Quantcast

Jump to: site navigation, content.

Pops Carter & the Funkmonsters From Outer Space

Pops Carter & the Funkmonsters From Outer Space

Upcoming local shows

None scheduled

Notify me when shows are added for this artist:

Genre: Blues

RIYL: B.B. King, Bobby Bland

City: Dallas, TX

Web site: http://www.popscarter.com

In 1930, 12-year-old Tom Carter left northwest Louisiana soon after he had started working in the cotton fields. He packed everything he owned in a pillowcase and headed for Houston, where within a year he had hooked up with a 13-piece band. He spent his youth in the Houston area, and through his early adult life sang at picnics and churches and anywhere else he was called to please people using only a smile, a few dance steps and his honey-warm throat. Eventually though, dedication to his family and a day job limited Pops to spots as a guest in R&B revues, performing with numerous friends as well as new acquaintances.

In 1969, a construction job landed Pops in the deceptively sleepy college town of Denton, Texas. He stayed there and retired with his wife Minnie Lee (who is Lightin' Hopkins' cousin). The North Texas prairie community was perfect for Pops, offering fertile creative ground for the middle-aged songster. Drawing on the wellspring of aspiring musicians studying at the University of North Texas' music school, Pops was inspired and energized.

During the 1970s and '80s, Pops honed his stage skills as a guest artist with innumerable rock, jazz, blues and country acts, and also fronted more than a few excellent (but short-lived) bands of his own. Finally, in 1990, with guitarist Christopher Tracey, he formed The Funkmonsters. The band's goal is simple: to provide a forum that allows Pops to touch as many lives as possible with his natural charisma and musical prowess.

Although the roster of the band over the years has been filled with a literal Who's Who of Texas R&B and jazz musicians, it is the unmistakable sound of one of the South's original bluesmen that moves blues lovers and audiences of all musical genres.

Pops has sung with many legends of the blues, including B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughn, among others. New York City, Memphis, Fresno, Portland, Denver, Austin and of course the Dallas-Fort Worth area are just a few of the places he has honored with his presence.

Information from the artist's site

Musicians

Favorited by these users:

Garrett Gross, Jessi Whitby, Megan Mead, Mr. Troll, bluesdfw, hargerst, rossbennett, zekemartino, ziaflower

Banner:

PegasusNews.comPops Carter & the Funkmonsters From Outer Space on PegasusNews.com
Find the latest gigs and news for Pops Carter & the Funkmonsters From Outer Space and more than 1,000 other DFW acts.

No need to right-click the picture!
Click here for the HTML to use this banner on other sites and in email signatures.

Something missing?

If you're a fan or member of this band, it's likely you know more about this than we do. Send us an email and tell us what we missed.

This is not MySpace! (And that's a good thing.) The only way you can directly post content to your page is in the comments. The best way to make additions, corrections, add mp3s or add photos is to send us an email.



Post a comment

(Requires free PegasusNews.com account.)


Password: (Forgotten your password?)


Today

The Magnetic Fields Quartet led by songwriter Stephen Merritt is resolutely "indie" so how come their music has been used in a Volvo commercial and appeared in the film Lemony Snicket? More info

Latest comments

See more recent comments

Latest reviews

See more recent reviews