[1][2] He was honored in 2016 with the release Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll, which features recordings of his songs by some of Austin's leading Americana music artists, including Slaid Cleaves, James McMurtry, Terri Hendrix and Tim Easton.
[1] He left college in his early 20s, around 1995, and began performing in the Austin-Dallas-San Antonio area, initially in coffeehouses and later at pubs and clubs throughout the region.
[4][5] While on the road, Carroll opened for some of East Texas's top musicians, who took notice of his song writing and began performing his work.
Participating in the homage were James McMurtry on "Screen Door", Hayes Carll on "Girl with the Dirty Hair", Slaid Cleaves on "South of Town", Band of Heathens on "Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler", Tim Easton and Aaron Lee Tasjan on "Black Flag Blues", and Terri Hendrix on "Red Bandana Blues".
"[3] And Elmore Magazine summed up the attraction of the album's selections: "Carroll's remarkable knack for creating stunning, visceral portraits of everyday Americans.