Carl Broemel
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Carl Broemel is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 musician. He currently plays guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone and sings back-up vocals for the Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

 band My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky.The band consists of Jim James , Tom 'Two-Tone Tommy' Blankenship , Patrick Hallahan , Carl Broemel , and Bo Koster .-History:My Morning Jacket was...

.

History

In 2007 Broemel was listed among Rolling Stone's "20 New Guitar Gods" along with My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James
Jim James
James Edward Olliges Jr. , professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of Louisville, Kentucky-based rock band My Morning Jacket. James grew up in the Hikes Point neighborhood of Louisville, attended St. Martha grade school and graduated...

. He has also released two solo albums. On October 11, 2010, Broemel played as a sit in guitarist with The Roots
The Roots
The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...

 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009, as the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman....

. In December 2010 Broemel contributed to Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Lavonne Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist...

's album The Party Ain't Over.

Equipment

  • Gibson Les Paul
    Gibson Les Paul
    The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...

     Standard (ebony with bigsby tailpiece)
  • Gibson Les Paul Goldtop w/P90 pickups
  • Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded (Heritage Cherry Sunburst)
  • Gibson Les Paul Junior (TV Yellow)
  • Duesenberg Starplayer TV (black with gold pickguard)
  • Gretsch Country Club (vintage yellow)
  • Marlen Custom Pedal Steel Guitar (Brown Ochre)
  • Top Hat Ambassador combo, Carr Viceroy, and Mesa Boogie amplifiers

With My Morning Jacket

  • Z (2005)
  • Evil Urges
    Evil Urges
    Evil Urges is the fifth studio album by My Morning Jacket. It was released by ATO Records on June 10, 2008.The cover was by Gary Burden-Writing and recording:Writing began in Colorado, while recording was done in Manhattan...

    (2008)
  • Circuital
    Circuital (album)
    Circuital is the sixth album by My Morning Jacket. It was released on May 31, 2011.The album received mainly positive reviews and sold 55,000 copies in the first week of release. It debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, improving on the band's previous highest debuting album Evil Urges, which...

    (2011)

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