.