Greg Carroll

Greg Carroll is an accomplished musician, singer/songwriter and member of the Qulipu Mi’maq First Nations band. Hailing from St George’s Newfoundland, Greg started playing guitar at age 9 & by age 16 he played bass & sang in various cover bands in the area. A graduate of St Fx with BA Music Major Jazz studies under the tutelage of Skip Beckwith , Greg then headed west to Saskatchewan, Alberta where he gigged with various country bands in the mid to late 90s. A brief music teaching stint at High Level High in 1999 led Greg to Calgary Alberta. He toured North America, playing upright and electric bass at various festivals , theaters, arenas & television, radio , award shows for various artists through out his storied career:
Amos Garrett
Chad Brownlee
Jess Moskaluke
Lindsay Ell
Elvis’ Imperials
Gene Watson
Moe Bandy
Ian Tyson
Gary Feldgard
Charlie Major
Julian Austin
Ariel Posen
Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion

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Keith Urban
Deirks Bentley
Big n Rich
Gretchen Wilson
Sammy Kershaw
Ronnie Dunn
Kim Mitchell
Kentucky Headhunters
Marty Stewart
Bare Naked Ladies

In 2018 Greg partnered with some old familiar road friends in Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion as a bassist and co songwriter. They recorded their self titled album and enjoyed some success with Holy Smoke , recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine in July 2018 .In early 2020 , Greg was inspired after several writing trips to Nashville with fellow band mate Erik Dylan (one of the writers for Luke Combs, Riley Green ) Greg wrote several songs in tribute to First Nations soldiers including Never Coming Back From Vietnam, which still gets airplay on Indigiverse Sirus XM
Today Greg is a proud adjudicator for the Juno Awards & virtual instructor and Mentor for Inuit & northern First Nations kids with Connected North.
Greg continues writing songs , performing solo shows & releasing new music (coming soon!) After 35 plus years of buses & airplanes , Greg is enjoying retirement from touring as a bassist. He currently resides in Colchester County Nova Scotia with his wife & plans on continuing to pay it forward by offering his talent & expertise.