Late in his set, Hayes Carll gave his appreciation to the audience as he said, "Thanks for coming out on a Sunday night especially after the official Super Bowl of drinking yesterday."

To paraphrase The Pixies: "HAYES! Been tryin' to meet you!" And that's what we gave you the chance to do -- meet Hayes Carll and attend his soundcheck, followed by his show at the Sheldon this Sunday, March 18 -- by writing a Hayes Carll haiku. A Hay-ku, if you will. 

When one of the best country songwriters around invites you to his house to hang out on the back porch and listen to a new song, you don't refuse.

They used to shout "Boy, you ain't a poet -- just a drunk with a pen" according to a weary Hayes Carll on his tune "It's Hard Out Here." And just as Hayes went on to prove them all wrong, now's your chance to do the same. You might win tickets to the show, attend the soundcheck and meet Hayes Carll in the process.

As the year comes to a close, KDHX is pleased to present some of our favorite live in-studio videos of 2011 -- and there were so many, we just couldn't narrow it to 10!

A few songs into his headlining set opening the first night of Twangfest 15, Texan Hayes Carll, fully understanding the effects of the recession, thanked the audience "for spending money to come out to see us."

The kickoff to Twangfest 15 exceeded all expectations at the Pageant Wednesday night.

On the road is where you'll likely find Hayes Carll, looking for that woman who's out there somewhere "between the highway and the moon."

At the Duck Room on Friday night, all it took was the first few notes of a song from Hayes Carll's recent album, Trouble in Mind, sung in a voice that hits like biscuits on the kitchen table, and you're there, directly planted in Texas country swagger. A down-home, bridge-crackin', hootenanny poet, Carll hails from the suburbs of Houston and currently lives in Austin. He's found a home on the Americana music charts and has received acclaim, receiving the Americana Music Award for Emerging Artist this year. But enough with the props. How was the show?