Caitlin Cary

Biography

Caitlin Cary (born October 28, 1968) is an alternative country musician and visual artist from Seville, Ohio.

Early life

Caitlin Cary is the youngest of seven siblings (all older brothers). Her entire family was involved in music to some degree, with her parents' love for singing and her father's interest in building instruments. She began to play the violin at age five, but put it aside as a teenager. In addition to the violin, she also played her father's harpsichords, where she wrote some of her own songs.
Cary went to college at the College of Wooster in Ohio. She began working on a degree in English. During her college time, she picked up playing the violin again, and she formed a small 'jokey' band called Garden Weasels. After graduating from the College of Wooster, she enrolled in the graduate program in creative writing at North Carolina State.

Whiskeytown

In 1993, musician Ryan Adams contacted Cary and asked her if she would play violin in a band that he was starting. Cary agreed, and they formed Whiskeytown.

Solo career

In 2000, Cary released her first solo EP Waltzie×Waltzie2000 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Sorry4:282Rosemary Moore3:383Nursery Lie4:064Big Town3:455Withered & Died4:30, produced by Chris Stamey.
Cary's debut album While You Weren't Looking×While You Weren't Looking2002 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Shallow Heart, Shallow Water4:412Please Don't Hurry Your Heart5:103Fireworks3:504What Will You Do?4:125Thick Walls Down3:366Sorry4:527Pony3:498The Fair5:219Too Many Keys3:4910Hold on to Me4:0811I Ain't Found Nobody Yet5:07Disc 21The Battle3:012Trickle of Whiskey3:053The Fair (band version)5:064Keys to the Fair2:44 was released in 2002 and featured Whiskeytown's Mike Daly (guitar), who co-wrote and played on most of the songs. Personnel also included Mike Santoro (bass), Skillet Gilmore (drums), and Jen Gunderman (keyboards). Thad Cockrell, Tonya Lamm (Hazeldine), and Lynn Blakey provided harmonies.
2003's I'm Staying Out featured guest appearances from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, Greg Humphreys, Audley Freed, and Jane Scarpantoni.

Other projects

In 2005, Cary released an album of duets, Begonias×Begonias14 June 2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Two Different Things4:162Something Less Than Something More5:083Second Option3:164Please Break My Heart4:115Whatever You Want4:486Don't Make It Better3:307Warm & Tender Love4:458Party Time3:259Conversations About a Friend (Who's in Love With Katie)7:2410Waiting on June4:3711Big House4:15, with Thad Cockrell with songs composed by the duo.
In 2013, Cary co-founded the North Carolina Music Love Army with Jon Lindsay. The collective of North Carolina–based musicians created the We Are Not For Sale: Songs of Protest LP to oppose the regressive actions of the North Carolina General Assembly. The album was released worldwide via Redeye on November 26, 2013.
In 2010, Caitlin performed with Matt Douglas (lead singer and songster for The Proclivities) in Raleigh's annual Love Hangover show, in which male/female duos sing love song covers. They then formed the group Small Ponds, who released an EP on Last Chance Records in September 2010.

Visual arts

Cary is an accomplished visual artist, creating fabric collages she calls "Needle Print." Examples of her work are prominently featured on her website.

Personal life

Cary is married to drummer/artist Skillet Gilmore, and they live in South Raleigh, North Carolina.

Solo

Albums
2002: While You Weren't Looking (Yep Roc)
2003: I'm Staying Out (Yep Roc)
EPs
2000: Waltzie (Yep Roc)
2002: Thick Walls Down (Yep Roc)

With Whiskeytown

1995: Faithless Street (Outpost)
1997: Strangers Almanac (Outpost)
2001: Pneumonia (Lost Highway)

With Tres Chicas

2004: Sweetwater (Yep Roc)
2006: Bloom, Red & the Ordinary Girl (Yep Roc)

With The Small Ponds

2010: Caitlin Cary & Matt Douglas Are The Small Ponds (Last Chance)

With NC Music Love Army

Albums
2013: We Are Not For Sale: Songs Of Protest (Redeye)
Singles
2014: "Stick To The Plan" (Bloodshot)
2014: "Dear Mr. McCrory" (Redeye)
2015: "The Ballad of Lennon Lacy" (Redeye)
2016: "When You Were A young Man" (Love Army Records)

As guest artist

2019: Horace Holloway – Tin Foil Stars (Dirtleg)
2016: Jon Lindsay – Cities & Schools (File 13)
2016: James Olin Oden – Deeper Dance (self-released / Bandcamp)
2014: Ocean Carolina – All The Way Home (Old Hand)
2013: Chris Stamey – Lovesick Blues (Yep Rock)
2013: Kenny Roby – Memories & Birds (Little Criminal / MRI)
2013: James Olin Oden – The Craic is Free (self-released / Bandcamp)
2012: American Aquarium – Burn.Flicker.Die (Last Chance)
2012: The Riverbreaks – Wildfire (self-released)
2011: James Olin Oden – Samhain's March: A Winter Journey (self-released / Bandcamp)
2010: American Aquarium – Small Town Hymns (Last Chance)
2010: Sally Spring – Made of Stars (Sniffinpup)
2008: Yarn – Empty Pockets (Ardsley)
2008: Chatham County Line – IV (Yep Roc)
2008: American Aquarium: The Bible and the Bottle (self-released)
2008: Monty Warren – Trailer Park Angel (Doublenaught)
2007: Simon Alpin – On The Wire (Ravine)
2007: Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers – Glassjaw Boxer (Atlantic / Everfine)
2006: Cracker – Greenland (Cooking Vinyl)
2006: Patty Hurst Shifter – Too Crowded on the Losing End (Evo / Blue Rose)
2006: Sally Spring – Mockingbird (Sniffinpup)
2005: Chatham County Line – Route 23 (Yep Roc)
2005: Chris Stamey and Yo la Tengo – A Question of Temperature (Yep Roc)
2005: Terry Anderson – Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (Doublenaught)
2004: Chris Stamey – Travels In The South (Yep Roc)
2004: Something For Kate – The Official Fiction (Epic / Murmur)
2003: Goner – How Good We Had It (Bifocal Media)
2003: Something For Kate – Song For A Sleepwalker (Murmur)
2003: Tangerine Trousers – Dressed for Success (self-released)
2003: Thad Cockrell – Warmth & Beauty (Yep Roc)
2001: Alejandro Escovedo – A Man Under the Influence (Bloodshot)
2001: Greg Hawks & The Tremblers – Fool's Paradise (Yep Roc)
2001: Hazeldine – Double Back (Glitterhouse / Okra-Tone)
2001: Thad Cockrell – Stack of Dreams (Miles of Music)
2000: Kenny Roby – Mercury's Blues (Glitterhouse / Rice Box)
2000: Tami Hart – No Light in August (Mr. Lady)

As primary artist

2004: Various Artists – Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo (Cooking Vinyl) – disc 2 track 11, "By Eleven"

As composer

2002: Shannon Lyon – Dharma (Inbetweens) – track 12, "Houses On The Hill" (Hidden Track) co-written with Ryan Adams
2003: Joan Baez – Dark Chords On A Big Guitar (Koch) – track 3, "Rosemary Moore"