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'{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Carla Olson | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|3}} | birth_place = [[Austin, Texas]] | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]<br />[[Guitarist]] | instrument = [[Guitar]] | years_active = 1978–present | label = A&M Records, Virgin Records Sweden, IRS Records, Enigma Records, Fuel2000 Records, Sunset Blvd Music, Watermelon Records, Demon Records, Collectors' Choice Music | associated_acts = The Textones<br />[[Gene Clark]]<br />[[Mick Taylor]], Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Don Henley, Paul Jones, Barry Goldberg | website = <!-- {{URL|http://www.carlaolson.com}} --> }} '''Carla Olson''' (born July 3, 1952) <ref name="musicianguide">{{cite web| url =http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003892/Carla-Olson.html|title=Carla Olson Biography | publisher=MusicianGuide.com | accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name=LA2002>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Appleford |title=In 'Truth' Beats the Heart of a Textone: Carla Olson, leader of the '80s band, was 'waylaid.' But she's back now. |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/07/entertainment/et-appleford7 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=October 7, 2002 }}</ref> is a [[Los Angeles]]-based songwriter, performer and producer. ==Biography== Born & raised in [[Austin, Texas]], Olson moved to [[Los Angeles, California]] in 1978 where she formed the Textones, whose debut album ''Midnight Mission'' entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-mission-mw0000613012/awards|title=Midnight Mission : Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2015-07-14}}</ref> An earlier version of the Textones consisting of Olson, [[Kathy Valentine]], Markus Cuff, and David Provost, played the late 1970s punk/new wave scene in Los Angeles and toured the US and Europe. They also released an EP in the UK and a single in the US. Their debut album for A&M Records, ''Midnight Mission'', consisted of Olson along with George Callins, Joe Read, Tom Jr Morgan, and Phil Seymour. They also toured the US and Europe. The record charted at 176 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], receiving critical acclaim and both singles, "Standing In The Line" and the title track, "Midnight Mission", were featured videos on MTV and received airplay as well.<ref name=LA2002 /><ref>"Textones on Marketing 'Mission,' Group's Carla Olson Puts Promo Skills to Work," Billboard, November 3, 1984, 56</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Len|last=Righi |title=The Textones' Mission is to Break Out of Los Angeles |url=http://articles.mcall.com/1984-12-20/entertainment/2439472_1_midnight-mission-textones-carla-olson | work=The Morning Call|place=Lehigh Valley |date= December 20, 1984| accessdate= July 6, 2014}}</ref> The second Textones album, ''Cedar Creek'', was released in 1987 by Enigma Records. Olson has received critical acclaim for her work as a solo performer, band leader, and producer. In varying capacities she has worked with former Rolling Stones guitarist [[Mick Taylor]], [[Percy Sledge]] (Sledge has recorded five songs that Olson has written or co-written), [[Ry Cooder]], [[Gene Clark]], [[Don Henley]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[John Fogerty]], [[Mikael Rickfors]], and many others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Horowitz |first=Steve |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/carla-olson-and-the-textones-detroit-85-live-unreleased/ |title=Carla Olson and the Textones: Detroit '85 - Live & Unreleased |publisher=PopMatters |date= |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> Her musical partnerships in the 1980s included former Byrd member Gene Clark (which resulted in a duet album, ''So Rebellious a Lover'') and Mick Taylor. The Carla Olson and Mick Taylor band included George Callins on guitar, [[Jesse Sublett]] on bass (Sublett had previously played with Olson and Valentine in Austin in a band called the Violators), Tom Jr Morgan on saxophone, and Rick Hemmert on drums. Their live album ''Too Hot For Snakes'' added [[Ian McLagan]] ([[Small Faces]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]]) and [[Barry Goldberg]] ([[the Electric Flag]], [[the Rides]]) on keyboards. Varying combinations of these musicians also appear on the subsequent Olson studio albums ''Within An Ace'', ''Reap The Whirlwind'', and ''The Ring Of Truth''. Olson also appeared in [[Bob Dylan]]'s first video (for the song "Sweetheart Like You"). To return the favor, Dylan gave Olson his previously-unreleased song "Clean Cut Kid" which she recorded on ''Midnight Mission''. [[Ry Cooder]] played slide guitar on the track.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roland |first=Terry |url=http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/carla-oslon-the-gypsy-rider-returns |title=Carla Olson: The Gypsy Rider Returns - No Depression Americana and Roots Music |publisher=Nodepression.com |date=2013-04-26 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.AllMusic.com |title=Music Search, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref><ref>Howard Massey, "Carla Olson", in Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell how They Craft the Hits, Volume 2 (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2009), {{ISBN|978-0879309558}}, pp. 124ff. Excerpts available at Google Books</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Blog|last=Kihn |url=http://digivinyltal.blogspot.com/2008/10/textones-midnight-mission-1987-through.html?m=1 |title=PVAc to 44.1 kHz: The Textones: Midnight Mission (1987) + Through The Canyon (1989) |publisher=Digivinyltal.blogspot.com |date=2008-10-18 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> Since 2001 Olson has concentrated most of her energies on music production,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carlaolson.com |title=Carla Olson.com |publisher=Carla Olson.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> but has continued her songwriting and co-writing activities. She has written music for lyrics (or poems) by [[Sterling A. Brown]], George Callins, [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], George Green, Rick Hemmert, Brian Jones. She has also written with Barry Goldberg, Mikael Rickfors, [[Danny Tate]], and Danny Wilde. Olson has produced full albums for [[Jake Andrews]], Ana Gazzola, Barry Goldberg, [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]] (with special guest Eric Clapton), [[Chubby Tavares]], [[Phil Upchurch]], [[Joe Louis Walker]], and [[Mare Winningham]], Davis Gaines, as well as individual tracks by [[Sugar Blue]], [[Tommy Castro]], [[Roy Gaines]], [[Coco Montoya]], [[Charlie Musselwhite]], [[Peter Noone]], [[Billy Joe Royal]], [[Otis Rush]], [[Son Seals]], [[BJ Thomas]], [[The Ventures]], [[Brenton Wood]], Taj Mahal.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} A second Olson-produced Paul Jones album was released in February 2015, ''Suddenly I Like It''. Among the musicians and singers featured: Jake Andrews, Alvino Bennett, [[Joe Bonamassa]], Little Willie G, [[Jools Holland]], Tony Marsico, Vince Melouney, Tom Junior Morgan, Gregg Sutton, Mike Thompson, and Todd Wolfe.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} In 2013, after not releasing an album of her own since ''The Ring Of Truth'' in 2001, Olson recorded ''[[Have Harmony, Will Travel]]'', which was an album of cover songs with guest vocalists on each track including Rob Waller, [[John York (musician)|John York]], [[Richie Furay]], [[Juice Newton]], James Inveldt, [[Scott Kempner]] and [[Peter Case]]. {{citation needed|date=August 2014}} May 26, 2015 saw the re-release of the Textones albums ''Midnight Mission'' and ''Cedar Creek'' by [[Omnivore Recordings]]. Both albums were expanded editions with additional studio tracks, live recordings, photos and newly written essays.{{Update inline|date=July 2015}} In January 2017, Olsons's debut solo album, recorded in Malmo, Sweden in 1988, was released in the U.S. by Sunset Blvd Records. This U.S. edition is titled ''Rubies & Diamonds'' after one of the album's tracks. It features Olson and George Callins of the Textones, plus most of the members of the Swedish rock band Wilmer X: Thomas Holst (lead guitar), Stefan Bjork (bass guitar), Sticky Bomb (drums) and Jalle Lorensson (harmonica). The album was produced by Tomas Gabrielsson along with Olson and Callins. <ref>{{AllMusic|album|mw0003008818|Rubies & Diamonds}}</ref> ==Discography== {{Main|Carla Olson discography}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.carlaolson.com Official website] * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000170746}} * {{Discogs artist|306081-Carla-Olson}} * {{IMDb name|647870/}} *[http://www.last.fm/music/The+Textones The Textones] at [[Last.fm]] *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhave-harmony-will-trave_b_3176164.html ''Have Harmony, Will Travel'': A Conversation With Carla Olson], Mike Ragogna at [[Huffingtonpost.com]], 04/29/2013 {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Olson, Carla}} [[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Musicians from Austin, Texas]] [[Category:American female singers]] [[Category:Songwriters from Texas]] [[Category:American record producers]] [[Category:1952 births]]'

'{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Carla Olson | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|3}} | birth_place = [[Austin, Texas]] | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]<br />[[Guitarist]] | instrument = [[Guitar]] | years_active = 1978–present | label = A&M Records, Virgin Records Sweden, IRS Records, Enigma Records, Fuel2000 Records, Sunset Blvd Music, Watermelon Records, Demon Records, Collectors' Choice Music | associated_acts = The Textones<br />[[Gene Clark]]<br />[[Mick Taylor]], Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Don Henley, Paul Jones, Barry Goldberg | website = <!-- {{URL|http://www.carlaolson.com}} --> }} '''Carla Olson''' (born July 3, 1952) <ref name="musicianguide">{{cite web| url =http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003892/Carla-Olson.html|title=Carla Olson Biography | publisher=MusicianGuide.com | accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name=LA2002>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Appleford |title=In 'Truth' Beats the Heart of a Textone: Carla Olson, leader of the '80s band, was 'waylaid.' But she's back now. |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/07/entertainment/et-appleford7 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=October 7, 2002 }}</ref> is a [[Los Angeles]]-based songwriter, performer and producer. ==Biography== Born & raised in [[Austin, Texas]], Olson moved to [[Los Angeles, California]] in 1978 where she formed the Textones, whose debut album ''Midnight Mission'' entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-mission-mw0000613012/awards|title=Midnight Mission : Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2015-07-14}}</ref> An earlier version of the Textones consisting of Olson, [[Kathy Valentine]], Markus Cuff, and David Provost, played the late 1970s punk/new wave scene in Los Angeles and toured the US and Europe. They also released an EP in the UK and a single in the US. Their debut album for A&M Records, ''Midnight Mission'', consisted of Olson along with George Callins, Joe Read, Tom Jr Morgan, and Phil Seymour. They also toured the US and Europe. The record charted at 176 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], receiving critical acclaim and both singles, "Standing In The Line" and the title track, "Midnight Mission", were featured videos on MTV and received airplay as well.<ref name=LA2002 /><ref>"Textones on Marketing 'Mission,' Group's Carla Olson Puts Promo Skills to Work," Billboard, November 3, 1984, 56</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Len|last=Righi |title=The Textones' Mission is to Break Out of Los Angeles |url=http://articles.mcall.com/1984-12-20/entertainment/2439472_1_midnight-mission-textones-carla-olson | work=The Morning Call|place=Lehigh Valley |date= December 20, 1984| accessdate= July 6, 2014}}</ref> The second Textones album, ''Cedar Creek'', was released in 1987 by Enigma Records. Olson has received critical acclaim for her work as a solo performer, band leader, and producer. In varying capacities she has worked with former Rolling Stones guitarist [[Mick Taylor]], [[Percy Sledge]] (Sledge has recorded five songs that Olson has written or co-written), [[Ry Cooder]], [[Gene Clark]], [[Don Henley]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[John Fogerty]], [[Mikael Rickfors]], and many others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Horowitz |first=Steve |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/carla-olson-and-the-textones-detroit-85-live-unreleased/ |title=Carla Olson and the Textones: Detroit '85 - Live & Unreleased |publisher=PopMatters |date= |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> Her musical partnerships in the 1980s included former Byrd member Gene Clark (which resulted in a duet album, ''So Rebellious a Lover'') and Mick Taylor. The Carla Olson and Mick Taylor band included George Callins on guitar, [[Jesse Sublett]] on bass (Sublett had previously played with Olson and Valentine in Austin in a band called the Violators), Tom Jr Morgan on saxophone, and Rick Hemmert on drums. Their live album ''Too Hot For Snakes'' added [[Ian McLagan]] ([[Small Faces]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]]) and [[Barry Goldberg]] ([[the Electric Flag]], [[the Rides]]) on keyboards. Varying combinations of these musicians also appear on the subsequent Olson studio albums ''Within An Ace'', ''Reap The Whirlwind'', and ''The Ring Of Truth''. Olson also appeared in [[Bob Dylan]]'s first video (for the song "Sweetheart Like You"). To return the favor, Dylan gave Olson his previously-unreleased song "Clean Cut Kid" which she recorded on ''Midnight Mission''. [[Ry Cooder]] played slide guitar on the track.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roland |first=Terry |url=http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/carla-oslon-the-gypsy-rider-returns |title=Carla Olson: The Gypsy Rider Returns - No Depression Americana and Roots Music |publisher=Nodepression.com |date=2013-04-26 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.AllMusic.com |title=Music Search, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref><ref>Howard Massey, "Carla Olson", in Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell how They Craft the Hits, Volume 2 (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2009), {{ISBN|978-0879309558}}, pp. 124ff. Excerpts available at Google Books</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Blog|last=Kihn |url=http://digivinyltal.blogspot.com/2008/10/textones-midnight-mission-1987-through.html?m=1 |title=PVAc to 44.1 kHz: The Textones: Midnight Mission (1987) + Through The Canyon (1989) |publisher=Digivinyltal.blogspot.com |date=2008-10-18 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> Since 2001 Olson has concentrated most of her energies on music production,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carlaolson.com |title=Carla Olson.com |publisher=Carla Olson.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> but has continued her songwriting and co-writing activities. She has written music for lyrics (or poems) by [[Sterling A. Brown]], George Callins, [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], George Green, Rick Hemmert, Brian Jones. She has also written with Barry Goldberg, Mikael Rickfors, [[Danny Tate]], and Danny Wilde. Olson has produced full albums for [[Jake Andrews]], Ana Gazzola, Barry Goldberg, [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]] (with special guest Eric Clapton), [[Chubby Tavares]], [[Phil Upchurch]], [[Joe Louis Walker]], and [[Mare Winningham]], Davis Gaines, as well as individual tracks by [[Sugar Blue]], [[Tommy Castro]], [[Roy Gaines]], [[Coco Montoya]], [[Charlie Musselwhite]], [[Peter Noone]], [[Billy Joe Royal]], [[Otis Rush]], [[Son Seals]], [[BJ Thomas]], [[The Ventures]], [[Brenton Wood]], Taj Mahal.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} A second Olson-produced Paul Jones album was released in February 2015, ''Suddenly I Like It''. Among the musicians and singers featured: Jake Andrews, Alvino Bennett, [[Joe Bonamassa]], Little Willie G, [[Jools Holland]], Tony Marsico, Vince Melouney, Tom Junior Morgan, Gregg Sutton, Mike Thompson, and Todd Wolfe.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} In 2013, after not releasing an album of her own since ''The Ring Of Truth'' in 2001, Olson recorded ''[[Have Harmony, Will Travel]]'', which was an album of cover songs with guest vocalists on each track including Rob Waller, [[John York (musician)|John York]], [[Richie Furay]], [[Juice Newton]], James Inveldt, [[Scott Kempner]] and [[Peter Case]]. {{citation needed|date=August 2014}} May 26, 2015 saw the re-release of the Textones albums ''Midnight Mission'' and ''Cedar Creek'' by [[Omnivore Recordings]]. Both albums were expanded editions with additional studio tracks, live recordings, photos and newly written essays.{{Update inline|date=July 2015}} In January 2017, Olsons's debut solo album, recorded in Malmo, Sweden in 1988, was released in the U.S. by Sunset Blvd Records. This U.S. edition is titled ''Rubies & Diamonds'' after one of the album's tracks. It features Olson and George Callins of the Textones, plus most of the members of the Swedish rock band Wilmer X: Thomas Holst (lead guitar), Stefan Bjork (bass guitar), Sticky Bomb (drums) and Jalle Lorensson (harmonica). The album was produced by Tomas Gabrielsson along with Olson and Callins. <ref>{{AllMusic|album|mw0003008818|Rubies & Diamonds}}</ref> The summer of 2018 will see the release of a Textones reunion album on Blue Elan Records. All 9 current and past Textones will appear: Carla Olson, George Callins, Tom Jr Morgan, Rick Hemmert and Joe Read along with Markus Cuff, David Provost, Kathy Valentine and even the late Phil Seymour. Guests will include Barry Goldberg and Rusty Young. ==Discography== {{Main|Carla Olson discography}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.carlaolson.com Official website] * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000170746}} * {{Discogs artist|306081-Carla-Olson}} * {{IMDb name|647870/}} *[http://www.last.fm/music/The+Textones The Textones] at [[Last.fm]] *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhave-harmony-will-trave_b_3176164.html ''Have Harmony, Will Travel'': A Conversation With Carla Olson], Mike Ragogna at [[Huffingtonpost.com]], 04/29/2013 {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Olson, Carla}} [[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Musicians from Austin, Texas]] [[Category:American female singers]] [[Category:Songwriters from Texas]] [[Category:American record producers]] [[Category:1952 births]]'

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