Joe Carey

Minnesota-based singer-songwriter Joe Carey has been making rock and roll noise for over three decades. It all started in St. Paul where, at the age of 10, he’d gotten his first guitar for Christmas...an Eddie Van Halen replica out of the annual Sears holiday catalog. After taking a few lessons here and there and picking up a few tricks from slightly less clueless guitar hacks, Joe was soon jamming out three chord pop oldies like “Louie Louie”, “Wild Thing”, “Twist and Shout”, and “La Bamba” with his best friend Roman banging on the drums. Eventually, Joe’s older brother Jim joined in on keyboards/vocals and before long, they were playing backyard barbecues and school functions...later graduating to coffee houses and bars, under various monikers. Then, in the late 90’s, the brothers formed a new Twin Cities-based power pop band called Loft. Joe, in his mid 20’s, had found he had a knack for songwriting…as well as his own singing voice. Both proved integral in launching the new outfit which would become one of the hardest working bands in the region. After a few successful years and two albums, Loft disbanded and Joe and Jim continued to carve their niche in greater Minnesota’s music scene as The Careys, eventually adding their younger sister Jessica as a third vocalist. In 2003, Joe released his first solo album Wondervibe and spent the next several years splitting time between The Careys and playing alongside Nick Hensley in Love Songs For Angry Men.